Earth Sheltered Houses

Author : Rob Roy
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781550923759

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Earth-Sheltered Houses by Rob Roy Pdf

The only how-to manual on the subject directed to mainstream owner-builders An earth-sheltered, earth-roofed home has the least impact upon the land of all housing styles, leaving almost zero footprint on the planet. Earth-Sheltered Houses is a practical guide for those who want to build their own underground home at moderate cost. It describes the benefits of sheltering a home with earth, including the added comfort and energy efficiency from the moderating influence of the earth on the home's temperature-keeping it warm in the winter and cool in the summer-low maintenance, and the protection against fire, sound, earthquake and storm afforded by the earth. Extra benefits from adding an earth or other living roof option include greater longevity of the roof substrate, fine aesthetics, and environmental harmony. The book covers all of the various construction techniques involved including details on planning, excavation, footings, floor, walls, framing, roofing, waterproofing, insulation and drainage. Specific methods appropriate for the inexperienced owner-builder are a particular focus and include: pouring one's own footings and/or floor the use of dry-stacked (surface-bonded) concrete block walls post-and-beam framing plank-and-beam roofing, and drainage methods and self-adhesive waterproofing membranes. The time-tested, easy-to-learn construction techniques described in Earth-Sheltered Houses will enable readers to embark upon their own building projects with confidence, backed up by a comprehensive resources section that lists all the latest products such as waterproofing membranes, types of rigid insulation and drainage products that will protect the building against water damage and heat loss.

Author : University of Minnesota. Underground Space Center,Minnesota Energy Agency
Publisher : Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Earth sheltered houses
ISBN : UOM:39076005068171

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Earth Sheltered Housing Design by University of Minnesota. Underground Space Center,Minnesota Energy Agency Pdf

Offers homeowners and architects a comfortable and economical approach to underground housing based on modern construcion techniques, providing plans, details, and photographs of existing examples of earth sheltered houses.

Author : Robert McConkey
Publisher : Atlantic Publishing Company
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781601383730

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The Complete Guide to Building Affordable Earth-Sheltered Homes by Robert McConkey Pdf

The home, an essential part of the American dream, has been beset by troubles since the beginning of the Great Recession in 2007. Whether from an unstable housing economy, ever-rising energy costs, or the environmental ruin of urban sprawl, the origin and variety of these assaults can be bewildering. Surprisingly, some of the answers to many of these modern-day troubles lie in some of humanity's most ancient building techniques. Earth-sheltered building has existed since the heyday of Skara Brae in Scotland 5,000 years ago, and is used today by people around the world, from the Yaodong of north-west China to the subterranean residents of Coober Pedy, Australia, and even to converted missile silos in America. If you have ever looked at your power bill in stunned disbelief, if you are interested in green building techniques, or if you want your home to stand out (or hide out), then this book is for you. Contrary to popular misconceptions of being cramped, dark, or dank domiciles, earth-sheltered homes come in a number of different styles, incorporating brilliant techniques designed to bring light and air into the home. With The Complete Guide to Building Affordable Earth-Sheltered Homes, you will learn about the many different types of earth-sheltered homes and their various advantages, including a life span that can be two to three times longer than that of conventional housing, inexpensive building materials, and reduced maintenance costs. Additionally, the energy costs of an earth-sheltered home can be as much as 80 percent lower than a conventional homes power costs. The book will also examine the different environmental factors that you need to consider when selecting which style to build and how to begin, and carry out, your building process. Some of the factors discussed include the different types of soil and how to adjust to them, the level of precipitation and how to manage run off, and how to maximise use of natural light sources. Construction experts and earth-sheltered home builders have been interviewed and their expertise is included in this guide to help you learn how you can create your own underground home. Details of construction methods are found throughout the book, including tips and advice for planning, excavation, flooring, walls, framing, waterproofing, roofing, drainage, and insulation. You will also learn how to pour your own footings and floor, how to dry stack concrete block walls, how to use post and beam framing, and how to waterproof the membranes. With the information provided in this book, you can start planning and building your own earth-sheltered home in no time so that you, too, can benefit from the natural protection of the earth. If earth-sheltered building is good enough for Bill Gates $136 million mansion, then it just might be good enough for you too.

