Straw Bale Homes & SIPs | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Rod Lambert (rodecovillage.ithaca.ny.us) | |
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:01:02 -0700 (PDT) |
Sharon, Almost the entire 2nd neighborhood of 30 units was built with SIPs here. We also built 2 straw bale homes. The straw bale homes were by far the most expensive. Most builders of straw bale homes say, as I understand it, that you should not build with straw bale to save money. It's certainly my opinion. However they are beautiful homes, loved by their owners, with a minimum of petroleum derived products. I am quite happy with the SIP homes although I wouldn't say it is significantly cheaper then frame. I continued to spec them in the homes I designed for WhiteHawk ecovillage just south of Ithaca NY. The first residents have just moved in and are very pleased with how they perform. Both these nbhds are built with a somewhat unique construction management process (allows for sweat equity and customization although it can also be a "call-me-when-it's-done contractual process) which I feel has worked very well. (The home just moved into at WhiteHawk was a 1240sf home for $110k + 40k common cost.)It's a methodology which is somewhat contrarian to the conventional process having its own pluses and minuses but I continue to recommend it.
RodDevelopment manager, design coordinator EcoVillage at Ithaca, NY
<<<Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:27:56 -0400 From: Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com> Subject: [C-L]_ Straw Bale Homes & SIPs To: Cohousing-L Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> Message-ID: <B66BF788-8CEE-47B5-8387-C4FC601D4230 [at] sharonvillines.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yesI would like to hear from any households or communities that have straw bale homes. People talk about them from time to time but I don't think we've gotten any reports back.
Are you happy with them? What would you do differently? Were they really energy efficient and/or low cost? What are the advantages and disadvantages?
Same for SIPs. Sharon ---- Sharon Villines Takoma Village Cohousing,Washington DC
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Straw Bale Homes & SIPs Sharon Villines, October 14 2008
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Re: Straw Bale Homes & SIPs balaji, October 14 2008
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