Green Home Designs And Sustainable Development

Wattle And Daub Homes

Wattle And Daub Homes

EarthCraft House

EarthCraft House

Shipping Container Homes

Shipping Container Homes

Straw Bale Homes

Straw Bale Homes

Earth Sheltered Homes

Earth Sheltered Homes

Rammed Earth Homes

Rammed Earth Homes

Earthship Homes

Earthship Homes

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Dome Homes

Dome homes are made with concrete and steel rebar. This concrete is thoroughly insulated from the inside out, which allows the heat to be stored inside for use at a later date. Dome homes require only about half of the energy use as conventional homes. The isolating shell on the outside of the concrete keeps the temperature steady, which results in less temperature fluctuations inside the home.

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Wattle And Daub Homes

Wattle and daub (or wattle-and-daub) is a building material used for making walls, in which a woven lattice of wooden strips called wattle is daubed with a sticky material usually made of some combination of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw. Wattle and daub has been used for at least 6,000 years, and [...]

Wattle And Daub Homes

Friday, January 29, 2010

Cordwood Homes

Cord wood construction is basically using firewood that is cut to a specified dimension as fill for a mortar supported wall. Think of it like this, instead of using bricks, you use wood. Cord wood walls vary in thickness from 8 to about 16 inches depending on the weather conditions prevalent in the area. In colder areas, a thicker wall helps insulate from the cold, but where the cold is not as big a concern your resources can be used in a more frugal manner by making 8 inch walls.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Adobe Homes

Since adobe is essentially an inert material, the "toxic" content of the structure is hugely reduced. This makes adobe construction, when feasible, a very attractive Green Living alternative. Adobe construction is a reasonable way to achieve sustainable living spaces appropriate for us and the environment.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Cob Homes

Cob is a mixture of earth, straw, sand, and water. It's been around for thousands of years, and is used in New Zealand, Africa, Central America, Europe, Asia, and just about everywhere. Have you seen the photos of those charming little cottages that dot the landscape of Ireland? Most of those are made of cob. They are coated with a white lime mixture to prevent wind erosion. Just scratch the surface of one of those homes and you will soon discover that the walls are really made of dirt. Surprisingly, many have been around for over 500 years, and are still in excellent condition. These homes are fire-resistant, and stand up quite well to damp environments. If the homes have wide roof-eaves and impervious foundations, wet weather is not an issue. Cob proponents claim that they are warm, dry, and durable.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Bamboo Homes

Bamboo has inspired human beings for millennia, and has been a benefit to people throughout the world. It has been used as a building material with the strength of steel; for writing and musical instruments, fuel, food, and medicinal products, just to name a few. 1500 varieties of bamboo grow naturally throughout the world’s tropical and [...]

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

zeroHouse

A zero energy building (ZEB) or net zero energy building is a general term applied to a building’s use with zero net energy consumption and zero carbon emissions annually. Zero energy buildings can be used autonomous from the energy grid supply – energy can be harvested on-site. The net zero design principle is overlayed on [...]

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Enertia Homes

Enertia is energy made useful by a shift-in-Time. In the 1980’s Architectural Inventor Michael Sykes coined the term “Enertia” for the useful energy that can be captured from thermal, rotational, or electrical inertia. Using inertia, 80% of world energy needs can be met with a simple shift-in-Time. Summer thermal buildup can be shifted to fill [...]

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

EarthCraft House

EarthCraft is a program with guidelines ensuring that homes reduce energy by using tighter building construction, air sealing, controlled ventilation, as well as more efficient duct work, HVACs, and vents. Water usage is also reduced, which cuts down on utility bills. Last, the interior and exterior paint is low VOC. These homes are also supposed to have better indoor air quality for an overall healthier lifestyle for the owners.

EarthCraft House

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Hemp Homes

Although industrial hemp is very well known all over the world even in the United States where it is banned there are some countries that are starting to utilize the incredible properties of this amazing eco-product. In Spain for example newly built ecological homes are being made from industrial hemp. The outer walls of these [...]

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Shipping Container Homes

The newest craze in eco-friendly building is shipping container homes. These unique houses use new or used cargo containers as their primary construction material. And since these shipping containers are cheap and plentiful, you can build your very own shipping container house for a surprisingly low cost. But before you make the choice to construct your [...]

