Anatomy of an Amazing Straw Bale Home

Discover why the straw bale home is the future of green living today. Learn about the benefits of straw bale construction and how it can help create sustainable and eco-friendly homes. Lance and Wendy Olson wanted to downsize from their 2,500 square foot home, lower their footprint and build a super energy-efficient dream home from scratch. Lance spent a few years researching different strategies and features of their planned eco-friendly home and landed on straw bale construction and a feature he was totally enamoured with - rammed Earth walls. They wanted some expert input so they talked to the SAIT green building folks at SAIT in Calgary, Alberta and they connected him with Habib Gonzalez, a straw bale guru who has built most of the straw bale homes in Western Canada. We were there in 2016 when they built the home thanks to the help of many volunteers the researchers from SAIT and Habib Gonzalez himself. Check out our other video on building a straw bale dream home for all the details. Then we went back right year later to see how the straw bale home turned out! This is one of the most innovative green homes we have ever seen. It's loaded with innovative and artistic features that Lance and Wendy have incorporated into the straw bale design. This is our special full tour of the building. Get ready to be inspired! GreenEnergyFutures.ca Episode 396 - Part 2 - This video Episode 396 - Part 1 - Making of a Straw Bale Dream Home    • Making of an Amazing Straw Bale Dream Home   Also see episode 157 "Straw Bale 101: A Tale of Two Homes"    • 157. Straw-bale 101: A tale of two homes   Chapter List 00:00 - Introduction - Straw Bale Dream Home 00:31 - Downsizing to reduce footprint 00:52 - Project description 01:18 - Enlisting straw bale guru Habib Gonzalez 02:34 - Wendy says It felt like we were building a three little pigs house 02:52 - Tour of straw bale dream home begins 03:28 - Passive solar energy - "It's amazing" 04:17 - Sunroom and passive solar energy 05:18 - Concert hall cupboard doors 06:07 - Rammed Earth walls 07:08 - Dumb waiter for toilet paper 08:22 - Mechanical room - Lance's happy place 11:07 - Sum up of features 11:21 - Reclaimed and artistic features 12:19 - Conclusion - Lots to learn here 12:53 - Subscribe to Green Energy Futures for 400 more inspiring stories ✅ BLOG - GreenEnergyFutures.ca ✅ PODCAST - https://open.spotify.com/show/1IFLWH0... ✅ SUPPORT OUR WORK - Buy Me a Coffee - https://buymeacoffee.com/greenfutures Green Energy Futures is a passion project. I have produced more than 400 inspiring episodes, stories of people making a difference in the world. ✅ SUBSCRIBE and HIT Notifications Today! 💙BLUE SKY - https://bsky.app/profile/greenenergyf... ▶️ X - https://x.com/GEF140 ▶️ LINKEDIN -   / david-dodge-01325128   ▶️ FACEBOOK -   / greenenergyfutures   ▶️ SOUNDCLOUD -   / daviddodgeyeg   #greenenergyfutures #energytransition #renewableenergy