Additional
Internet Resources related to Section 4 Topics
Housing Design
Smaller Houses and
Apartments
Materials and Techniques
Alternative
Housing Structures (systems and models)
Retrofitting
Multiple Unit Housing and Skyscrapers
Housing Design
US Passive House Institute
http://www.passivehouse.us/passiveHouse/PHIUSHome.html
American Passive House Network
http://www.aphnetwork.org/
Green Building Advisor (building and designing)
http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/
10 benefits of a passive house
http://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/construction/green/10-benefits-of-a-passive-house.htm
The Natural Home
https://www.thenaturalhome.com/
Do it yourself eco-home
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/DIY-Home-Eco-Friendly,news-11823.html
Hab Lab at Open Source Ecology
http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Hab_Lab
New Alchemy Publications
http://www.thegreencenter.net/
Climatic design of buildings using passive methods
http://www.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/Climatic_Design_of_Buildings_using_Passive_Techniques.pdf
Free ebook on passive home construction.
https://www.thenaturalhome.com/passivesolar.html
The hexayurt
http://hexayurt.com/
Hexayurt in Haiti
http://files.howtolivewiki.com/hexayurt_in_haiti_v1.1.pdf
Hexayurt shelter system
http://howtolivewiki.com/EN_WIKI/images/c/cd/Hexayurt_pentagon_presentation.pdf
Efficient agriculture buildings
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/agbuildings.pdf
Retrofitting a trailer house to be sustainable.
http://www.smallhousestyle.com/2011/01/18/sustainable-cabin-at-texas-tech-by-urs-peter-flueckiger/
Root cellar basics
http://waltonfeed.com/blog/show/article_id/474
Rural houses
http://www.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/LB_RuralHousePlans.pdf
Construction techniques to protect homes from high wind
damage
http://www.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/LB_RuralHousePlans.pdf
How they used to do it, root cellar building
http://waltonfeed.com/blog/show/article_id/444
Smaller
Houses and Apartments
Tumbleweed Tiny Houses
http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/
Tiny House Blog
http://tinyhouseblog.com/
Ten tiny houses you will love.
http://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/real-estate/T010-S001-10-tiny-houses-you-ll-love-big-time-slide-show/index.html
Tiny House Design (has free plans)
http://www.tinyhousedesign.com/
Beyond Small Living: the Slow Home Movement
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/beyond-small-living-the-slow-h-145766
Design education for homeowners (from the Small Home Studio)
http://slowhomestudio.com/category/library/
The Tiny Life
http://www.thetinylife.com/
Life Edited
http://www.lifeedited.com/
Treehugger Small Apartment Index
http://www.treehugger.com/tag/lifeedited/
Materials and
techniques
Additives to clay: minerals and synthetics
http://practicalaction.org/practicalanswers/product_info.php?products_id=204
Additives to clay: organics
http://practicalaction.org/practicalanswers/product_info.php?products_id=202%7B1%7D1
Alternatives to Portland cement
http://practicalaction.org/practicalanswers/product_info.php?products_id=208
Clay tile manufacture
http://practicalaction.org/practicalanswers/product_info.php?cPath=27_70&products_id=282&attrib=1
Making stabilized soil blocks
http://practicalaction.org/practicalanswers/product_info.php?products_id=221
How to build a modified post and beam frame
http://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Modified-Post-and-Beam-Frame
Confined masonry: a guide for masons
http://www.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/schacher_confined-masonry-handout-engl-23307.pdf
How to build a stone foundation
http://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Stone-Foundation
Construction of the timberless house
http://practicalaction.org/sudan/docs/region_sudan/timberless-house-construction.pdf
Earthship walls
http://www.i4at.org/surv/canwalls.htm
Rock construction
http://www.i4at.org/surv/rockwork.htm
Ferro cement
http://www.i4at.org/surv/ferro.htm
Concrete construction
http://www.cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/vita/construc/en/construc.htm
Bamboo construction
http://www.cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/vita/bamboo/en/bamboo.htm
Making building blocks with a ram press
http://www.cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/vita/cinvaram/en/cinvaram.htm
Burned building brick
http://www.cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/vita/burnbrik/en/burnbrik.htm
Stabilized earth construction
http://www.cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/vita/stabert2/en/stabert2.htm
Understanding adobe
http://www.cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/vita/adobe/en/adobe.htm
Understanding ferrocement
http://www.cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/vita/ferrcmnt/en/ferrcmnt.htm
Small scale brick making
http://www.cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/vita/bricks/en/bricks.htm
Huts and thatch
http://chrismolloy.com/www/p133
Mud as a mortar.
http://practicalaction.org/practicalanswers/product_info.php?products_id=209&attrib=1
Mud plasters and renders
http://practicalaction.org/practicalanswers/product_info.php?products_id=146&attrib=1
Timber reinforced masonry
http://www.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/Battar-handout_English-07-06-04.pdf
How to build a floating trash island
http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/how-to-build-a-floating-trash-island.html
How to build an earthbag house.
http://www.earthbagbuilding.com/resources.htm
The Submarine Shack: water cooled metal structures for
desert environments.
http://www.utopiasprings.com/submarineshack.htm
The secrets of Roman concrete.
http://www.romanconcrete.com/Article1Secrets.pdf
Wattle and daub building (England)
http://www.tonygraham.co.uk/house_repair/wattle_daub/WD.html
Rodent-proof construction.
http://elkhorn.unl.edu/epublic/live/g2017/build/g2017.pdf
Alternative
Housing Structures (systems and models)
National Association of Housing Cooperatives
http://www.coophousing.org/
How housing cooperatives work
http://home.howstuffworks.com/real-estate/housing-cooperatives.htm
How to start a housing coop
http://www.shareable.net/blog/how-to-start-a-housing-coop
Wikipedia on housing cooperatives
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_cooperative
University of Wisconsin on Housing Cooperatives
http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/pdf/coopHouse02.pdf
Investopedia on housing coops
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/pf/08/housingco-op.asp
Cooperative Housing Toolbox
http://ncdf.coop/documents/HousingToolbox.pdf
Students and housing cooperatives
http://www.ica.coop/al-housing/categories/Housing-Co%252doperative-Best-Practice/Students-and-Housing-Cooperatives/
A look at students housing cooperatives
http://www.ic.org/pnp/cdir/1995/32altus.php
Co-housing association of the US
http://www.cohousing.org/
Wikipedia on Co-housing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohousing
Co-housing California
http://www.calcoho.org/
Creating Co-housing
http://www.newsociety.com/Books/C/Creating-Cohousing
Starting a Cohousing Community Meetup Groups
http://starting-a-cohousing-community.meetup.com/
Co-housing FAQs
http://www.cohousingpartners.com/faq.html
Retrofitting
Multiple Unit Housing and Skyscrapers
The plant room
http://www.treehugger.com/modular-design/plant-room-clips-on-to-existing-apartments-for-food-and-energy.html
Added on to the outer wall of an existing apartment, it
provides solar hot water, a small greenhouse, a clothes line
for air drying clothes.
Retrofitting skyscrapers for food and energy
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/retrofitting-our-skyscrapers-for-food-and-power.html
Zero Footprints Reskinning Program for Skyscrapers
http://reskinningawards.com/
Energy Efficient Remodeling
http://www.bae.uky.edu/energy/residential/guide/
Your Home Technical Manual
http://www.yourhome.gov.au/technical/index.html
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