Terra-Steel by

Patent 285246. Patents pending worldwide

Green and Healthy Homes

Energy Savings

The Terra-Steel walls provide high thermal mass.

Thermal mass is the ability of building materials to store heat. The Terra-Steel system has a high thermal mass, which can reduce total heating and cooling energy requirements by up to 25% compared to a home built with lightweight construction materials with a low thermal mass.

Durability and lower maintenance required

The Terra-Steel system combines steel structures with earth walls, providing higher resistance and endurance for generations to come, and a lower maintenance required.

A beautiful example of early earth construction in the USA is the Holy Cross Church:

Holy Cross Church built with earth walls in 1850 in Stateburg, SC, USA

Healthy Homes

The actual construction systems are generating increasing reports of Sick Building Syndrome: Occupants complain of symptoms associated with acute discomfort, e.g., headache; eye, nose, or throat irritation, dry cough, dry or itchy skin, dizziness and nausea, difficulty in concentrating, fatigue, alergies, and sensitivity to odors. Most of the complainants report relief soon after leaving home.
The symptoms are linked to common building materials like fiberglass insulation (which absorbs humidity and grow mildew), treated woods and formaldehyde emisions from building panels among others.

The Toxic Black Mold information center ( www.toxic-black-mold-info.com), reports a 1994 Harvard study of 10,000 U.S. and Canadian homes which found that half had conditions of mold associated with a 50-100% increase in respiratory symptoms.

The Terra-Steel walls breath absorbing excess humidity and releasing it to the exterior, avoiding mold grow.

Fire safety

Fire is the number one cause of accidental deaths in American Homes. The Terra-Steel system provides the highest protection to the structure and your family against fire, because earth walls are non combustible and covers completely the columns avoiding collapse and protecting your family against fire better that any other building system.- - -

The United States has one of the highest fire death rates in the industrialized world. The actual American Homes are fire traps for families.