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The current (and primary) project of EBNet is the development of modernized earthen building standards so as to promote and develop the most environmentally and culturally-friendly building system of all. |
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Publication of inexpensive guides clarifying key topics such as fly ash concrete and and straw-bale construction. Research reports can be downloaded from here: Straw Bale Test Program. |
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Continual updating and improvement to this website ecobuildnetwork.org for the benefit of designers and builders. |
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Sponsoring conferences and seminars for the exchange of ideas and useful information. The first conference was an international gathering of experts in ecological materials research and construction, held in the Summer of 2001 near San Francisco. The successor, Ecomateriales III, was held in partnership with related European, Latin, and African organizations in November of 2005 in the caribbean. |
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Produce seminars for building professionals on ecological ("green") building. The first of these was presented by John Straube and Bruce King in San Francisco, February, 2000. |
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Influence building codes and standards at local, state, and national levels in partnership with the Development Center For Appropriate Technology, (DCAT), www.dcat.net |
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Provide technical assistance to non-profits and NGO's working in the developing world in partnership with the Canelo Project, www.caneloproject.com and Builders Without Borders, www.builderswithoutborders.org. |
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Build a facility in California to serve as both an office and a demonstration of the materials and technologies promoted by the EBNet.. |
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