Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Affordable appropriate green sustainable housing

2 May 2003

Each of his proposed homes would need three tons of cannabis mixed with lime and sand, and would cost about R15 000 for an 82 square metre dwelling, much larger than the size of the current RDP houses. Read More

13 May 2003

Mr du Plessis says they would cost about 15,000 rand ($2,000) for an 82 square metre dwelling. BBC

1 May 2004

- Great insulation -

“Research shows that we can deliver a 82 sq metre house for 15,000 rand ($2,188) which is three times the size of a house which is being currently built using conventional methods.

“These houses can be built with bricks made out of the stalk of the hemp and mixed with lime and sand. The houses will be thermal with great insulation.” Aljazeera



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