Owner(s): Peeter Sild and Lori Demmings
Region: Barrie/Muskoka/Parry Sound
Municipality: Twp of Perry
Email: leo8851@hotmail.com

Number of bedrooms: 4
Number of bathrooms: 3
Usable floor area, square feet (interior): 3500
Building footprint, square feet: 1900
Number of stories: 2 + part bsmnt
Occupancy date: 2008

Builder arrangement: Both owner and contractor
Main contractor name: Ben Polley
Main contractor company: Evolve Builders Group
Straw bale wall system subcontractor name: Ben Polley
Straw bale wall system subcontractor company: Harvest Homes
Plaster subcontractor name: Harvest Homes
Plaster subcontractor company: Harvest Homes
Structural engineer's firm: RJ Burnside
Length of time to build (start to occupancy): Start June 2008; occupied February 2009
Volunteer participation: limited
Ease of obtaining a building permit: Very easy

Other bale wall style info: edge stacked
Straw type: Wheat




Paints used on bale wall plaster: Silicate Paint

Other information about windows: directional lowE
Mechanical systems info: Flatplate solar collectors & condensing propane boiler for domestic HW & space heating. In floor hydronics & modern hot water rads for heat distribution. Woodstove for supplementary/main heat. HRV with ECM motor.
Electrical systems info: Off grid PV system and inverter. House wired as 120VAC.
Other green features: Locally milled wood trim. FSC interior doors. Moderate passive solar design with orientation also optimized for views.