A Carlisle-based building materials distributor has entered into an agreement to supply EcoCocon straw wall panels.

Idaho builders are using agricultural waste like straw bales and hemp to create energy-efficient, eco-friendly structures and ...

A new generation of apartments, factories, schools, and homes is using straw as a sustainable construction alternative. The idea of a straw building might bring to mind a medieval homestead, or ...

Building with strawFor one thing, it’s a great insulator, says Perritt, whose company, R.J. Perritt Homes, uses green building practices. The R-value of straw bales — the measure of their ...

Construction of a straw-bale house is labor-intensive, adding about $20 per square foot — roughly 20 percent — to the cost of building a home, Perritt said.

From Laguna Beach to the Bay Area, building officials are giving their blessing to straw-bale houses cropping up between tract homes and alongside beach bungalows.

First of all, building a house using straw bales is not a conventional method of home construction, and new construction techniques are needed.

A time-honored method of construction will find new expression as a Columbia building company shows off its home built of prefabricated straw bale panels. The house, which its builders believe is ...

The farmer, who is currently president of the Ontario Straw Bale Building Coalition, says the house has proved to be a warm and pleasant place to live.

Proponents of modern straw-bale construction highlight the sustainability of sourcing materials from local farms and natural insulation provided by straw.

Carrie Zaenglein says visitors to her straw-bale home are always surprised at the soaring walls, the light-filled rooms, when they were expecting “something from the Three Little ...