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  • Harvest Homes in September issue of Mike Holmes Magazine

    August 24, 2011

    The myths of straw bale building are debunked in the September issue of Holmes Magazine, journal of the famous TV personality Mike Holmes.  Our own Ben Polley is quoted in an

  • Evolve Delivers the Worlds First Straw Bale Portable

    August 3, 2011

    We recently completed an 800 sqft portable classroom for the Upper Grand District School Board.  Modelled on conventional school portables, this straw bale version has been redesigned to travel in

  • Evolve Launches New Site

    May 11, 2011

    A fantastic new website was launched by Evolve Builders Group on May 11, 2011. Brimming with gorgeous images of recent work and detailed descriptions of the unique skills we have quietly been honing over several years…

  • Home Sweet Home Competition Awards

    April 12, 2011

    Evolve Builders Group Inc principal Ben Polley joined Ontario’s best and brightest talent from the green building industry and academic communities at OntarioGreenSpec.ca’s annual Home Sweet Home Awards Gala…

  • Evolve Builders: Bringing Foresight, Flexibility, and Ecological Focus to Building

    April 7, 2009

    Canadian Builders Quarterly by Jennifer Kirkland ECOLOGICAL CONSTRUCTION AND renovation company Evolve Builders Group, Inc – working mainly in Ontario – has increased annual sales by a staggering 50 percent

  • Heritage Home Sees Makeover

    December 5, 2008

    Guelph Tribune December 5, 2008 By Doug Hallett   A property esteemed by local heritage boosters is getting a new lease on life, one that’s expected to turn it into

  • Straw Bale Home Rising in Eden Mills

    October 23, 2008

    - The New Tanner A new straw bale house is being built in Eden Mills, the second in the small eco-friendly village. The load-bearing walls of the house are made

  • Canada’s First Econest Built by Hand, From Nature’s Gifts

    August 22, 2008

    Ernie and Edith Martin created the Riverstone Retreat Centre on part of their farm as a place for people to respect nature and each other, for peaceful camping and getting close to the earth.

  • Eco-Contractor to ‘Evolve’ Under New Name

    September 21, 2006

    The only full service alternative housing building company in Ontario is expanding under a new name – The Evolve Builders Group – to more accurately reflect the full range of