Shipping Container Homes

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Straw Bale Homes

The use of straw as a form of insulation has been around for centuries. But it is now coming back into vogue as a sustainable, green and reliable means of insulating homes and other buildings. Straw bales are readily available and provide cost-effective building materials, especially in areas where grains are grown. While additional precautions are [...]

Straw Bale Homes

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Earth Sheltered Homes

If you happened across a home built from an underground house floor plan you could be forgiven for thinking the owners might be Hobbits because the only things visible might be a door or window set into a foliage covered hill. This type of home is actually a series of small, interconnecting domes made from [...]

Earth Sheltered Homes

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Rammed Earth Homes

Rammed earth homes (or other buildings) are edifices with walls that are built from a mixture of sand and clay. A mixture of sand and clay is poured into “forms” (molds) to build the walls. They are typically constructed on-site, using locally available sand, earth, water, clay, and a little cement. The walls allow for [...]

Rammed Earth Homes

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Earthbag Homes

Earthbag building (sometimes called sandbag building) is surely one of the lowest cost, most practical building methods. First used by the military for building durable, bullet and blast resistant structures, this building method has recently experienced a surge of interest among do-it-yourself builders. There are now an estimated 1,000 to 1,500 earthbag structures, including homes, [...]

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Yurt Homes

Whether you’re eager to experience outdoor life as the nomadic tribes of Central Asia did centuries ago, or you just want to spend a weekend away, yurts are the perfect home away from home for reluctant campers. You can find them in parks and ski resorts across Canada and the U.S., with many concentrated in [...]

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Earthship Homes

Earthships are earth sheltered autonomous buildings made with rammed tire and bale straw and arranged in a horseshoe shape. Windows on the sunnier side of the earthship is what properly heats the underground home. Windows are set up to catch the maximum heat within the winter months.

Earthship Homes

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Dome Homes

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Dome homes are made with concrete and steel rebar. This concrete is thoroughly insulated from the inside out, which allows the heat to be stored inside for use at a later date. Dome homes require only about half of the energy use as conventional homes. The isolating shell on the outside of the concrete keeps the temperature steady, which results...

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Wattle And Daub Homes

Posted by admin in Designs on Jan 30 | 4 comments

Wattle And Daub Homes

Wattle and daub (or wattle-and-daub) is a building material used for making walls, in which a woven lattice of wooden strips called wattle is daubed with a sticky material usually made of some combination of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw. Wattle and daub has been used for at least 6,000 years, and...

read more

Cordwood Homes

Cord wood construction is basically using firewood that is cut to a specified dimension as fill for a mortar supported wall. Think of it like this, instead of using bricks, you use wood. Cord wood walls vary in thickness from 8 to about 16 inches depending on the weather conditions...

Posted in Designs on Jan 29 by admin read more

Adobe Homes

Since adobe is essentially an inert material, the "toxic" content of the structure is hugely reduced. This makes adobe construction, when feasible, a very attractive Green Living alternative. Adobe construction is a reasonable way to achieve sustainable living spaces appropriate for us and the...

Posted in Designs on Jan 29 by admin read more

Cob Homes

Cob is a mixture of earth, straw, sand, and water. It's been around for thousands of years, and is used in New Zealand, Africa, Central America, Europe, Asia, and just about everywhere. Have you seen the photos of those charming little cottages that dot the landscape of Ireland? Most of...

Posted in Designs on Jan 29 by admin read more

Bamboo Homes

Bamboo has inspired human beings for millennia, and has been a benefit to people throughout the world. It has been used as a building material with the strength of steel; for writing and musical instruments, fuel, food, and medicinal products, just to name a few. 1500 varieties of bamboo grow naturally...

Posted in Designs on Jan 29 by admin read more

zeroHouse

A zero energy building (ZEB) or net zero energy building is a general term applied to a building’s use with zero net energy consumption and zero carbon emissions annually. Zero energy buildings can be used autonomous from the energy grid supply – energy can be harvested on-site. The net zero...

Posted in Designs on Jan 27 by admin read more

Enertia Homes

Enertia is energy made useful by a shift-in-Time. In the 1980’s Architectural Inventor Michael Sykes coined the term “Enertia” for the useful energy that can be captured from thermal, rotational, or electrical inertia. Using inertia, 80% of world energy needs can be met with a simple shift-in-Time. Summer thermal buildup...

Posted in Designs on Jan 27 by admin read more

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