Why are we blogging about all this?
Although being green is becoming increasingly more poplar, the learning curve is a dramatic one. Most people do not know or understand many of the aspects that go into developing a sustainable eco-friendly house. Educating the consumer is our mission here. Each week we highlight an individual aspect of the NNZP to increase public awareness and education.
When you visit our blog, please consider taking the time to make comments or ask questions.
Tell us how we are doing. Let us know what you think of the NNZP and of the government initiatives to move us towards greener communities. Which aspects of the NNZP are most interesting to you? Would you like us to address any specific topics? Just ask. We are not here to see how many followers we can entice, but to enter into dialogue with interested people.
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Would making cob homes be the best way to go? I've been looking into this recently since I do want to go green as much as possible and with a small piece of land and some dirt and straw...they say I can have a home.
ReplyDeleteI think you lost me when you said you were pouring cement for the floors...won't that be difficult to heat, uncomfortable to walk on and the last choice in flooring I'd make. You don't have to respond to this I'll read your blog posts that I'm assuming will address some of this. In case you are following people I'd like a new follower. I'm at http://hauplight.blogspot.com/
Haupi, Thank you for making relevant comments and for your questions. Yes, we will address some of your issues in upcoming posts. Good for you for wanting to "go green" and for being concerned for your carbon footprint.
ReplyDeletePoured concrete floors are in the garage and in the basement only in the NNZP. This provides good thermal mass which we will talk about again in future posts. Geothermal radiant in-floor heating is in the basement.
On the rest of the upper floors the choice has been to go with bamboo wood in a dark stain. The colour scheme is coming together nicely and we should have some good photos soon.
Regarding the straw bale construction: we too have heard some good things. Watch out for the moisture barrier issues with this one though. The general consumer needs major education in this regard.
Our choice was to go with a more accepted construction method. We hope this will evolved into more mainstream use and universal acceptance.
Again, thank you for your good comments. Let's have more of these. :)
Rosemary
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