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We only carry a few select earth home style sustainable housing design books because we think only a few are worth having. Please keep a few things in mind when considering our prices: 1) we don't charge extra for postage** 2) we are more than happy, even knowledgeable enough, to answer your questions about their contents and 3) we keep the stuff in stock - just try that with the big guys! Left click on any cover picture below for a hot link to the foreword & table of contents for that particular tome.
two must-have passive solar heating & cooling books
along with an excellent greywater recycling guide from Art Ludwig for your library
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$85* free shipping
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Buy all 3 books for $85* and save $16 plus
All three of these wonderful reference texts are recommended for a complete understanding of passive heating and cooling, alternative building techniques, composting toilets and greywater recycling systems. |
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The Natural House
This 468 page paperback takes the reader on a tour of thirteen natural home building methods, including straw bale, rammed earth, cordwood, cob, adobe, earth-bags, papercrete, Earthships, stone, and log.
You'll learn how these homes are built, how much they cost, and the pros and cons of each.
Sustainable home components are discussed in detail with chapters devoted to passive solar heating, cooling, cisterns, greywater, composting, and septic systems.
A resource guide at the end of every chapter offers a wealth of information.
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The Solar House
This 274 page paperback is an excellent reference even if the author does misspell my name!
While heat from sunlight and ventilation from breezes is free for the taking, few modern architects or builders really understand the principles involved.
Chiras sets the record straight on the vast potential for passive heating and cooling.
Acknowledging the good intentions of misguided solar designers in the past, he highlights certain egregious errors and shows how to avoid them.
In methodical detail he provides contemporary home builders with all of the necessary tools for successful solar design.
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Create An Oasis with Greywater
This revised 145 page greatly expanded fifth edition of Art Ludwig's heavily illustrated book outlines numerous basic greywater recycling systems and serves as an excellent primer for anyone interested in building their own "septic" system.
Discussions include greywater filtration, pumps, leach fields, plant selection, soils, and basic plumbing.
Click here or on the picture for a detailed synopsis of the book, excerpts from chapters and a complete outline of contents.
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$85* free shipping
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Buy all 3 books for $85* and save $16 plus
All three of these wonderful reference texts are recommended for a complete understanding of passive heating and cooling, alternative building techniques, composting toilets and greywater recycling systems. |
initial design consultation with packet $195*
Questions? Concerns? order an initial consultation to discuss your project
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$195* initial design consultation
Whether regarding HTMs specifically or passive solar in general, our initial consultation will address your concerns.
After reviewing the material, we encourage you to drop us an email with your questions.
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First, we email an extended outline of tips, tricks, and technical details, many not found on the website.
Then, we ship you a two inch binder jam-packed with the following printed information:
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plan review and HTM consultation for $1495*
after initial consultation, we can perform plan review with personal consultation
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$1495* plan review & HTM consultation
This isn't ongoing personal project consultation, and is limited to five or six emails, but we trust the plan review and follow-up consultation puts your project on the right track. |
We request that you start with the initial consultation packet for $195* to ensure a solid feel for HTM principles and get a chance to know each other first. Later, after your construction blueprints are finished, sign up for plan review consultation and send us two complete sets for study. For $1495* we will carefully pick over your plans for possible errors, better flow, wiser use of space, and alternative design possibilities. When pointing out options, we view your whole house as an independent "holistic system" chock full of inter-related, functionally inter-dependent parts from the ground up. With a project as large and complex as a new home, it's extremely easy to save more money than you spend on a good consultant. Building a home is the greatest investment of time, energy, and money most of us will ever make. Having an experienced ally giving you relatively unbiased answers to your questions is priceless. Please note that our plan review and consultation service has never included custom blueprinting, engineering or load calculations. Custom drafting and structural engineering services are best supplied by locally licensed professionals and we do not offer referrals, sorry. Always hire professionals familiar with your area's building regulations and who can physically visit your property to inspect soil, construction and materials. Here is a short biography page: whoweare.htm as way of personal introduction and our standard contract is online at: Terms of Service Agreement. We look forward to being of assistance. |
in-house consultation and personal HTM home tours are no longer available
hourly and flat-fee on-going HTM consultation services are also discontinued
don't want any consultation? DVD only for $9*
we include a free copy of the website on CD, but no phone or email time
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$9* DVD only
One hour long video on universal DVD format
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First half hour walks you through the sustainable design, HTM passive solar earthhome featured on our website. While not a How-To video, the second half does include detailed Infiltrator chamber leach field septic system installation and Sun-Mar composting toilet footage. |
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