by Cathy Rust | 24,Mar, 2015 | Architecture and Design |
Usually once a home is built, the builder hands the keys over to the new owner and unless there’s a problem, the builder moves on to the next project. However, in the case of a straw-bale built home in Peterborough, the home has been lived in for the past year...
by Cathy Rust | 11,Feb, 2015 | Architecture and Design
A school portable made from straw bale offers the following benefits: energy efficiency, low maintenance and clean indoor air.
by Cathy Rust | 7,Jul, 2014 | Building Materials, Green Building Techniques
About a month ago I posted an article written by Terrell Wong, an architect specializing in sustainable building and design, about a straw bale addition to a home she had designed. She was frustrated because the city of Toronto denied it even though the city had built...
by Contributor | 24,Apr, 2014 | Green Building Techniques, News and Events |
My friend, Architect Terrell Wong, a passive house and green building specialist, has been having quite the time with the City of Toronto, trying to get an addition to a home built with straw bale. She figured that since the city had built its own straw bale building...
by Cathy Rust | 24,May, 2013 | Architecture and Design, Green Building Techniques
Chris Magwood, Executive Director of The Endeavour Centre sent me a note letting me know that Canada’s Greenest Home is now complete and up for sale. As he mentions in his blog post on the subject, being the greenest home is not a brag per se, as those people...
by Cathy Rust | 8,Apr, 2013 | Out of Business, Product Graveyard |
In green building circles it is generally acknowledged that prefab or modular homes are more environmentally friendly than traditional stick built on site homes. Walls are constructed inside a warehouse so the materials aren’t exposed to the elements, which...
by Cathy Rust | 22,Mar, 2012 | Architecture and Design, News and Events
The Endeavour Centre located in Peterborough, ON is a not-for-profit hands-on education centre that teaches students how to build and renovate homes using more sustainable methods and materials than are currently in use. Students learn about building science in the...
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