One of our goals in building a green home is that we're building a house that's environmentally safe. The attic insulation to replace Insulcot has yet to be chosen, she said. The 809 Nile house was designed and built by volunteers using sustainable building practices. It was, nay is, a green house. Its floors are of recycled materials indistinguishable from the ordinary.
Natural light pours in through ample, double-paned windows.
Its exterior walls are made of Faswal, a composite of fly ash blocks and concrete. They did not burn, and ultimately saved the house from extensive fire damage. The cork linoleum does not have the offgassing of plastics. Paint, glues, and caulk were also chosen for their safe, non-offgassing properties. I ask her if green building is any more expensive than conventional practices.