Daniel D Chiras
Author
Pub. Date
2002
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Description
Passive solar heating and passive cooling—approaches known as natural conditioning—provide comfort throughout the year by reducing, or eliminating, the need for fossil fuel. Yet while heat from sunlight and ventilation from breezes is free for the taking, few modern architects or builders really understand the principles involved.
Now Dan Chiras, author of the popular book The Natural House, brings those principles up to date
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Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Examines the principles of designing and constructing an environmentally sustainable home; looks at a variety of natural building techniques, including adobe, cob, straw bale, cordwood, and Earthships; and discusses natural methods of heating and cooling, generating electricity, obtaining fresh water, and disposing of waste water.
Author
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Many of today's architects and builders are intent on creating homes that meet human needs for shelter while causing only a fraction of the environmental impact of conventional housing. "The New Ecological Home" provides an overview of green building techniques, materials, products, and technologies that are either currently available or will be in the near future. Author Daniel Chiras provides a wealth of up-to-date, practical information for home...