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$49.95 • Paperback Original ISBN 9781603583398 8 x 10 • 416 pages, plus DVD Full-color throughout Pub Date: May, 2012 A Comprehensive Guide to Integrative Design and Construction Jacob Deva Racusin and Ace McArleton Natural buildings not only bring satisfaction to their makers and joy to their occupants, they also leave the gentlest footprint on the environment. rough their work as builders, consultants, and educators, Jacob Dave Racusin and Ace McArleton merge their passions for fine craſt, ecological stewardship, relationship to place, and social justice. e Natural Building Companion is a complete guide to natural building philosophy, design, and technique. In the book, Jacob and Ace offer step-by-step instructions on: siting and site analysis; • choosing materials; • navigating budgeting, code compliance, and project management; • creating the foundation, wall system, roof, and floors; • selecting and making plasters and paints; • evaluating options for mechanical and utility systems; and, • integrating structures within landscape, climate, and human communities. • Regardless of climate, e Natural Building Companion provides the tools necessary to understand basic principles of building science, including structural and thermal engineering, and hydrodynamics. is guide offers thorough, up-to-date, and advanced installation details and performance characteristics of straw-bale, straw-clay, woodchip-clay, and cellulose wall systems, as well as earthen and stone wall systems and a variety of framing, roofing, flooring, mechanical system, and finishing options. is fully-illustrated volume informs professionals making the transition from conventional building, homeowners embarking on their own construction, or green builders who want comprehensive guidance on natural-building options. is book is part of e Yestermorrow Design/Build Library and includes an instructional DVD. The Natural Building Companion For author events contact: Jenna Dimmick Stewart [email protected] 802.295.6300 ext.120 Digital Press Kit: http://media.chelseagreen.com/the-natural-building-companion Jacob Deva Racusin and Ace McArleton co-own New Frameworks Natural Building, LLC, a company offering services in green remodeling, new construction, consultation, and education featuring natural building technologies. They are involved with the Natural Building Certificate Program, which Jacob helped develop and has served as program director. They are also codevelopers and instructors of the graduate-level Professional Semester of Integrative Design and Construction at Yestermorrow. For media inquiries contact: Shay Totten [email protected] 802.295.6300 ext.125 The Yestermorrow Design/Build Library Chelsea Green Publishing and the Yestermorrow Design/Build School have partnered to produce a series of books giving professional builders, homeowners, and DIY-ers state-of-the-art information and guidance on using sustainable design strategies, natural building methods and materials, renewable energy sources, and environmentally progressive construction techniques. Accompanied by instructional DVDs, books in the series strive to be accessible to readers of all skill levels.
