With a $50,000 award for Phase 1 of NYSERDA's Natural Carbon Solutions Innovation Challenge, Greene County company Build With Nature is looking to expand its straw-based construction in the Capital ...

The utilisation of straw bales in construction has attracted growing interest as a sustainable alternative to conventional building materials. Straw bale construction integrates agricultural ...

BROWNSVILLE, Ore. (AP) - A Brownsville couple is building Linn County's first straw-bale house. Don Andrews and his partner, Cheryl Haworth, have purchased some 325 bales of wheat straw from a local ...

“And if they have the desire and the means, it’s just more freedom of choice in how you build your house.” Hemp and straw substitute for fiberglass insulation, which is made from resin-bound glass and ...

When we moved into our house, there was a shed in the garden. Its timbers were rotten, the floor had long since disappeared into the ground, there was no door, the window had fallen out and various ...