A new way to insulate homes is coming to Columbia. Greg and Joan Dyer are building their new house using prefabricated straw insulation. Using straw to insulate a home reduces its carbon footprint, as ...

Using straw instead of typical insulation materials reduces a house’s carbon footprint, because straw absorbs carbon instead of emitting it. It's also highly energy efficient, can be sourced locally ...

LAKE CITY — Pink isn’t the color of the insulation in the home that Paul and Sara Freid are building in Goodhue County. It’s golden, like the hue of grain fields at harvest time, because the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. ­— Traditional forms of thermal insulation used to regulate temperatures in homes and commercials buildings are often energy-intensive to manufacture, resulting in significant greenhouse ...

PORT ANGELES — Michael and Spring Thomas want to demonstrate how strong a house built of straw can be. Straw bales, that is. Compressed and covered in plaster, straw bales stay dry, resist fire and ...

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

Interior designer Marcia Wolff wanted a house that's energy-efficient, ecologically sensitive, fire-resistant and, above all, beautiful. So she chose a building material that might surprise some ...

EASTHAMPTON — Walking into the Rare Forms workshop, you’ll find items typical of any design build company, such as tools, wooden planks and other construction materials. But the first thing that will ...

Two castoffs of a typical Minnesota farm, straw and the stalks of hemp plants, are becoming valuable as building materials. The state is on track to become the first to authorize straw and hemp in ...

The Dyers' house is under construction near Cooper's landing, where they have an organic apple orchard and flower farm. Joan and Greg Dyer will soon have the first house in Missouri built with ...