Natural building materials/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Efficient home design

Phase change building materials - natural heat storage in buildings

...buildingmaterials(PCMs) and how they can be incorporated intobuildings to improve energy-efficiency by harnessing anaturally-occurring physical reality, 'the melting point'. When looking for commercially available phase change drywall and otherbuildingmaterials, we first came across Thermal Core, a drywall prod...

All About Hemp Wood Flooring, How it's Made, Where to Buy?
Flooring and stairs

Natural non-toxic hemp flooring by HempWood & Tennessee Wood Flooring

...buildingmaterialsthat preservenatural资源和有助于家庭更健康的室内空气质量。了解更多关于麻地板板是如何生产的视频如下。Now that you know about formaldehyde-free, zero VOC hemp flooringmaterials, you can learn more about greenbuildingmaterialst...

Natural Building Insulation Made of Grass - Eco-friendly, Green
Insulation and soundproofing

Non-toxic natural building insulation made of grass

...NaturalGrass Insulation Batts and Rigid Boards Carbon capture & storage withbuildingmaterialsWhere mostbuildingmaterialshave a ‘carbon footprint’, meaning the amount of embodied energy required to extract rawmaterialsand manufacture products , somenaturalbuildingmaterials, like the grass insulation fr...

How to Build a Beautiful Cedar Deck that Last - Our Top Tips & Photos
Decks, porches and gazebos

Building a deck ? Our Top Tips to make your deck last longer

...buildinga new deck. They work very well - you just need to be very accurate with placement and ensure that they are level if supporting the deck directly. The top is not as big as a Sonotube so you don't have much wiggle room if they are installed out of square. Screw piles forbuildingdecks can be purchased from bui...

MDF Formaldehyde Free Alternatives - Made from Rice Stalks
Healthy indoor air quality

The formaldehyde-free MDF non-toxic alternative made of natural rice-stalks

...naturalbuildingproducts such as : Hemp insulationNaturalEarth Paints Non-toxicnaturalfinishing oil for wood that protect indoor air quality And to see more guide page in the EcoHome GreenBuildingGuides for SustainableBuildings

Non-toxic food safe natural wood finishing oil for counters, floors, decks
Paints, finishes and natural coatings

Natural wood finishing oil is non toxic too

...naturalwood finishing oils, and they are very transparent about the composition of their products which are mainly plants and some othernaturalmaterials. There are also no heavy metals used in the colouring pigments, so it is a completely sustainably-made and healthy product. "In ournaturalwood finishes we use a...

Hemp fibreboard and Hemp insulation - the Green Building choice
Wood and organic materials

Hemp building supplies

...buildingproduct, most notably as hemp-batt insulation , and also hemp boards for cabinetry. Why choose hempbuildingmaterials? The growing and harvesting of hemp is a far more sustainable process than harvesting wood for use asbuildingproducts, due to the short time period in which a crop is ready to harvest. T...

Home made DIY laundry detergent from buckeyes / horse chestnuts
Lifestyle and environment

How to make Eco-friendly DIY laundry soap from Buckeyes / Horse Chestnuts

...buildingmaterials, we are always happy to share clevernaturalcleaning product ideas that keep unnecessary toxins and perfumes out of homes . Not long ago we featured Tru-Earth eco strips withnaturalingredients and greatly reduced packaging, but for the real enthusiasts, here is how to make your own laundry soap w...

Durability Risk Evaluation Form
LEED Homes

Durability Risk Evaluation Form

...buildingand moving on tobuildinglot particulars. Two neighbouring homes will face many similar issues, but may have greatly differing ones as well. This can be due tobuildingdesign, sun exposure, soil conditions, material choices or even topography to name a few. Assessing and planning for durability issues he...

Ontario’s first LEED certified hospital
LEED Homes

Ontario’s First LEED Certified Hospital

...buildingoccupants who choose this mode of transportation. “Buildings are a prime example of how human systems integrate withnaturalsystems,” said Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO & Founding Chair, U.S. GreenBuildingCouncil. “Bluewater Health’s project efficiently uses ournaturalresources and makes an immediat...

Hemp insulation products for USA & Canada rolling off the production line
Insulation and soundproofing

Hemp insulation in Canada & USA - insulating naturally is an Eco-friendly alternative

...buildingmaterialsis growing rapidly among individual builders, as well as architects and general contractors, and the demand is coming from all across Canada & USA " See all about HempBuildingMaterialshere in the EcoHome GreenBuildingGuides