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.
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Fallgren Strawbale Home will be featured on SDGBC’s Green Homes Tour Oct 2018
The Fallgren strawbale home, recently certified a Net Zero Energy Building through the Living Building Challenge, will be featured on this year’s Green Homes Tour! The tour is Sunday, October 21, 2018 from 10 am – 4 pm at locations all over the county. More info and registration can be found here. *** Update: There are …
Straw Bale Open House-in-Process, 9/11/16
Sunday, September 11th, noon-3pm, The Wakeham Project, Solana Beach, CA A rare opportunity to tour a straw bale house under construction! Come talk with the builders and check out how the straw bales go together to form the walls in this 1600 sq ft, two-story straw bale home designed by Hubbell & Hubbell Architects. This is the …
Santa Cruz Straw Bale Building Workshop – 7/7 to 7/10/16
Want to get hands-on and learn a lot about straw bale building in a short time from knowledgable teachers? Check out this 3 day straw bale building workshop presented by the CA Straw Building Association in Santa Cruz, CA in July. You’ll get to work on a real straw bale home alongside professionals like Jim …
CASBA Straw Bale Building Conference 4/21 – 4/24/16
The California Straw Building Association invites you to attend our annual conference. This year’s conference celebrates CASBA’s 20th anniversary and the amazing progress we’ve made bringing straw bale and other forms of natural, low-carbon building to life. Join this diverse range of building experts gathering to share, discuss, and collaborate. There will be presentations, tours, …
Tour the straw bale buildings at the Deer Park Monastery 10/4/15
A rare opportunity to tour the new straw bale buildings at the Deer Park Buddhist Monastery Four curved straw bale buildings wrap around a central courtyard. A covered breezeway made of reclaimed timber connects them. With graceful super-insulated straw bale walls and passive solar orientation, these buildings will help the Sisters live comfortably in-tune with nature. Natural ventilation, efficient heating and cooling …
Tour de Bale – straw bale home tour May 31st
Thanks to everyone who came out for the Tour! 160+ people at 12 straw bale houses! Tour de Bale – straw bale home tour in San Diego Sunday, May 31, 2015, noon-4pm at locations all over San Diego County Experience for yourself some of the beautiful, efficient, & natural straw bale buildings in …
volunteer opportunities
THE WORKDAYS ARE NOW FULL, NO MORE REGISTRATIONS CAN BE ACCEPTED. The dates for the workdays have been released and the few remaining spots will fill up fast. There will be 3 workdays where you can to volunteer to help stack bales and apply clay plasters, coming up this winter at the Deer Park Monastery in Escondido. …
green homes tour Nov 2014
Thanks to everyone who visited our straw bale home during the San Diego US Green Building Council’s annual Green Home Tour. Simple Construct was honored to be included in the San Diego USGBC’s popular annual Green Homes Tour on Nov 9, 2014. Our most recently completed straw bale home, the Schaffroth Residence in El Cajon, was …
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