House Design Online - Resources for the Home Architect

Posted by Green Builder on Feb 22, 2012

Tips for a cosy home

Shannon and Dean Acheson are a Canadian Couple who operate a the blog www.akadesign.ca. They are DIY addicts who like to share their thrifty ideas for interior design. They recently wrote an eBook entitled Welcome Home. WELCOME HOME – Tips, tricks & ideas for creating a beautifully cosy home is full of tips, tricks and ideas for creating a beautifully cosy home. Click here to visit Welcome...

Posted by Green Builder on Feb 22, 2012

Home Energy

With the depletion of the world’s fossil fuel resources, more and more people have been coming up with alternative ways to generate their own home energy. But more importantly people are coming up with simple ways of generating their own electricity and are not only supplying their own modest energy needs but supplying power back to the grid and joining the growing numbers of people becoming...

Posted by Green Builder on Feb 21, 2012

Hemp Building

The bark of plants which contain fibres which can be used for cordage or matting are referred to as bast fibres. Among Bast Fibre crops are Jute, Flax, Ramie, Kenaf, nettle and of course Hemp. Hemp as a foodstuff is contained in many products. Hemp can be used in the manufacture of a range of clothing and accessories. But is as a natural building material that the use of hemp is growing in popularity. One...

Posted by Green Builder on Feb 21, 2012

Wood Pellets

Wood has been used as a source of energy literally since the invention of fire. Wood has been used in our stoves and fireplaces. While use of timber as a fuel declined with the advent of fossil fuels recent years have seen wood as fuel become popular again. Technological advances in the processing of wood and combustion systems have made it more economical than ever to consider timber as fuel. . Pellet...

Posted by Green Builder on Feb 19, 2012

House Design Service

House Design Service House Design Online can arrange for one of our Design Technicians to contact you directly and guide you through the design process. We encourage all our clients to consider building sustainably and it is important that this is incorporated into the design process. We also work closely with sustainable building contractors and can arrange a consultation from experts in the field of...

Posted by Green Builder on Jan 5, 2012

Straw Bale Building

Designing a Straw bale Building can create a home that is warm, breathable and asthetically pleasing. You can be pretty much assured that no two stawbale houses will be exactly the same. Straw is a natural readily available renewable material. It is affordable building material. In fact in many countries it is regarded as a waste by-product from the harvesting of wheat, rice, oats and rye so the only cost...

Posted by Green Builder on Dec 13, 2011

Passive Solar House

The Passive Solar House is one in which is designed so that the materials used in it’s construction effectively collect, store and distribute solar energy as heat. Conversely a Passive Solar House will reduce the level of heat within the house in summer. Passive Solar House Design (or Climatic Design) don’t require Active Solar Heating systems. The design principles focus on the site location...

Posted by Green Builder on Dec 10, 2011

Computer Aided Design & Drafting

About CADD CADD (Computer Aided Design & Drafting) is the use of Computers in Designing and Drafting. It is now commonplace among Architects and Engineers. CAD (Computer-aided design) is also refered to as CADD is the use of computer technology for the process of design and design-documentation While CADD has applications across a number of industries, it’s use in the Civil Engineering...

Posted by Green Builder on Dec 10, 2011

Log House

Log House or Log Cabin construction is one of the most natural building methods. Houses have been built using Logs for thousands of years. In fact the oldest known Log House in Norway is reported to be over 900 years old. Log House Construction is popular in Scandinavia, North America and Canada where there is a plentiful supply of suitable timber. Firs, Pines and Spruce trees are popular. At House Design...