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These homes and
communities are wonderful examples of how we
can all make choices in our lives that respects ourselves, others, and nature.
These homes are environmentally friendly and non-toxic alternatives to
traditional buildings. If you know
of any other sites that have Eco Homes that are not listed here, please let us know. Or,
if you have pictures of a room or home that you have made environmentally friendly, please
send us a picture and we will add it to
the gallery. You can also mail us pictures to: EcoChoices Pictures, PO Box 1491, Glendora,
CA 91740. (If you mail us a picture, please send us pictures that you don't need. We keep
them in case we need to rescan them. Thanks!)
Please click your fancy. :-)
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| EcoHomes Pictures at the
EcoLiving Center |
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Aquaterra |
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Building With Awareness.
Devoted to the aesthetic and environmental aspects of
sustainable building materials. Its purpose is to inspire the viewer. The
featured home has been on the Albuquerque, NM, Green Building Tour for the
past two years. Some of its features are a small size, straw bale and adobe
construction, passive solar design, interior and exterior mud plaster, 100%
photovoltaic powered, and a rain water cistern to supply water for the
toilet, the washing machine, and garden. The home puts aesthetics at an
equal standing with sustainability. |
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Mountain Homes - Makes small homes |
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Canelo Project |
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Cob Buildings |
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Davis Caves |
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Earth Ship |
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EcoHomes by Beaveridge Contracting |
| An EcoHome designed by John
Hernikl. |
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FACE |
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Living Architecture |
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Monolithic
Dome Institute Gallery |
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Natural light and solar comfort architecture
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Not
So Big House |
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Our Cool House.Passive
Solar, Geothermally heated/cooled home in western Maryland. Home of Phil &
Lisa Malone. |
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Primatempra |
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Pumice-Crete |
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Restoration of
an Adobe House in La Florida |
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RuralGay |
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Sierra Hot Springs
Community |
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The Tsui House |
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Tsui Design & Research
Inc. |
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The Wilson Home |
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Ventura-Gutek ICF
Home. A 2 storey ICF home in central Tennessee that will
include ICF inner walls, a poured concrete second floor, and a 3/12 ICF
roof. I have made a web page that is following the construction. Energy
efficient and weather-safe house. |
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Habitat Design - Award-winning architecture and planning firm with a
30 year family history of conservation design. |
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The Yellow House. Conversion
of a 1930's home into an ecohome. |
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Articles |
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EcoVillages |
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Builders |
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Architects /
Designers / Planners for Social Responsibility.
Educating design professionals and the public about
critical social and environmental issues.
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Beaverridge Contracting.
Design and build using ecologically friendly building materials and
construction methods. Arts & Crafts Style or sometimes called "Craftsman
Style" homes with a method and philosophy of building with a focus on
beauty, simplicity and function. Homes, cabinetry and furniture
are hand-crafted with carefully selected natural building materials.
Timber frame/ post and beam style homes are designed to last at least six
times longer than the average home.
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Builders - Earth, Mudbrick, Adobe, Cob
List of builders in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.
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E2. John Picard
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Living Architecture is
committed to an architecture that fully nurtures the complete human
being...body, mind, and spirit by working with the laws of nature.
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Kraus Fitch Architects.
Ecologically sound and socially responsible design firm.
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TSUI Design and Research,
Inc.
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Village Habitat Design Firm US
architecture and planning firm with a 30 year family history of
conservation design.
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William McDonough &
Partners (Large Projects) Although we excel according to traditional
design criteria of aesthetics, performance, and cost, we add to them
concern for ecological intelligence and social justice. We see these
issues as sources of innovative design solutions and new measures of
quality. |
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| Green
Building Resources |
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Advanced Buildings
Environmentally responsible building resources.
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he Big Fringe Alternative housing- cordwood construction and
renewable energy.
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Building Environmental Science and Technology.
Technical support for the home building
industry, non-governmental organizations and State and Federal agencies to
enhance energy efficiency, environmental performance of building and
remodeling projects, boost indoor environmental quality, and to accelerate
the adoption of renewable energy sources.
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| Building Green -
Environmental Building News. Practical
information on a wide range of topics related to sustainable
building - from renewable energy and recycled-content materials
to land-use planning and indoor air quality.
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| Center
of Excellence For Sustainable Development: Green Homes Department of
Energy Site.
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| Cob and Natural Building Links
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Cob Email List-Server
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Comfortwise.
homes are designed and built for energy efficiency
and have been independently inspected for quality. (Edison)
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| Cordwood masonry/Stackwall
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Earthship Landing: The Alternative Way of Building
information on Earthships.
