Eco construction

Creating affordable housing solutions in Africa is a key challenge for many countries, and particularly homes that are eco-friendly. But Joelle Eyeson, co-founder of Hive Earth, is bringing a new and innovative solution to Ghana, and one that is replicable across the continent.

Rammed earth is both a building method as well as a material. The rammed earth material is a combination of earth, gravel, silt, clay and lime/cement as a stabilizer combined into a damp mix and is then rammed into forms in order to create a monolithic wall.Rammed earth construction has been around for many years, one of the most popular rammed earth walls in history is part of the great wall of china. Rammed earth construction isn't new, but it's going through a renaissance today. This…

This Earthship home is an incredibly gorgeous, off grid eco-retreat. It's nestled into a hillside in beautiful Waikato, New Zealand.

This is my dream home!!!! Some day :-) Soleta zeroEnergy One, a small sustainable house

To make green buildings, it is essential that it consists of energy efficient and eco friendly building materials and made by techniques which are eco friendly. Here we have given brief information on few eco friendly building materials, which can help in achieving green buildings to save environment.

Šta je solarna samogrejna zemunica? Samogrejna ekološka kuća ili solarna zemunica je inovativni princip dizajna pasivne solarne arhitekture, koji predstavljaju stambene objekte visoke energetske ef…

Driven by a pioneer spirit since 1978, Castro Lighting works with one purpose: to create a legacy in luxury lighting design.

In this post we look at rammed earth construction, how it works and some examples of some great rammed earth contemporary projects.

Knowing Green Building materials is an important step in designing a green building to be more efficient and energy saver. Green Building Materials list is presented here.

Image 11 of 25 from gallery of Terra Centre / One University One Village Team. Photograph by Ce Wang