SBDC Projects Slideshow

The following slideshow is a good introduction to the program and the five building projects we have completed since the program began:

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What is Fleming College’s Sustainable Building Program?	Our Partners	Sustainable Building curriculum overview	Sustainable Building design curriculum overview	Sustainable Building construction curriculum overview	Teaching good building generalists	The 4Cs food bank and thrift store in Haliburton
The 4Cs earthbag foundation	The 4Cs exterior wall framing prior to straw bales	The 4Cs top plate installed on load bearing, clay dipped straw bales	The 4Cs load bearing bale walls compressed and ready for plastering	The 4Cs used carpeting as under floor insulation	The 4Cs rammed earth floor base	The 4Cs soil cement floor
The 4Cs straw board interior walls	The 4Cs hempcrete and pop bottle interior walls	The 4Cs radiant floor heating tubes	The 4Cs solar light tubes and earth tube ventilation pipes	The 4Cs grid tied photovoltaic system	The 4Cs grid tie inverter, electrical panel and solar hot water tank	The 4Cs silicate mineral paint on interior clay plaster
The 4Cs decorative earthen plaster and silicate paints	The 4Cs home made doors and wall sculpture	The 4Cs building in downtown Haliburton	The Kinark Sustainable Living Centre, south side	Kinark earthbag foundation and stone footings	Kinark frame with site trees and waste wood structural columns	Kinark waste wood structural column and charred post
Kinark annualized geo-solar heating system	Kinark rainwater collection and solar hot water systems	Kinark earthbag and earth plastered radiant wall	Kinark load bearing straw bale power shed	Kinark round classroom with cordwood bench	Kinark interior with earthen floor and clerestory windows	Kinark cordwood arch around doorway
Kinark interior panorama and north exterior	RD Lawrence Place, south exterior	RDLP helical pier foundation	RDLP slag cement slab poured over radiant tubing	RDLP slag cement slab imprinted with stamps	RDLP stud framing and post and beam	RDLP roof craned onto building
RDLP roof complete on frame	RDLP straw bales dipped in clay slip	RDLP having fun in the clay slip pit	RDLP installing dipped straw bales into the frame	RDLP light clay straw (slip straw) installation	RDLP completed light clay straw walls	RDLP board and batten siding over bales and slip straw
RDLP glass mosaic and composting toilet	RDLP interior constructed wetland	RDLP radiant floor heating system	RDLP photovoltaic installation	RDLP earthen plaster over wooden lath	RDLP cordwood wall with cob mortar	RDLP interior progress shot
RDLP interior earthen plaster with milk paint	RDLP tree posts and decorative beam and fascia	RDLP interior with trees and cordwood wall	RDLP RD Lawrence Place	MPAC The Arts Centre Hastings	MPAC earthbag foundation	MPAC hempcrete foundation
MPAC rammed earth tire piers	MPAC round bales unloaded	MPAC round bale columns bound together	MPAC round bale columns lifted into place	MPAC eight round bale structural columns in place	MPAC round bale structural columns with top plate	MPAC round bale columns sprayed with clay slip
MPAC roof craned onto round bale columns	MPAC straw bales dipped in clay slip	MPAC round bale columns and bale walls ready for earthen plaster	MPAC hempcrete, cotton batt and slip straw wall insulation	MPAC earthen floor over compressed earth blocks	MPAC rammed earth floor base with bamboo	MPAC hemp canvas ceiling
MPAC timber frame and living roof	MPAC geo thermal heating system	MPAC solar air heating and grid intertied photvoltaics	MPAC earthen floor and cordwood wall	MPAC decorative earthen plaster and plastic lumber stage	MPAC doors, hemp canvas ceiling and earth block wainscoating	MPAC Arts Centre Hastings completed interior
MPAC Arts Centre Hastings completed entryway and outdoor stage	Arts Centre Hastings net zero energy building	Camp Kawartha Environment Centre net zero energy straw bale building	CK composting outhouse with pee bale outside	CK earthbag and slag cement foundation	CK harvesting reeds for thatch	CK prefabricated straw bale wall panels assembled
CK prefabricated straw bale wall panels installed	CK roof craned onto prefabricated straw bale wall panels	CK slip straw and hempcrete wall insulation	CK earthblock bench and thatched roof	CK recycled brick arches	CK tile compass mosaic in slag cement floor	CK living roof with native plant species
CK interior with finished prefabricated straw bale wall panels	CK rainwater treatment, solar hot water and constructed wetland	CK earthblock bench and lime plastered hempcrete walls	CK rainwater collection and lime plastered hempcrete walls	CK earth plaster wall awaiting silicate paint and thatched roof awaiting ridge cap	CK hempcrete window trim and straw bale truth window	CK Camp Kawartha Environment Centre
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