homemade lime paint

homemade lime paint

How fun is it to make your paint? FUN. Especially when using leftovers would otherwise spoil. We typically paint our interior finish lime plaster in 3 coats: casein primer, homemade casein-lime paint, and Grainy lime paint. I buy the primer and the Grainy paint  from...
SANDEN Heat Pump – In hand climate solution

SANDEN Heat Pump – In hand climate solution

Not only is The Rotary Health Centre we built at Camp Kawartha in 2020/21 a carbon-storing building, it’s operational emissions (heating and cooling) are also extremely low thanks to the SANDEN high-efficiency climate-friendly heat pump. HATS OFF to Camp...
BEAM Carbon Estimator- The best tool I’ve bought all year.

BEAM Carbon Estimator- The best tool I’ve bought all year.

Straworks is working on the climate crisis one building at a time by designing and building low carbon, or even better, zero carbon footprint buildings. How do we do this? Smashing rocks with a sledgehammer to make gravel? Excavating with a shovel? Cutting with a hand...