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

Wheat straw could be used as a sustainable alternative to regulate temperatures in homes and commercial buildings, a new study says. The insulation in our homes and buildings has come at a hidden cost ...

A new generation of apartments, factories, schools, and homes is using straw as a sustainable construction alternative. The ...

Straw not only helps keep heat in, it works tokeep noise out. The tightly bound bales help absorb the sound of passing cars, giving straw a strong appeal for homes built in areas with lots of traffic.

Not all natural home construction is cheap though: Rammed earth walls, which are exactly what they sound like, ... This cob and straw bale home was built for less than $50,000.

The prefabricated straw home is the first of its kind within the state as far as builders know, according to an open house flyer. "If you know of another prefab straw bale building, please tell us!" ...

The straw-bale house, once found only in the sticks, is coming to town. From Laguna Beach to the Bay Area, building officials are giving their blessing to straw-bale houses cropping up between ...

David and Carrie Chew live in a house made of straw. It has two bathrooms, a modern kitchen and a packed earthen floor. The exterior walls are made with stacked wheat straw bales covered in plaster.

Greg Bossie, owner of Rare Forms in Easthampton, talks about the Seed Panels his company makes, which are structurally insulated panels made from straw as an alternative building material. STAFF ...

The result is detailed in a short film Patagonia released earlier this month called “Home, Grown.” It shows the sleeves-up, hands-dirty process of building a straw bale home on Chouinard’s ...

Construction is underway in Malmö, Sweden, for the Hyllie building, a 12-story apartment tower made of timber and straw. Hyllie, Malmö [Rendering: ETC Bygg/Kaminsky Architects] ...