ECOLOGICAL BUILDING

Ecological buildings use a variety of different technologies and building materials to create eco-friendly housing and other structures.

Some of these technologies include the use of solar power through solar panels and other devices, wind power through windmills, very advanced water conservation and renewal systems, sewage treatment systems, and eco-friendly building materials such as bamboo, earth, straw, stone, and other local materials. Even unique re-used materials such as a house built out of reused whiskey barrels!

Ecological construction is way of building that hopes to reduce resource consumption and the impact on ecological systems by us humans, and to create products and environments that are actually to the benefit of our human health and longevity.

Ecological construction of buildings uses less materials, energy and water for construction and operation. Products that are ecologically constructed are easy to assemble, maintain and most importantly recycle.

There are environmentally friendly products available for every part of your home, from floor to ceiling and everything in between. These range from toilets to skylights, natural flooring, hemp insulation for walls, alternative refrigerators, and anything else you can imagine. If you are building a new house and want to build it ‘green’ there are also different types of ‘green’ lumber like Forest Stewardship Council certified wood, and pressure-treated wood. This in combination with advanced framing (also called optimal value engineering) reduces the amount of lumber used. These and many other new technologies are becoming ever more interconnected to weave your home into an environmentally-friendly addition to the landscape.