Aug 10, 2017 | Building Product Reviews, Construction Blogs, Embodied Carbon, Zero House prefab
This is one in a series of blog posts about the materials we’ve chosen to build our Zero House project… What is SonoClimat Eco4? SonoClimat is an insulating sheathing board made from 81% recycled waste wood fibers. It comes in 1/2-inch and 1-1/2-inch...
Apr 12, 2016 | Building Product Reviews, Natural building materials and techniques
On April 10, a workshop at Endeavour led participants through the theory and practice of making wall insulation from light clay straw (also known as straw/clay, slipstraw, or EcoNestTM). This is an insulating technique we’ve used numerous times on building...
Nov 2, 2014 | Hempcrete, Natural building materials and techniques
A group of lucky participants was treated to an excellent weekend workshop on building with hempcrete (or hemp-lime), led by UK architect and hempcrete pioneer, Tom Woolley. Tom is the author of Hemp Lime Construction and Low Impact Building, and has been involved in...
Aug 23, 2012 | Canada's Greenest Home, Natural building materials and techniques
There are several portions of Canada’s Greenest Home that do not have straw bale walls. While we believe strongly in the advantages of straw bale walls, we also want to show our students a more mainstream way to achieve high energy efficiency with low...
