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Rocky Mountain Research Center
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Information on building earth sheltered homes using the principles of passive annual heat storage. Online tours of underground houses with construction details.
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Cob Cottage Company, The
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Information about cob, a hands-on construction technique using earth mixed with sand and straw.
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Mule Creek Adobe, Inc.
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Adobe brick manufacturer located in SW New Mexico that produces traditionally molded blocks in several sizes that exceed New Mexico and Arizona minimum requirements for compressive strength and modulus of rupture. Bricks are stabilized with a 4% asphalt emusion. Site includes a table for calculating the number of bricks required for a project.
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Rogers Rammed Earth
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Rammed Earth Building is both evolution and revolution. Its origins date back ten thousand years. Stabilised rammed earth is a strong and durable construction method, is weather resistant, thermally efficient and maintenance free.
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