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Building with awareness

Additional authors: Owens, Ted. | Varaldiev, Anneliese. | Dahmen, Emily. | Syncronos Design Inc. | New Society Publishers.
Edition statement:Widescreen, version 1.0. Published by : Syncronos Design ; | Distributed by New Society Publishers, ([Corrales, NM] : | [Gabriola Island, B.C.?] :) Physical details: 1 videodisc (2 hr., 42 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. ISBN:0977334309; 9780977334308.
Subject(s): Straw bale houses -- Design and construction. | Ecological houses -- Design and construction. | Sustainable buildings -- Design and construction. | Photovoltaic power generation. | Solar energy -- Hybrid systems. | Dwellings -- Energy conservation. | Instructional videos.
Year: 2005
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Instructional program.

Program content: c2005.

"882351"--Disc label.

Included on disc: Construction details (slide show) -- How to split a straw bale (video) -- Additional audio -- More info (Web link).

Instructor, Ted Owens ; narrator, Anneliese Varaldiev.

Presents step-by-step instruction on building a straw bale home designed to be energy efficient, generating it's own pollution-free power that can be sold to the utility company. Lessons covered: straw bale walls; post-and-beam framing; adobe thermal mass walls; passive solar heating and cooling; rubble trench foundations; concrete floors; radiant floor heat; earth plaster walls; electrical wiring; photovoltaic systems; rainwater cisterns; design and aesthetics; green building materials.

DVD; NTSC; full screen, aspect ratio 4:3; digital stereo