AIRDRIE

ENVIRONMENTAL

EDUCATION CENTRE

Straw Bale Commercial buildings

Interlocking Recycled Tire Pavers (foreground)

Straw Bale Structure Constructions

- "Nebraska Style" (load bearing) Straw Bale Walls

- Shallow Foundation

- Insulated Floating Slab

Energy Efficiency

- Straw bale wall has R35 - 44 insulation value

- R90 Cellulose insulation

- R-14, 5-pane Window

- Waterless Toilet

Environmentally Friendly

- Natural Materials

Fresh Local Straw bales

Wood baseboard

- Recycle Materials

- Re-Used materials

- Non Toxic Materials

Non Toxic Concrete

No PVC

Accessibility

- Barrier Free

Solar Systems  - Passive Solar Heat gain - PV Photovoltaic - Solar Heating Floor & Hot Water - Solar Wall panel for HRV Preheat Water Systems - Rain Water for Drinking Water - Solar Heating Hot Water

THANK YOU to our MAJOR PARTNERS

Cellulose Insulation: Chacare Insulations Ltd, with: Can-Cell Industries Inc., & Allied Paper Savers Ltd.
Building Materials: Home Depot
Windows/Doors (exterior): Duxton Windows with: Inline Fiberglass & Southwall Technologies
Solar System: (Collectors & Tank): Thermomax
Mechanical Engineering: M.V. Pedersen Engineering Inc.

Photovoltaics: Soltek Solar Energy Ltd.
Metal Roofing: Westman Steel Industries

Rigid Board Insulation: PlastiFab
Roof Trusses: Zytech Building Systems
Concrete/Sand: Lafarge Canada Inc.
Tiles (leftover): Maple Leaf Flooring
HRV (Heat Recovery Ventilator): NuTech Energy Systems
Water Filter (4 stage): Kuan Yin Associates and Nikken Inc.

Paints: ICI Devoe Coatings
Adhesives: LePage/Henkel Canada Corporation
ReUsed Materials: Tim's ReUsables
Controls: Honeywell (Home Building Control)
Strawboard, Sealants, Antifreeze: Dow North America

Cistern: Gelowitz Holdings Ltd.,
SolarWall: Astravan Distributors Ltd. with Conserval Engineering and Solar Services
Adhesives: National Concrete Accessories,
Radiant Floor Heating: Points West Marketing Inc. with Wirsbo Canada
Low Flow Toilet: Austral Imports Inc. ,
Water Pumps: Grundfos,
Pressure Pump: Shurflo,
CFL (Compact Fluorescent Lighting: Earth Lights): Philips Lighting

Individuals who also helped make this pilot project a success, include:
Minoru & Judy Ueda, Alex Joseph, Dave Chalmers, Jake Quintal, Pat Sweet, Steve Milchak (Arboreal Log Homes), Chad Willox (The Bugaboo Company), Betty & Bill Odette, Rob Forbes, Lis & Ian Taylor, Peter Van Dyck (Van Dyck Plumbing & Heating), Brian Goldsmith (Solar Services), Soren Davy, Ray & Paul Polmuller, Bryan Waller, Dave Kelly, Joe Belliveau (F. Neilson & Son Roofing Ltd.), and Michael Wilson

Other Companies involved in this project include:
MU Design Inc., Sunlite Glass Sandy MacKay, Inkster Park Millwork, Kenroc Building Materials Co. Ltd. , Polymer Science Corporation, National Concrete Accessories, United Farmers of Alberta, Soleno Inc., Xypex Chemical Corporation, Ontor Ltd., Canadian Gypsum Co., Canadian Industrial Distributors Inc. , Shamrock Flooring Accessories, and Austin Innovations.

If we have forgotten your name, please help us by informing us of our unintended omission. If you have an environmental product that we should be using for our projects, please get in touch with us right away.

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