Materials
of the built environment:
Graedel, T. E.; B.R. Allenby.
Industrial Ecology. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice
Hall, 1995.
Guy, G. Bradley; Charles J. Kibert; Jan Sendzimir.
Construction Ecology:
Nature
As The Basis For Green Buildings. New York, NY: Spon Press, 2002.
Social
and ethical issues of materials:
McDonough, William. Cradle To Cradle: Remaking The Way We Make Things. New
York, NY: North Point Press, 2002.
Roodman, David Malin; Nicholas Lenssen. A Building Revolution: How Ecology
and Health Concerns are Transforming Construction. Worldwatch Institute paper
124, Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, March 1995.
Material
properties:
Malin, Nadav; Alex Wilson. GreenSpec Directory: Product Directory With
Guideline Specifications. Brattleboro, VT: Building Green, 2003.
Rousseau, David; W.J. Rea; Jean Enwright. Your home, your health, and well-being.
Berkeley, Calif.: Ten Speed Press, 1988.
Evolution
of Materials:
Benyus, Janine. Biomimicry: innovation inspired by nature. New York: Morrow,
1997.
Perlin, John. A Forest Journey: the role of wood in the development of civilization.
New York: W.W. Norton, 1989.
Techniques:
Adams, Cassandra; Lynne Elizabeth. Alternative Construction: Contemporary
Natural Building Methods. New York, NY: Wiley, 2000.
Bergeron, Michael; Paul Lacinski. Serious Straw Bale: A Home Construction
Guide
For All Climates. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Pub. Co., 2000.
Easton, David. The Rammed Earth House. Chelsea Green Publishing Company, April
1996.
Steen, Athena. The Strawbale House. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Pub.
Co.,1994.
Prerequisites:
none listed.