For the last 10 years, we have worked tirelessly to get more straw bale homes designed and built. For a while, it looked like the best strategy would be to design the buildings ourselves so they would be well designed for straw, and also to general contract the projects ourselves to make sure that the …
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Building for heatwaves and blackouts (without adding to their root causes)
We build houses that stay cool in heatwaves even when the power goes out. Interested? Then we’re going to have to talk about insulation, thermal mass, and passive systems. I know those are boring words but put them together right and they get very sexy results. Talking about electric engines is boring, driving a Tesla …
Reducing embodied carbon, storing carbon, and reversing climate change with biogenic materials like straw
Here is a short video we made for San Diego’s Sustainable Building Week 2021 about how biogenic materials – such as straw – not only reduce the carbon emissions associated with construction, they can even trap and store carbon in buildings, helping to reverse climate change. Running April 12 -16, 2021, Sustainable Building Week highlights …
New article about straw bale and fire-resistance
I was happy to contribute to this article about the remarkable fire-resistance of straw bale buildings: https://onezero.medium.com/people-are-future-proofing-their-homes-with-straw-e25b470f5474
Good press for strawbale construction
ABC 10 News in San Diego came out to our current job site and made this great piece about strawbale construction
Tour straw bale homes in process during the Green Homes Tour 10/20/19
Join us to tour 2 straw bale houses in the process of being built at Terra Corazon Farm in Valley Center as part of the SD-GBC's Annual Green Homes Tour.
Plaster Party & Booktalk 10/5/19
Join us at Terra Corazon Farm in Valley Center for a fun, free day of learning! Learn how to mix and apply natural clay plaster to a straw bale wall by getting your hands in the mud and on the wall Learn how to make adobe blocks from site soil using dirt, straw, water, and …
Dinner & Straw Bale Home Tour 9/14/19
Please join us for a fun and elegant dinner, mezcal tasting, and guided tour of the two straw bale homes we are building at Terra Corazon Farm. This event is a fundraiser for the farm which is in the process of becoming a model for sustainable, regenerative living, building, and farming. More info and tickets …
Visit us at the Net Zero Conference in Los Angeles 10/3/19
Hope to see you there: https://netzeroconference.com/
Save the date: the Green Homes Tour 10/20/19
Tour the 2 straw bale homes we are building at Terra Corazon as part of the annual Green Homes Tour 10/20/19. We will post more info soon, also check the SD-GBC site here: https://www.sdgreenhomestour.org/terra-corazon