http://housedesignonline.com Designing your dream house online Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:33:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 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/introduction-renewable-energy/ http://housedesignonline.com/introduction-renewable-energy/#comments Sun, 31 May 2009 09:18:50 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=724 Inrtoduction TO Renewable Energy Course With CREDIT Dundalk This course is delivered by staff from the Centre for Renewable Energy at Dundalk Institute of Technology and is directed at those who are interested in becoming familiar with renewable energy and those wishing to install a renewable energy system in their home or small business. There [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/introduction-renewable-energy/feed/ 0 http://housedesignonline.com/705/ http://housedesignonline.com/705/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 12:48:34 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=705 The Complete Cob Course- Learn to handsculpt your healthy and affordable house from natural materials A 9 day workshop with Ulrike and Thomas Riedmuller,Paul Dillon and Joanne Forsythe, associates of Cob Cottage Company. The Hollies Centre for Practical Sustainability, Castletown, Enniskeane, Co. Cork, Ireland June 6th-14th. Cost: € 750 For more Information CLICK HERE var [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/705/feed/ 0 http://housedesignonline.com/introduction-strawbale-building/ http://housedesignonline.com/introduction-strawbale-building/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 09:30:49 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=684 Introduction to Strawbale building. A 1 day course that covers strawbale building history and it’s place in contemporary design and build, introduces the environmental and health benefits of strawbale buildings, and will give you practical knowledge of how strawbale is used in design and construction. It also includes an overview of the next steps to [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/introduction-strawbale-building/feed/ 0 http://housedesignonline.com/workshops-basics-cob-building-7-day-intensive-workshop/ http://housedesignonline.com/workshops-basics-cob-building-7-day-intensive-workshop/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 22:59:07 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=662 Workshops Basics of Cob Building 7 day intensive workshop – Morayshire, Scotland Inspire yourself and tantalise your senses during a week connecting with the earth at a beautiful rural location in Scotland. During the week you will discover how it’s possible to use the ground beneath your feet to sculpt your own cob building. During [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/workshops-basics-cob-building-7-day-intensive-workshop/feed/ 0 http://housedesignonline.com/hemp-lime-construction-public-talk-professor-tom-woolley/ http://housedesignonline.com/hemp-lime-construction-public-talk-professor-tom-woolley/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 13:39:35 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=659 Hemp Lime Construction – Public Talk with Professor Tom Woolley Eco Minimalist Houses and Building Using Natural Materials Another in an interesting series of talks by the Cultivate Centre takes place at the Cultivate Centre on Monday evening, June 8th 2009. Professor Tom Woolley who is a professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/hemp-lime-construction-public-talk-professor-tom-woolley/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 http://housedesignonline.com/eco-refurbishment/ http://housedesignonline.com/eco-refurbishment/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 09:20:26 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=650 Centre for Alternative Technology,  Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 9AZ, UK ONLY A FEW PLACES LEFT SO BOOK NOW IF YOU WANT A PLACE! This course is suitable for builders, architects and anyone who wishes to undertake the refurbishment of an existing building with minimal environmental impact both on-site and in use. It accepts that 99.9% of [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/eco-refurbishment/feed/ 0 http://housedesignonline.com/638/ http://housedesignonline.com/638/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 17:12:34 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=638 ECO LIVING FESTIVAL JUNE 6th/7th 2009 The first Eco Living Festival will take place on the weekend of June 6th/7th at the Drummsna Community Resource Centre, Drumsna, Co. Leitrim (on the N4 near Carrick on Shannon). The weekend event will have a packed program, with many speakers from across the country, as well as demonstrations, [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/638/feed/ 1