The most cost-effective steps toward a reduction in a building’s energy consumption usually occurs during the design process. To achieve efficient energy use, zero energy design departs significantly from conventional construction practice.
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Other concepts, methods and strategies often (or sometimes) associated with natural building include: building “underground,” earth sheltering, or berming, “green” or “living” planted roofs, thatched roofs and cement-free earthen floors, rubble-trench, or gabion foundations.
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The materials common to many types of natural building are clay and sand. When mixed with water and, usually, straw or another fiber, the mixture may form cob or adobe (clay blocks).
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This section includes some minimal descriptions of methods, to give some feel for such a building’s practicality, provide indexes to further information, and give a sense of modern trends.
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