Earthships in Europe / Mischa Hewitt and Kevin Telfer.
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TextSeries: Construction Information Service DatabasePublication details: Bracknell : IHS BRE Press, 2012.Edition: Second editionDescription: xiii, 170 pages : colour illustrations, colour map ; 25 cmISBN: - 9781848062368:
- Ecological houses -- Europe -- Design and construction
- Architecture -- Environmental aspects -- Europe
- Sustainable design -- Europe
- Architecture and energy conservation -- Europe
- Architecture, Domestic -- Europe
- Construction industry -- Environmental aspects
- Building materials -- Environmental aspects -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Green products -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Sustainable buildings
- Sustainable architecture
- Earth sheltered houses -- Design and construction
- Environmentally-friendly ('green') architecture & design
- Building construction & materials
- Industrial chemistry & manufacturing technologies
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The library does not hold this publication in hardcopy format.
Previous edition published in 2007 under the title: Earthships: building a zero carbon future for homes.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
A detailed description and evaluation of earthships in Europe. Includes case studies of earthships in France, Spain and Britain and a round-up of other projects. Also includes analysis of thermal monitoring of an earthship and the only known airtightness test.