A family like that of Jen Frey and Joe Wirbick can find enough space to build a straw bale house or two on a windy hillside near Mount Joy. They started construction of a temporary first house in ...

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

Straw bale building codes are not part of Kenya’s building codes, so it may take a bit more work and time to get building plans of straw bale houses approved. In his research, Kamau came across ...

Proposals to build a house out of straw bales have been described as ... But Stratford District Council passed the plans unanimously. The Local Democracy Reporting Service said Matt Jennings ...

make a straw bale planter box. It does take 10 to 14 days to condition the bale, but after that you'll have it planted in no time. In case you're wondering, here are the 11 best plants for container ...

So he and Knox met with three others having some knowledge of the medium--Bill Steen, David Bainbridge and Pliny Fisk--to talk about building a straw bale structure themselves. Realizing then that ...

Carbon-Free Infrastructure and Construction Chris constructed the first permitted straw bale house in Ontario in 1996. He has authored seven books on sustainable building, including the well loved ...

From ambitious plans that have set the bar for eco-conscious ... feature on the show came during its first year with the Straw Bale House, which cost just £78,000 to build. The property was ...

The building's opening makes it the first net zero energy building in Binghamton, and the first commercial straw bale building in the Northeast. The building boasts a solar panel-powered energy ...

Chloë Sevigny Felt 'Really Intimidated' by Christian Bale on American Psycho Set: His 'Process' Was 'Challenging' Christian Bale's American Psycho Costars Initially Thought His Acting 'Was ...