African Olive Concepts

Why build with Sandbags ?

In a nutshell: With the sandbag system you can build better quality buildings for less money using ecologically sound materials. The benefits include:

Ecological Impact:

The impact on the environment is tremendous. Considering that sand is a natural resource - G5 sand or soil resources are widely available and need no energy for processing or chemical inputs. The damage and congestion caused by conventional building demands of heavy trucks carrying bricks and cement is drastically reduced. More benefits:

No electricity required on site during building
Minimal amounts of water required on site
Thermal Mass Qualities of product. R-value of sand walls measured at 22 which affords greater insulation compared to conventional buildings
Durability of the product
Significantly lower cement content and carbon emissions

Economical Impact:

If time is money, then the Ecobag system has the advantage in a very rapid construction rate. Cost savings of the super structure is substantial compared to conventional building.

Saving - Use of on site resources
Saving - Reduced transportation costs
Saving - Reduction in expensive material costs
Saving - Reduced time of skilled workers on site
Saving - Reduced number of skilled and semi skilled labour required