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Environmental Building and Design
Numerous resources on sustainable building and supplies.
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| Environmental
Building News Newsletter.
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Global EcoVillage
Network
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Green Builders Sourcebook
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| Green
Building Information Council, Canada. Disseminates information about
energy and environmental issues in the building sector.
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| GreenSpec - The Environmental Building News Product Directory
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| Introduction to Permaculture: Concepts and Resources
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Natural Dynamics
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| Oikos
News, information and products related to green building.
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Permaculture and Sustainable Living and Livelihood
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Pressure Treated
Wood - Arsenic
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| PVC
Alternative Database - Build a building or home that is less toxic by
using alternatives to PVC's.
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| Rammed Earth Links
Rammed earth homes, builders, products, books, articles, and videos.
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| Renewable Energy Resources
discussion & educational resource for renewable, sustainable home built energy
production. A do-it-yourself guide for building your own Solar, PV, Hydro, Biofuel
(Biodiesel, Ethanol, Etc.) Steam, and other Renewable Energy Solutions.
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Straw &
Stucco
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| Straw Bale
Construction SB Wall
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Sun Angle A shareware Javascript program that calculates solar angles based on location, date, and time.
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Sustainable
Building Sourcebook |
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Green Lending |
| Green
Lender. Loan program designed especially to provide market rate
financing for cutting-edge environmental homes, communities and other
alternative mortgage needs.
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| Mortgage
Pros, Inc. Green lending specialist. Paul A. McCutchen. 4202
Spicewood Springs Rd., Suite 209, Austin, TX 78759. 888-866-7767.
Financing for new and existing green homes. greenloans@mindspring.com |
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Organizations |
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Austin Sustainable Building
Coalition
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The Cohousing Network
Information on cohousing.
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Earth
Craft House Atlanta home builders.
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Earthwood Building School Books,
workshops, and links.
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EcoHome
Network
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| Energy Efficiency
& Renewable Energy Network Government agency developing and deploying efficient and clean energy technologies that meet the
nation's energy needs, enhance the environment and strengthen national competitiveness.
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| Energy Efficient Building
Association A nonprofit organization that promotes the awareness, education and development of energy efficient,
environmentally responsible buildings and communities.
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Energy
Star Homes
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Florida
Green Building Coalition
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Florida
Solar Energy Center
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Good Wood Publication
Sources of sustainably harvested wood in the United States.
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Green Building Information Council
(Canada)
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Green Building Professionals Search
Green building professionals by city, state, province, or country.
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Green Builder Program
The city of Austin, Texas program to encourage using energy efficient, environmentally
friendly building materials.
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Green Design Designing and building a green home
resources.
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Gridwatch Lists suppliers and manufactures of consumer products for PV and wind energy.
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| Healthy
Homes Institute
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| IronStraw Group
Community based
building of affordable straw bale homes.
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| Indoor
Air Diagnostics
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| The Last Straw
Resources in straw bale building.
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Masonry Heater Association of North America
Information on basic concepts and design of masonry stoves.
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Masonry Heaters Gallery
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National Association of Home Builders Their
catalog has a wide range of environmental publications and green building
products, including health, safety, and environmental wellbeing of all
people.
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National Safety Council's Sick Building Syndrome Site
A nonprofit, non-governmental, international public service organization dedicated to improving the
safety, health and environmental well-being of all people. Info on Sick Building Syndrome.
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Natural Building Resources
Alternative building resources.
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| Oasis Design
Information on gray water systems
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Passive Solar Industries Council
Links to government and nonprofit organizations involved in energy-efficient building and renewable energy.
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Potomac Region
Solar Energy Association (PRSEA). Potomac, Maryland. Annual tour of Solar
Homes in October
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| Solar Survival Architecture
Created by the inventors of the earthship
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Straw Bale Construction Links
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Sustainable Construction Techniques
Information on solar heating, xeriscaping, rammed earth, straw bale, and permaculture.
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U.S. Department of Energy's Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development
A great place to learn about sustainable development and what communities are doing to promote it.
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| US Green Building Council
A coalition of more than 400 international
organizations seeking to accelerate the adoption of green building practices, technologies, policies
and standards.
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| US
Environmental Protection Agency |
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| Green
Living Rentals & Roommates |
| EcoRoommates -
find a place to share with other people that try to live in an
environmentally friendly way and/or are vegetarians. |
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| Shopping
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