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Green Builders on the Central Coast

Our Building Methods

We are home builders and remodelers who specialize in thick wall construction, incorporating energy efficient systems. Our crews provide skilled application in conventional construction as well as innovative techniques using strawbales, rammed earth, insulated concrete forms, and more

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Passive Solar

The proper use of orientation, insulation, and ventilation can save the homeowner enormously in energy costs over time.

Straw Bale Construction

Learn about this beautiful and environmentally friendly method of building homes.

ICF and SIP

Insulated Concrete Forms and Structural Insulated Panels offer an efficient and economical building method

Unique Finishes

Add to the beauty of your home with old world plaster and paint finishes, fine woodworking and more.

Alternative Energy

Help the environment and add to your home's comfort with passive solar design, radiant floor heat, and solar electric systems.

“Therefore, let us build houses that restore to man the life-giving, life-enhancing elements of nature. This means an architecture that begins with the nature of the site. Which means taking the first great step toward assuring a worthy architecture, for in the rightness of a house on the land we sense a fitness we call beauty. ” —Frank Lloyd Wright