Alaska Building Sciences Network
ABSN is an association dedicated to promoting energy efficiency in Alaska housing construction.
Arctic Foundation
This Canadian company is installing thermosyphons as a means of providing stable foundations in permafrost soils.
Association of Professional Engineers of Yukon
Legislation and bylaws, finances and membership information.
Cold Climate Housing Research Center
CCHRC is dedicated to research that improves the durability, health, and affordability of shelter for people living in circumpolar regions around the globe.
Coping With Permafrost Foundation
A brief introduction to the problem, by Larry Gedney of the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Masonry Stoves
A short history of their development in Scandinavia 400 years ago, and current applications.
Nomad Shelter
This Alaska company manufactures yurts, a circular, lattice-walled, portable shelter of Central Asian design
Protecting Fish Habitat
So that the bed of Iron Creek would not be disturbed, the Alaska Highway was re-routed over the world's largest steel arch - which then collapsed in
2001.
Rational Foundations on Frost Heaving Soils
A short introduction to a new Russian method of home foundation construction.