Shelter Works Ltd. http://faswall.com Healthful and Sustainable Building Products Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:05:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 A Faswall Custom Home receives LEED for Homes Platinum Certification http://faswall.com/2011/06/29/a-faswall-custom-home-receives-leed-for-homes-platinum-certification/ http://faswall.com/2011/06/29/a-faswall-custom-home-receives-leed-for-homes-platinum-certification/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:43:46 +0000 paulwood http://faswall.com/?p=446 A Faswall Custom Home just received its LEED for Homes Platinum Certification, which is the highest level of sustainability in the program.  The house, called the “Chocolate Home”, received its name in honor of the homeowner’s love of dark chocolate and passion for sustainable living. The New-century custom home designed by Paolo Design Group takes on a clean-line Tuscan style adapted to Northwest living – endless pool included! 

http://www.paolodesigngroup.com/blog/chocolate-home-in-eagle-creek-oregon-goes-platinum-06-2011/

]]> http://faswall.com/2011/06/29/a-faswall-custom-home-receives-leed-for-homes-platinum-certification/feed/ 0 Faswall Award Winning Home Featured in FineHomebuilding Magazine Summer 2011 edition http://faswall.com/2011/06/29/httpwww-finehomebuilding-compdffree021219038-pdf/ http://faswall.com/2011/06/29/httpwww-finehomebuilding-compdffree021219038-pdf/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:25:33 +0000 paulwood http://faswall.com/?p=426 Faswall Block Featured in FineHomebuilding Magazine Summer Edition 2011 

“Best New House” for 2011

Go To: www.finehomebuilding.com/PDF/Free/021219038.pdf

]]> http://faswall.com/2011/06/29/httpwww-finehomebuilding-compdffree021219038-pdf/feed/ 0 Faswall home built by woman on her own (with one laborer) http://faswall.com/2011/02/15/faswall-home-built-by-woman-on-her-own-with-one-laborer/ http://faswall.com/2011/02/15/faswall-home-built-by-woman-on-her-own-with-one-laborer/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:08:18 +0000 paulwood http://faswall.com/?p=328 See news article.To learn more visit

]]> http://faswall.com/2011/02/15/faswall-home-built-by-woman-on-her-own-with-one-laborer/feed/ 0 Building a Sustainable Home is Possible for Do-It-Yourselfer's http://faswall.com/2010/10/22/building-a-sustainable-home-is-possible-for-do-it-yourselfers/ http://faswall.com/2010/10/22/building-a-sustainable-home-is-possible-for-do-it-yourselfers/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:37:43 +0000 paulwood http://faswall.com/?p=232 October -2010

*Sustainable DIY House a Possibility – an interview with Tom Van Denend (The Oregonian; 10/1/2010)

“It’s such a nifty product that Peter Dusicka, Oregon BEST researcher and Portland State University professor, is working with Van Denend and his company, ShelterWorks Ltd., to test this interlocking building block wall system…”

http://blog.oregonlive.com/pdxgreen/2010/10/sustainable_diy_house_a_possib.html

]]> http://faswall.com/2010/10/22/building-a-sustainable-home-is-possible-for-do-it-yourselfers/feed/ 0 Green Addition to Ananda Campus http://faswall.com/2010/10/22/green-addition-to-ananda-campus/ http://faswall.com/2010/10/22/green-addition-to-ananda-campus/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:29:41 +0000 paulwood http://faswall.com/?p=228 *Green Addition to Ananda’s Campus – an interview with architect JT Heater           (The Union; serving western Nevada County, CA)  September 25, 2010 edition

“We needed to have a space for artists, as well as a main space that’s acoustically good” ………..-JT Heater, architect of the Ananda Village Faswall Building, nearing completion in Nevada City, (The Union )

Read more about this 5,075 square foot performance center http://www.theunion.com/article/2010100929803

To view You-Tube Video:

Building architect J.T. Heater talks about the materials used to build the new Ananda Living Wisdom center

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNG3rrK5CyY

]]> http://faswall.com/2010/10/22/green-addition-to-ananda-campus/feed/ 0 Better is the New Bigger; and interview with Santa Fe Builder Doug McDowell http://faswall.com/2010/10/22/better-is-the-new-bigger-and-interview-with-santa-fe-builder-doug-mcdowell/ http://faswall.com/2010/10/22/better-is-the-new-bigger-and-interview-with-santa-fe-builder-doug-mcdowell/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:23:23 +0000 paulwood http://faswall.com/?p=204 *Better is the New Bigger- an interview with Doug McDowell      (Green Fire Times; September 2010 edition)

“Doug McDowell and Jim Satzinger have been building homes in New Mexico for thirty-seven years……..”

Read about their decision to use Faswall wall forms for the wall system of 6 LEED Gold certification homes in Las Placitas Compound -Santa Fe, New Mexico.

http://greenfiretimes.com/mobile-edition/september-2010/

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“Home takes ‘going green’ to a whole new level”

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Falls City (OR) High School students recently built a restroom for their athletic Field area out of Faswall.

Fall City High School Students Building With Faswall Blocks
Fall City High School Students Pass Block
Fall City High School Students And Grout
Fall City High School Student And Wiring

]]> http://faswall.com/2010/06/06/falls-city-high-school/feed/ 0 ShelterWorks and KX Faswall http://faswall.com/2010/06/06/shelterworks-and-kx-faswall/ http://faswall.com/2010/06/06/shelterworks-and-kx-faswall/#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:32:16 +0000 tomvd http://faswall.com/?p=164 February-2008

ShelterWorks Ltd. and KX Faswall International Corporation announce the assignment of the proprietary Faswall woodchip-concrete ICF technology and its trademarks in its entirety to ShelterWorks Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. Hans Walter, main principals in KX Faswall are enthused to see their life’s work continue on at ShelterWorks. “We will continue to build on the solid foundation that Hans and Leni Walter created since 1987 in the US” says Thomas Van Denend, President of ShelterWorks. “This remarkable building system has so much to offer to the new, longer range, sustainable perspective that is growing quickly in this country”.

]]> http://faswall.com/2010/06/06/shelterworks-and-kx-faswall/feed/ 0 An innovative house in Ilwaco http://faswall.com/2010/06/06/an-innovative-house-in-ilwaco/ http://faswall.com/2010/06/06/an-innovative-house-in-ilwaco/#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:32:33 +0000 tomvd http://faswall.com/?p=161 September-2006

“What the heck is it? An innovative house in Ilwaco”, is the title of a recent news article in the Chinook Observer featuring our product. Read the entire article here.

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