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/log-house-resource/ http://housedesignonline.com/log-house-resource/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 11:40:43 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=842 Being a Log House owner in Ireland can sometimes be a challenge. The climate for instance differs greatly from many of the more Northern countries such as Canada and Finland. That is not to say that Log Houses are unsuitable to more temperate climates. In fact as a green alternative, they are the most natural. [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/log-house-resource/feed/ 1 http://housedesignonline.com/natural-homes-map/ http://housedesignonline.com/natural-homes-map/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:59:43 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=832 (with thanks to Oliver @ http://naturalhomes.org) The Natural Homes Map shows you where to find natural homes of straw bale, cob, earthbag, green oak timber frame and others with links to the owner’s web site. The Natural Builders Map shows you where you can find a natural builder with a link to the builder’s web [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/natural-homes-map/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/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/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/green-books/ http://housedesignonline.com/green-books/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 20:37:14 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=701 House Design has teamed up with “Green Books” to provide a wonderful selection of books covering all aspects of Ecobuilding and Sustainable Living. Green Books are an independent UK publishing company, producing books on a wide range of environmental and cultural issues. From time to time we will be featuring books, which we believe will [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/green-books/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/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