Comments on: PREFAB FRIDAY: ModCell’s Stunning Straw-bale Prefab Homes

By: Modular_Thailand

Modular_Thailand — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:45:38 +0000

What beautiful it is! I think, it look like regular houses both inside and outside. Home developer done very great job.

This Straw bale homes could customize to small commercial solution such as Coffee’ shop, convenience shop, etc.

- Lifesbox modular Thailand.

By: manny

manny — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:01:28 +0000

Great article…great photos
I believe a house constructed from straw bales and powered by alternative energy from solar panels is both an environmentally friendly and economically sound alternative to a more orthodox building

By: tcfsc

tcfsc — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:13:12 +0000

Hi Bridgette

I would have contacted you directly about this but couldn’t find your details, hence commenting on the article. Thank you for offering me the opportunity to elaborate further.

Independent research shows that FSC is the only certification system that specifies objective and verifiable minimum requirements for forest management and closely monitors if these have been achieved.

FSC is also the only system in which economic, environmental and social interests have their own formal place in the organisation and which has public summaries of its certification reports.

The transparency and consistency of the FSC system means that it is widely considered to be the ‘gold standard’ of forest certification.

For more information on the comparison of forest certification schemes, and the differences between them, please see: http://www.whyfsc.com.

By: Bridgette Meinhold

Bridgette Meinhold — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:56:20 +0000

tcfsc, I have corrected the article to show that PEFC is in fact not UK’s version of the FSC. But please, can you enlighten us on the difference? They seem to have similar goals at least?
cheers
-bridgette

By: Shropshire Architect

Shropshire Architect — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:34:38 +0000

A nice well executed house.

By: tcfsc

tcfsc — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:36:41 +0000

PEFC is not the UK’s version of FSC. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) operate a global forest and chain of custody certification programme, the only forest certification scheme endorsed by WWF, the Woodland Trust and Greenpeace. FSC certified forests are managed with respect for the environment, wildlife and the people who live and work in them, for more information please see http://www.fsc-uk.org or http://www.fsc.org.