Eco Construções Portugal
Eco Construções Portugal is a bio-construction company based in the North of Portugal, specializing in natural, sustainable building techniq…
Construction & Housing
Building with the land instead of against it: hemp blocks from Cânhamor, modular bio-construction kits from Green Heritage, and techniques from cob to superadobe. Builders proving that healthy, low-carbon homes are possible in Portugal today.
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Crivo Eco-Construção
Crivo Eco-Construção is a sustainable construction company based in Trás-os-Montes, northeast Portugal, specializing in eco-building techniq…
Natura Matéria
Natura Matéria is a spin-off of the University of Minho specialising in sustainable construction materials and consultancy, focused on natur…
Aresta Engenharia
Aresta Engenharia is a Portuguese engineering and construction company specialising in bio-construction, urban rehabilitation, and sustainab…
Amorim Cork Insulation
Amorim Cork Insulation is a Portuguese company specialising in natural cork-based insulation products for sustainable construction, operatin…
Natural building and low-impact housing in Portugal
Building in Portugal means building for heat, for drought, and increasingly for fire. The techniques collected here answer that with mass, shade and materials that come from close by rather than from a container ship: earth, lime, cork, stone, straw and hemp.
Cânhamor produces hemp blocks in Portugal. Green Heritage supplies modular bio-construction kits. Around them sit builders working in cob, adobe and superadobe, and owners retrofitting old stone houses rather than replacing them, often the lowest-carbon option available, because the building already exists.
The focus filter above splits the collection into eco-building techniques, natural materials, hemp construction, superadobe and cob, renovation and retrofitting, circular building practices, passive solar design, earthships, green roofs and walls, and tiny homes. If you build this way in Portugal, we would like to list you. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.