Author : Donna Ahrens,Tom Ellison,University of Minnesota. Underground Space Center
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Architecture
ISBN : MINN:319510004641364

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Earth Sheltered Homes by Donna Ahrens,Tom Ellison,University of Minnesota. Underground Space Center Pdf

"Detailed construction information, plans, and energy data for twenty-three successful earth sheltered homes throughout the United States and Europe. Gross area, materials for construction, types of earth cover, method of insulation, and waterproofing techniques are all included in data sheets and charts that baccompany a full description of each house. In addition, comprehensive plans and over 150 photographs of both interior and exterior views"--Back cover.

Author : Mike Oehler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Earth sheltered houses
ISBN : 0960446400

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The Earth-sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book by Mike Oehler Pdf

The Earth-Sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book is the first to promote the benefits of both passive solar energy and earth sheltering in greenhouse design. This combination results in greenhouses which need no additional heating. The captured sun's energy and that which is stored in the earth is enough for successful year round harvest. It takes you step by step through the construction of an inexpensive greenhouse which may be built with either newly purchased or salvaged building materials for pennies on the dollar. It explains the author's unique Post/Shoring/Polyethylene construction methods and design techniques. The Earth-Sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book has 230 pages with nearly 200 illustrations, photos, diagrams, lists, charts and drawings. It contains all the information you need to free you from the pesticide, herbicide, fungicide, waxed, and E-coli laden, genetically modified and irradiated supermarket produce.

Author : Herb Wade,Herbert Wade
Publisher : Rodale Books
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UCAL:B4544295

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Building Underground by Herb Wade,Herbert Wade Pdf

The design and construction handbook for earth-sheltered houses.

Author : Louis Wampler
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1999-03-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1455613495

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Underground Homes by Louis Wampler Pdf

High energy costs have spurred the search for new and better ways to increase energy efficiency in family dwellings throughout America. One exciting solution is to reduce energy needs by building underground. Underground Homes offers the layman a complete and thoughtful approach to planning, building, and inhabiting an earth-sheltered home. Author Louis Wampler takes the reader step-by-step through a potential maze of construction problems. He uses simple language and numerous diagrams and illustrations to answer the questions people ask most often about underground homes. The book offers information and guidance on such key factors as Planning interior and exterior design Choosing the proper site Insulating for maximum energy savings Waterproofing the structure Deciding what roof will work best on the home Selecting appropriate heating and cooling systems Underground Homes also addresses specific problems associated with subterranean homes�determining the local water table, reinforcing concretewith steel, using skylights and windows�and discusses the common psychological barriers to living underground, while presenting solutions and insights into all of these problems. Living in a house surrounded by soil, the author contends, achieves two important energy-related objectives: it moderates extreme temperature fluctuations of outside air, and it reduces temperature loss or gain. The higher energy bills rise, the more appealing energy-efficient underground dwellings are sure to become.

Author : Max Terman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781468466447

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Earth Sheltered Housing by Max Terman Pdf

One of our most important objectives as hu have provided basic principles from scientific mans is to discover and pass on ways of living journals and books and summarized the expe with our environment. Every form of life, in riences of people actually living in earth shel cluding human, depends on nature's ability to ters. produce clean air, pure water and fertile soil In the growth and development of any field and to recycle wastes. It is our duty to live in a of knowledge, there comes a time when theory manner that enhances and preserves these nat requires testing, when concepts need to be re ural processes. Earth sheltering-the use of fined in the light of experience. Such is the case earth cover to moderate and improve living with earth sheltering. A good foundation of conditions in buildings-is an old but recently principles has been laid, mostly through the ex rediscovered technique. It holds much promise cellent efforts of such organizations as the Un for allowing us to use less energy and preserve derground Space Center of the University of more space for natural and human needs. It also Minnesota, the School of Architecture at Okla gives the individual and society alike a real way homa State University, and the many design to achieve self-reliance and independence from professionals active in earth sheltering. These limited sources of fossil fuels.

