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Back Issues: 2004



Issue #45

Living with Straw
Straw-bale Homeowner Survey
Telling Comments
All About Cracks
Natural Paints for Natural Buildings: What and Why
Living in the Historic Scott House in Nebraska
Post-Occupancy Evaluation: Learning from Experience
House Tour Etiquette: A Printer for Visitors and Owners
A Fire Story
Living with Straw When You're Living without Straw
Fire Safety: A Review of Testing and Experience
Heavy Green Roofs on Load-bearing Walls in Germany
Strawboard Panels
Electrical Wiring for Strawbale
Hanging Around Bale Walls
Straw Building an the Principles of Passive Solar Design

Issue #46

We Build It This Way
A Simple Top Plate for Load-bearing Walls
A Rubble Trench Foundation
Simple Window Bucks and Sills
Three Bale Wall Connections
Details for a Light Post-and-Beam System
A Concrete Bond Beam Detail
Strawbale and Moisture in the Pacific Northwest
Research Projects in Austria
What's Behind Those Damp Patches
Three Belgian Projects
Building Vaults in The Netherlands
A California Mountain Home
Some Austrian Projects
Small, Simple and Sustainable: Learning from Squatters
Living with Straw in China.

Issue #47
A Summer of Gatherings
Getting Trained in SB and Natural Building
Teaching Natural Building to Youth
Financing Straw-bale Projects
Tricks of the Trade: Tree Planting Pouches
Design & Instrumentation of an Experimental Building
The Rice Hull House
UK and Continent Tours
Experiencing ISBBC-04 in Denmark
ISBBC-04: The Next Generation
Hands-On and Theory Sessions
Natural Building Colloquium-East
1st European Natural Building Colloquium
Orofino Vineyards, Dignity Village, Prefab Walls in Alberta


Issue #48
Sustainable Systems
The Big Picture: Defining "eco-Sensible" Design
Annualized Geo-Solar: Heating Our Homes with Sunshine
Natural Ventilation: Let There be Air, Fresh Air
Renewable Energy: A Perfect Fit with Straw Bale
Down the Drain: What About Waste Water?
StrawHouse Market
Prefab Bale Homes Part of USDA Demonstration
The Bale Screws: Keeping Things Tight
Casein Glue
Hands for Knowledge Update



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