Jan 2, 2018 | Natural building materials and techniques, Straw bale building
Prefabricated straw bale walls Endeavour has a long history of working with prefabricated straw bale wall panels. We were the first to make panels in 2000, and have continued to implement versions of panelized straw bale systems in residential and commercial building....
Jan 2, 2018 | Material Videos, Natural building materials and techniques, Straw bale building
Round straw bale columns Many people use small, square straw bales to make buildings, but we used the big round bales as load-bearing columns in a building! The big rounds are incredibly dense and uniform, and we lab tested them to 120,000 pounds of load! They are...
Aug 21, 2017 | Building Product Reviews, Construction Blogs, Embodied Carbon, Sustainable Building & Design program, 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 Applegate Cellulose Insulation? Cellulose insulation is a high performance blown-in insulation for wall, roof and floor cavities that is...
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...
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 ReWall EssentialBoard? ReWall is a sheathing board made from recycled, compressed drinking cartons. It can be used for interior and/or exterior...
