Very little information on sustainable housing in Sweden, so I am going to do some feature articles, in the meantime here are some howto videos and articles that should get you started with earthship and straw bale building.
Environmentally aware sustainable housing is not only better for you and the biosphere, it costs less and is cheaper to build, while providing better value.
An earthship is built with earth and garbage, like tires, cans and glass. straw bale houses are made of straw bales, returning the best insulation value for least money.
People are building both types of houses all over the world in different climate conditions and having great results.
The best sustainable house in the world- Simon Dale
Earthships in Sweden
straw bale in Sweden
two videos on straw bale in sweden
Other resources outside of Sweden
They have a wonderful article on errors to avoid when building a house – make sure to respect regulations and beware bitchy neighbors!
they have now moved but the webpage remains.
sample “proper ” straw bale house budget- what it cost to build in their case 80 thousand Us dollars
good notes on a rubble trench foundation, of course in Sweden there are lots of rocks and you can just build on stilts get support from the rock foundation. check out the blog too.
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