House construction — Environmental aspects.
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U-2 can call it home : a conversation wiht John Picard / interviewed by Barbara Dunlap.
Builder John Picard explains why he chose recycled steel to frame his environmental house. Other features include: a black concrete floor for solar thermal mass and reduced carpet dirt, a sun-tracking photovoltaic system, energy-efficient appliances, superinsulation (even in Southern California), and drip-irrigated landscaping. Picard goes on to discuss how low-bid construction practices preculude durable and…
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Earth architecture today / Nader Khalili ; interviewed and produced by Barbara Dunlap.
Nader Khalili and Cal-Earth students discuss brick and sand bag domes, then go on to present the fundamental principles of earth architecture and ‘dome art.’|EARTH ARCHITECTURE TODAY / Nader Khalili| interviewed and produced by Barbara Dunlap. – SERIES: New signals – Nader Khalili and Cal-Earth students discuss brick and sand bag domes, then goes on…