Author : Malcolm Wells
Publisher : Green Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1603581073

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The Earth-sheltered House by Malcolm Wells Pdf

Earth-sheltered housing offers superior comfort with minimal energy input, and it is adaptable to diverse terrains as well as a variety of architectural aesthetics.

Author : Lester L. Boyer,Walter T. Grondzik
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0890963029

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Earth Shelter Technology by Lester L. Boyer,Walter T. Grondzik Pdf

As early as the 1960s innovative builders were beginning to design and construct underground and earth-covered houses as part of the search for alternate lifestyles. The energy shortages of the seventies further stimulated the interest in earth-sheltered dwellings because of the energy savings they offer.

Author : John Hait
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0615905889

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Passive Annual Heat Storage by John Hait Pdf

Still the World's Most Advanced Text on Earth Sheltering and Passive Solar Design! Passive Annual Heat Storage (PAHS) is a method of collecting heat in the summertime, by cooling the home naturally, storing it in the earth naturally, then returning the heat to the home in the winter. It includes extensive use of natural heat flow methods and the arrangement of building materials to direct heat from wherever you get it to wherever you want it, all without using machinery to make it work. With the rising cost of energy, all home builders should become familiar with basic PAHS principles. The goal of Passive Annual Heat Storage is to provide a method of placing building materials and organizing construction so the comfortable environments produced are continuously pleasant. The resulting subterranean home interiors are balanced with the natural environment and are able to extract all of their energy needs from their surroundings without using any commercial energy sources. Thus, there is no longer any need for using mechanical devices or causing any disruption in global ecosystems. Build a home that naturally stays warm in the winter and cool in the summer!

Author : Larry S. Chalmers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : OCLC:5898557

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Homes in the Earth by Larry S. Chalmers Pdf

Author : Mike Edelhart
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015007550067

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The Handbook of Earth Shelter Design by Mike Edelhart Pdf

Author : Kaki Hunter,Donald Kiffmeyer
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004-11-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781550923032

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Earthbag Building by Kaki Hunter,Donald Kiffmeyer Pdf

The only comprehensive, illustrated, step-by-step guide to building with earthbags. Over seventy percent of Americans cannot afford to own a code-enforced, contractor-built home. This has led to widespread interest in using natural materials-straw, cob, and earth-for building homes and other buildings that are inexpensive, and that rely largely on labor rather than expensive and often environmentally-damaging outsourced materials. Earthbag Building is the first comprehensive guide to all the tools, tricks, and techniques for building with bags filled with earth-or earthbags. Having been introduced to sandbag construction by the renowned Nader Khalili in 1993, the authors developed this "Flexible Form Rammed Earth Technique" over the last decade. A reliable method for constructing homes, outbuildings, garden walls and much more, this enduring, tree-free architecture can also be used to create arched and domed structures of great beauty-in any region, and at home, in developing countries, or in emergency relief work. This profusely illustrated guide first discusses the many merits of earthbag construction, and then leads the reader through the key elements of an earthbag building: Special design considerations Foundations, walls, and floors Electrical, plumbing, and shelving Lintels, windows and door installations Roofs, arches and domes Exterior and interior plasters. With dedicated sections on costs, making your own specialized tools, and building code considerations, as well as a complete resources guide, Earthbag Building is the long-awaited, definitive guide to this uniquely pleasing construction style. Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series

Author : University of Minnesota,University of Minnesota. Underground Space Center,Raymond Sterling
Publisher : Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Architecture
ISBN : MINN:319510000091189

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Earth Sheltered Housing by University of Minnesota,University of Minnesota. Underground Space Center,Raymond Sterling Pdf

Offers an approach to construction techniques, providing plans, details, and photographs of earth sheltered houses.