http://housedesignonline.com Designing your dream house online Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:33:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://housedesignonline.com/free-green-house-plans/ http://housedesignonline.com/free-green-house-plans/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:39:36 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=792 We get frequent requests here at House Design Online for Free House Plans. OK, reality is that if you are looking for something  cheap on the internet, you will get just that something cheap! At  House Design Online we want to promote the idea of people taking control of the design of their own homes. By [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/free-green-house-plans/feed/ 0 http://housedesignonline.com/green-building-energy-effecient-home/ http://housedesignonline.com/green-building-energy-effecient-home/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:50:36 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=786 (Source: Cultivate.ie) Wednesdays from 7th October to 11th November | 7.00 – 9.00pm €180 (10% reduction Cultivate and ÉASCA members) | To book call: 01-6745773 This course uses Patrick’s popular book, The Energy Efficient Home, as the core reading. By the end of this series participants will have the confidence and knowledge to make the [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/green-building-energy-effecient-home/feed/ 3 http://housedesignonline.com/hemp-building-symposium/ http://housedesignonline.com/hemp-building-symposium/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:06:33 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=590 The site has recently been updated with new information on the speakers giving presentations at the Symposium. The Symposium will offer a broad insight into the wide ranging possibilities of the Hemp Building system and the contribution hemp materials can make to the world of Low carbon and Natural building. As we search for ways [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/hemp-building-symposium/feed/ 0 http://housedesignonline.com/sustainable-design-2/ http://housedesignonline.com/sustainable-design-2/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:47:30 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=756 Designing and building sustainably is often an afterthought or at most a “consideration” for many people. “We would like to have an ecological house but ….” Solar panels for water heating are sometimes given the same consideration as a sun roof in a car, “would be nice”. Renewable energy technologies and type of building materials need [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/sustainable-design-2/feed/ 0 http://housedesignonline.com/eco-living-festival/ http://housedesignonline.com/eco-living-festival/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:48:44 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=734 Congratulations to Peter, Alanna and all involved in the Eco Living Festtival which took place over the weekend.  The festival took place in the scenic little village of Drumsna on the banks of the majestic Shannon River near Carrick-on-Shannon in Co. Leitrim. There was something of interest for anyone interesting in ways to live more sustainably. [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/eco-living-festival/feed/ 0 http://housedesignonline.com/designing-house/ http://housedesignonline.com/designing-house/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:43:42 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=730 It is interesting how many people who would dearly love their own home are put off the design process by their perceived lack of knowledge. We could equally say: “what do I know about walking”. Walking is a natural process, It wasn’t learned straight away. As children we tried and stumbled and tried again and [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/designing-house/feed/ 2 http://housedesignonline.com/straw-bale-building-2/ http://housedesignonline.com/straw-bale-building-2/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 09:16:45 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=682 If you are interested in strawbale building, there are a couple of websites that might be of use. The first is Strawbale.com and is dedicated to anyone interested in building their own straw bale house. The site has offers on Strawbale building resources including very useful instructional DVDs.  If you are brand new to straw [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/straw-bale-building-2/feed/ 0 http://housedesignonline.com/eco-social-housing/ http://housedesignonline.com/eco-social-housing/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 07:25:15 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=679 A new Social Housing project in Dublin, Ireland is applying rainwater harvesting, solar panels, sheep’s wool insulation and using on-site communal composting as part of a new initiative by Dublin City Council to provide sustainable social housing and replace the homes originally on the site which were demolished in 2005. 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During [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/workshops-basics-cob-building-7-day-intensive-workshop/feed/ 0 http://housedesignonline.com/straw-bale-building/ http://housedesignonline.com/straw-bale-building/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 09:34:32 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=653 Led by ‘Amazonails’ Strawbale building experts this course will look at the history and use of straw bale buildings, different techniques, planning considerations and how to build. There will be practical workshops on the load bearing method, plaster and render preparation, and lime and earth finishes. FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK HERE var myTarget='http://track.webgains.com/click.html?wglinkid=62045&wgcampaignid=59136&js=0'; var uri [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/straw-bale-building/feed/ 2