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A series of books and manuals has been published for the dissemination of earth-based technologies. They can be ordered to the Auroville Earth Institute. If you would like to order some of them, please mention your complete postal address and a telephone number along with your order, so that we can send you a price list and/or a quotation, including charges for the courier service.

32 publications are presently available in 6 series: Introduction booklets – Summaries of training course lectures – Training manuals – Case studies – User manuals – Video DVDs

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 INTRODUCTION BOOKLETS
I.01Block-y ard organization - Auroville Earth Institute - 1996, revised 1999 - 9 p.
I.02Building with earth in Auroville - Auroville Earth Institute - 1995, revised 2002 - 16 p.
Available in English, French, German, Italian, Hindi, Portuguese, Tibetan and Spanish
I.03Building with arches, vaults and domes - Auroville Earth Institute - 1996 - 16 p.
I.04Earth building and management of resources - Auroville Earth Institute - 1996 - 8 p.
I.05Stabilized rammed earth foundation - Auroville Earth Institute - 1996 - 8 p.
I.06Rammed earth - Auroville Earth Institute - 1996 - 6 p. with colour photos
I.07Compressed stabilised earth blocks - Auroville Earth Institute - 1996 - 8 p.
I.08Hollow interlocking CSEB for earthquake resistant houses - Auroville Earth Institute - 1996, revised 2005 - 10 p.
I.09Masonry with compressed stabilised earth blocks - Auroville Earth Institute - 1997 - 34 p. (Available in English and Portuguese)
I.10Soil identification for earth construction - Auroville Earth Institute - 1997 - 12 p. (Available in English and Portuguese)
I.11Economics of compressed stabilised earth blocks - Auroville Earth Institute - 2001, revised 2002 - 35 p.
Given with a software on CD to calculate the cost and economic feasibility of CSEB
I.12Earthen architecture for sustainable habitat - Auroville Earth Institute - 2002 - 16 p.
 SUMMARIES OF TRAINING COURSE LECTURES
SL.01Production and use of compressed stabilised earth blocks - Auroville Earth Institute - 1991, revised 2005 - 21 p.
SL.02Masonry with compressed stabilised earth blocks - Auroville Earth Institute - 1995, revised 2005 - 18 p.
SL.03Building with arches, vaults and domes - Auroville Earth Institute - 1996, revised 2005 - 38 p.
SL.04Production and use of hollow interlocking CSEB for disaster resistance - Auroville Earth Institute - 2005 - 25 p.
 TRAINING MANUALS
TM.01Production of CSEB - Training manual for block-makers - Auroville Earth Institute - 1996 - 31 p.
TM.02Production of CSEB - Training manual for technicians and entrepreneurs
CRATerre/Earth Institute, Villefontaine/ Auroville - 1996, revised 1997 - 142 p.
TM.03Earthquake resistant buildings with hollow interlocking blocks - Training manual for architects and engineers
Auroville Earth Institute - 2001, revised 2005 - 43 p. with colour photos and plans
TM.04Building with arches, vaults and domes -Training manual for architects and engineers
Auroville Earth Institute - 2002, revised 2005 - 115 p. with colour photos and plans
TM.05Building with hollow interlocking blocks for earthquake resistance - Training manual for builders
Auroville Earth Institute - 2004, revised 2005 - 16 p. with colour photos and plans
 CASE STUDIES
CS.01Dome of the Dhyanalingam Temple (Ø 22.16 m) - Auroville Earth Institute - 1999 - 32 p. with colour photos and plans
CS.02AUM House, cost effective and disaster resistant - Auroville Earth Institute - 2000, revised 2002 - 57 p. with colour photos and plans
CS.03VIKAS community at Auroville - Towards a holistic development- Auroville Earth Institute - 2000 - 67 p. with colour photos and plans
CS.04MINE House, cost effective and earthquake resistant - CRATerre/Earth Institute, Villefontaine/Auroville - 1996 - 70 p. with plans
CS.05Building with earth in Auroville - Auroville Earth Institute - 2002, revised 2005 - 33 p. with colour photos and plans
 USER MANUALS
UM.01AURAM press 3000 - Auroville Earth Institute - 1992, revised 1995 - 60 p.
UM.02AURAM press 240 & 290 - Auroville Earth Institute - 1994 - 53 p.
UM.03AURAM Press 3000, Making special blocks - Auroville Earth Institute - 1996 - 12 p.
UM.04AURAM Press 3000, Hollow Interlocking compressed stabilised earth blocks - Auroville Earth Institute - 2005 - 34p.
 VIDEO CDS
VCD.01Building with earth in the world - 28 min. Slide show with 170 slides - Auroville Earth Institute - 2004
VCD.02Building with earth in Auroville - 27 min. Slide show with video clips - Auroville Earth Institute - 2006



 
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