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This movie gives you a front-row seat on the worksite of a solar straw bale home. The topics covered include straw bale walls, post-and-beam framing, adobe thermal mass walls, passive solar, rubble trench foundations, roof framing and insulation, concrete floors with radiant heat, earthen plaster for walls, electrical wiring, solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, rainwater collection cisterns, green building materials, and more. Running time: 2 hours 42 minutes.