4Cs- 2005

The 4Cs Food Bank and Lily Anne Thrift Store was designed by Chris Magwood and built by students at Fleming College’s sustainable building program in 2005.

Located in downtown Haliburton, this building created a new home for this valuable community service. The thrift store raises funds that help make the food bank activities possible.

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: The 4Cs Food Bank and Lily Anne Thrift Store in downtown Haliburton, Ontario

: Earthbag foundation

: Framing for load bearing straw bale walls

: Box beam placed on hemp bale walls

: Hemp bale walls are compressed and ready for clay plaster

: Used carpet provides insulation under the earth floor

: In floor heating for earthen floor

: Rammed earth floor base over heating tubes

: Soil cement floor finish… didn’t work!

: Compressed straw board interior walls

: Pop bottle walls

: Light tubes for light and earth tubes for ventilation

: 1 kW photovoltaic system for net metering

: Solar hot water and grid tie inverter

: All natural finishes are used throughout

: Decorative earthen plaster

: Artistic finishing touches

: The finished building fits nicely in the downtown core

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