Bio Builders
Building Tomorrow's Ideas in Sustainability Today
Rancho La Hermita, La Huerta
Arnulfo Mancera 044 415 101 0422 , arnulfo_mancera@hotmail.com
Cuautli 044 415 114 0083
Bio Builders is a business with experience in construction of country homes with alternative materials and ecological elements such as solar water heaters, solar energy panels, bio-digesters, worm-culture beds, organic cultivation boxes and bamboo.
Building Green Club/Club de Construcción Ecológica
buildinggreenclub@hotmail.com
The SMA companies in this group include Bio Builders and MAXEh. The group is open to all persons or organizations that are interested in green building.
EARTHchitecture
Natural Building Design
The Green Store, Plaza Conspiracion, Salida Queretaro
Hugo Dorsey
ehdorsey@earthchitecture.com
skype: hugodorsey, cel: 044 415 119 4684
Hugo Dorsey is an architect and civil engineer with a Masters in Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable techniques include: efficient use of locally available resources, reuse of non-renewable resources, materials with a low carbon footprint, use of solar, wind and water energies, energy efficiency, roof gardens, gabions, rammed earth and adobe construction.
MAXEh Concreto Ecológico Terracreto
Sistema Constructivo con Tepetate
Blvd. de la Conspiración #11
Arq. Eduardo Obregón Peña, 415 152 2541 o 044 415 153 3139
maxeh.mexico@hotmail.com
MAXEh is an additive can be mixed with tepetate (soil with high lime content), water, and a small amount of cement to form solid walls or construction blocks. The main component, tepetate, is abundant in our region and often available at the building site.
Origen
Centro de Arquitectura Sustentable
Local 212 Plaza del Ángel (Junto al Hospital de la Fe)
415 15 4 62 24, info@origensanmiguel.com
Ilán Adler
Werner Stubbs, werner@origensanmiguel.com
Victor Zapatero, victor@origensanmiguel.org
The partners of Origen are committed to the environment through architecture, the sale of environmental technologies and training.
The Green Store
Plaza Conspiracion, Salida Queretaro
The companies in this green products cooperative include Tierra y Cal, Solar San Miguel and EARTHchitecture.
The co-op is open to new members who want to join the group, and has a large open space where it will be hosting various workshops, environmental meetings, and community events.
Tierra y Cal
proyectos sustentables
The Green Store
Plaza Conspiracion, Salida Queretaro
James Hallock, Jeff Rottler & Monica Healy
415 120 2162, informes@tierraycal.com
Tierra y Cal provides consulting and training on earthen techniques including earthen construction and finishing.
Workshops on compressed earth (Earth Block) and clay plasters are offered in various locations, including one near Atotonilco.
Walls for Less
Hernández Macías #88
Felipe Argüelles Noma, info@wallsforless.com
044 415 103 0006 or 152 3322
Walls for Less builds using MAXEh and other sustainable methods. Tepetate (a dense soil common in San Miguel) is mixed with a mimimal amount of concrete and a binder to create durable, ecological walls.
