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COMMUNITIES, PARTNERS & LINKS
Permaculture
Design
In addition to
Permaculture Design services, Bruce also offers tutoring Permaculture Design
and Resource Management especially for people developing their own sustainable
homesteads.
The Evergreen State Permaculture
Convergence is being planned for the second week in September.
Other Permaculture links
worth exploring are:
Wetlands
Delineation & Mitigation
Pacific Willow Consulting, Inc. is our strategic partner for wetland delineation
and mitigation services. Most property subdivisions, new septic installations, timber
felling, stream crossings and new home construction activities are required by
national, state and local regulations to identify any possible wetlands to
determine related boundaries for critical areas. We can help you get through
the red tape to get your project on track.
Straw Bale Construction
Our
home design services include working with Straw Bale Construction. For
appropriate applications, straw bale construction techniques offer
affordability, energy efficiency, seismic buffering, sound proofing and other
added values a higher fire safety than conventional stick-built framing.
Straw
bale construction is a truly sustainable construction method which uses
renewable resources in a method which encourages community work projects and
accessible technology.
Green Home Building with
Straw
Edible Plant Species
Our
Permaculture & Edible Landscape design services involve an enormous range
of edible species. For that we find Raintree
Nursery to be an indispensable source for choice cultivars, heirloom
varieties and multi-purpose selections from around the world.
A Pattern Language
Our
value added home design, landscape design and farm planning services also work
with many of the concepts found in Christopher Alexander’s Pattern Language.
Alternative Energy Systems
By
hiding, burying and externalizing “external costs” renewable energy resources
are said to be “not cost effective”.
Passive
Solar Design is no more costly than the heat loss that is typical of the
majority of Spec homes, stock plans and even high cost custom home designs from
major architectural firms.
Passive Annual Heat Storage is a design system for Earth Bermed homes which produces the most energy
efficient home for the Pacific NW as well as most of the world.
Using
a solar water heater to pre-heat water going into your conventional water
heater will typically pay for itself in as little as 5-10 years here in our
cool climate west of the Cascades where we have low light levels and cheap
electricity. Over 33 million people in China are already using this simple
solid-state technology.
While
good wind sites can be hard to find the latest generation of small and micro
wind turbines can operate at low windspeeds making them viable in otherwise
limited sites where they can provide a significant source of energy for
sustainable homesteads.
We
work with Alternative Energy
Engineering on most of our alternative energy system designs.
Project Management for Home Construction Packages
A One Source Corp. is our
strategic partner for Project Management of low-cost home construction
packages. If you are considering building a new home with such low-cost
builders as Highline, Reality or Adair Homes you will do well to have an
experienced Project Manager help you stay on top of the endless details. Site
work and incidental subcontract work is often outside the scope of these volume
builders. For help with your project call Russell Morgan (360) 789 5571.
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