Building with awareness  the construction of a hybrid home   [videorecording]  
a Syncronos Design production ; written, directed, photographed, & edited by Ted Owens. 
 - Widescreen, version 1.0. 
 - [Corrales, NM] :  [Gabriola Island, B.C.?] :  Syncronos Design ;  Distributed by New Society Publishers,  c2005. 
 - 1 videodisc (2 hr., 42 min.) :  sd., col. ;  4 3/4 in. 
<br/><br/> Instructional program.  Program content: c2005.  "882351"--Disc label. 
<br/><br/>Included on disc: Construction details (slide show) -- How to split a straw bale (video) -- Additional audio -- More info (Web link). 
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<br/><br/> 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0977334309 9780977334308 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>882351  Syncronos Design 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Straw bale houses--Design and construction.<br/>Ecological houses--Design and construction.<br/>Sustainable buildings--Design and construction.<br/>Photovoltaic power generation.<br/>Solar energy--Hybrid systems.<br/>Dwellings--Energy conservation.
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<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>35   690.837 Bui