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New Straw Bale Office / Show Home
- Straw Built Homes Ltd is Formed!
- Latest Project News
New Straw Bale Office/ Show Home
We've been busy in the last few months putting the finishing
touches on the plans for our new straw bale office/ show home - called
Ruatuna.
In a nutshell – Ruatuna is going to be a show-home with a difference!
It will demonstrate sustainable building practices and cutting-edge design
and products, all in a modern timeless manner. And, it will allow people
the luxury of experiencing its unique built-environment for more than
is the norm of a cursory saunter through a standard show-home. Those people
interested will have the chance to stay overnight, and ‘live’
in the show-home, getting to experience first-hand, its special features,
benefits and style.
Building consent for the load-bearing construction system has recently
been granted, and construction is expected to commence in late May.
Ruatuna will include the following innovative design features:
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BRANZ tested Straw bale load-bearing construction method |
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Insulation envelope of R9 – that’s almost 5 times that of a normal home |
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Double Glazing throughout |
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Active and Passive Solar Design, with Hydronic under-floor heating system |
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Black/ Grey water Vermi-compost effluent system |
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Convection cooling |
The building is going to be located on a beautiful elevated section overlooking Ohiwa Harbour – here in the Eastern Bay of Plenty (midway between Whakatane and Opotiki - only 25mins from Whakatane Airport), and will be built by Straw Built Homes Ltd, (Sustainable Structures newly formed sister company - see news on this below)
PERSPECTIVE VIEW FROM NORTH - Showing
location overlooking Ohiwa Harbour
Numerous companies and businesses from all
over the North Island have already indicated their interest and given
commitment to the project. These include:
| - | Beaver Kitchens and Woodwork. - Custom Kitchens– Whakatane |
| - | Vortech Eco Technologies – Vermi-composting Effluent Systems – Warkworth |
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Bentley Indeserve – Electrical Contractor – Rotorua |
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Design Mobel NZ – Furniture Supply – Tauranga |
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Rylock BOP – Double Glazed Aluminium Joinery – Tauranga |
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Bay Natives – Landscaping – Opotiki |
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Bondor – PolyPanel Roofing – Rotorua |
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Kemiko NZ – Concrete stain - Opotiki |
EAST ELEVATION
Please
feel free to contact us should you require further information on this
project - or perhaps want to make an advanced booking to stay in Ruatuna
:-)
Please
email us on:
news@sustainable-structures.com
Straw
Built Homes Ltd Formed!
Straw Built Homes is a newly formed 'sister' company to Sustainable Structures,
specialising in the construction of the straw bale homes which we design
for our clients. In essence, Sustainable Structures and Straw Built Homes,
now offer a one-stop-shop, design-and-build service!
The team at Straw Built Homes is headed up by Evan Crawford, and he is
ably supported by Dave Murray. Together, over the last 10 years, they
have built a number of straw bale homes - both here in New Zealand and
abroad. Please feel free to view some of their completed projects - by
visiting the Straw Built
Homes Website)
For more
information about Straw Built Homes, and the 2 projects they are currently
busy with, please visit their website:
www.strawbuilt-homes.com
Or email :
info@strawbuilt-homes.com
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Latest Project News
- Construction is now underway on a large Straw Built project for some
clients we have in Hamilton. The house is over 400sqm in size, and is
being built over 4 split levels, using a steel-portal / straw infill system.
The roof with its undulating profile (using over 750 custom cut-to-length
rafters) will be stunning when complete!
Construction on the project is being headed up by Dave Murray - from our
newly formed sister company - Straw
Built Homes.
- We recently achieved building consent for another straw built project
here in the central north island. Once again within a record 2 weeks!
It is located in Te Awamutu, and construction is planned to commence in
Late June.
Other new projects we are currently busy with in the office, include a
new beach house up near Whitianga -
in the Coromandel, as well as a new Pool-house/ Games room down in New
Plymouth.
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