Environmental Attributes

Rammed earth is probably the single lowest environmental impact building system that is readily and commercially available today for solid masonry buildings.

Rammed Earth walls are structural immediately upon completion of compaction and removal of formwork. There is no firing process as used in brick manufacture so there are no kilns, toxic emissions or damaging greenhouse gases. Kiln gas pollutants associated with brickworks are simply not present in the manufacture of Rammed Earth walls and therefore not emitted in to the atmosphere.

Because of the outstanding thermal performance of Rammed Earth buildings, heating and cooling requirements are minimised and substantial energy savings can be enjoyed over the life of the building by generations of occupants.

Rammed earth buildings are supremely environmentally friendly, blending harmoniously with their surroundings. The natural walls are sun dried and completely non-toxic.