In places with some of the harshest winter conditions in the lower 48, people are insulating their houses with straw. The ...

Mom's Place was, in fact, the first load-bearing ("Nebraska-style") straw bale house anywhere to be granted a building permit. (Dorsey's home used a post and beam framework to support the roof ...

Kenyans are increasingly embracing straw bale technology, which uses materials made entirely out of farm waste, to build cheaper and environmentally-friendly dream homes, writes KEVIN OGUOKO ...

At a Monday afternoon press conference, VINES members were joined by local leaders to announce the opening of VINES' new ...

Each timber-framed panel is around 3-400mm thick and contains a mass of chopped straw - essentially, a slightly more high-tech version of the simple straw bales ... is building hundreds of homes ...

Energy efficient homes made from carbon sequestering materials ... Since the walls are the only thing that sets a straw bale building apart from other forms of construction, this presentation ...

Since a straw bale insulated home doesn't meet the criteria outlined in part nine of the building code, an energy modeller also needs to be involved with the design process. Badley noted that he's ...

The couple built the home based on passive design principles. Photo: Supplied Joe’s interest in straw-bale construction began in the 1990s, rooted in his commitment to sustainability ...

modular homes, straw bales, green housing, timber, ecobricks, and eco panels, to name a few. The average Ghanaian still views traditional building methods as the only choice, even though many of these ...

Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments, or VINES, held a grand opening for its new 4,000 square foot facility.