If you are planning to purchase or build an eco-friendly house, there is a wide range of options for you. Nowadays there are many materials used in building the most functional green houses. Below in this article some construction materials are described.

Rammed Earth
This material is a mud from a local pit. Building a house with this material is considered to be environmentally friendly. As local materials, such as brick, quarried stone and lumber are used for construction, you do not have to transport these from long distances. This type of home suits for passive solar approaches. The walls are solid and dense enough to let in as much heat from the sunlight throughout the day and slowly let the warmth inside the house during the evening. You will be able to save a lot of money on cooling and heating bills during the winter and summer time.

However the materials are available, the construction expenses can be 5% – 15% higher that traditional building due to the labor – intensive process demanded in making the rammed earth forms. But the asked price may be higher as well. The nature of construction materials is not always flexible. But, such homes are often of box type.

Sustainable Wood
Most property owners usually prefer this material. For most homebuyers this material can also be an attractive feature in the house. Sustainable wood can be of different types. You can choose reclaimed wood, dead wood, river wood and wood from certified and managed forests.

River wood is reclaimed from river bottoms. The logs picked up are those that are lost by loggers on the way to the mills. Old piers and oil pilings are also good timbers. On the places of cut down trees, new ones are planted at once. The salvaged wood is recovered from deserted areas such as warehouses or old buildings. Timbers and beams are mostly used in eco-friendly construction of houses, as there is no need to cut down new trees.

Homes constructed from these materials are commonly the most attractive to the customers. The wood provides not only the natural look but also performs excellent sheltering.

Straw Bale
Straw bale houses are one of the most popular eco-friendly houses on the market today. This material can bear any weather conditions. Straw bale walls are thick and solid. And you can also sculpt this material into curves. Other main advantages of this houses are the amount of wood that should be used is eliminated, quiet interiors and the heating and cooling expenses are reduced due to high R-value of the walls, equivalent to R=50. More and more constructors and development groups have been specializing on this type of green home so it is not difficult to find the one.

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