Praise for Essential Sustainable Home Design:
"Once again, Chris Magwood has put his deep and broad experience to excellent use in creating this book. The book is both comprehensive and concise. Chris couples his extensive and rigorous approach to research, experimentation and learning with his gift for teaching and communicating what he's learned. The result is a terrific addition to the sustainable design and building literature."
-David Eisenberg, Director, Development Centre for Appropriate Technology
Praise for Essential Hempcrete Construction:
"Essential Hempcrete Construction stands out as a well-researched investigation into the potential and promise of hemp-lime systems in the contemporary built environment."
-Tim Callahan, author, Building Green
Praise for Essential Prefab Straw Bale Construction:
"The next generation of straw bale buildings is coming, and now we have a guide for builders, designers and would-be manufacturers - from one of the best sources anywhere. As always, Magwood brings enthusiasm, experience and solid science to the subject, so buy this book!"
-Bruce King, Ecological Building Network
Praise for Making Better Buildings:
"It's the ultimate guide to building energy-efficient, environmentally friendly and healthy green homes --- quite possibly the most valuable book ever published on green building!"
-Dan Chiras, Director, The Evergreen Institute
Praise for More Straw Bale Building:
"This practical treatise is a recommended must-read for anyone considering a straw bale building project."
-Mark Hoberecht, President, HarvestBuild Associates, Inc.
Technical Research
opportunities for carbon capture and storage in building materials
Can buildings become a major carbon sink and help to reverse climate change? My Master's thesis will be published in early 2019, and it's an optimistic examination of the very real opportunity that exists for a paradigm shift from buildings as a leading cause of climate change to buildings as a climate solution.
The paper is a thorough comparison of the carbon footprint of various conventional and alternative construction types and an exploration of all the exciting carbon-storing materials that are currently available, in prototype and in R&D phase.
Read more HERE.
The paper is a thorough comparison of the carbon footprint of various conventional and alternative construction types and an exploration of all the exciting carbon-storing materials that are currently available, in prototype and in R&D phase.
Read more HERE.