Ask HN: House building hacks? Advice about green building materials?
Western Europe says very little.<p>There are local building codes that may be very restrictive in the kind of structures&#x2F;materials allowed, considerations about  ratios between (external) volume and actual (internal) living space, local Laws providing incentives for some levels of energy efficiency goals, seismic&#x2F;geological categorizations (only to provide a few examples).<p>Since you are a software developer you should be aware that &quot;vague&quot; requisites generally lead to &quot;botched&quot; results.<p>Unless you find the need to attempt to &quot;disrupt&quot; the building industry (AND also if you find it), you should be aware that - again generally speaking - the <i>whatever</i> construction techniques that are in use normally in your specific area is very likely to be the most efficient, cheap and fast. (not necessarily &quot;green&quot;, or energy efficient, of course).<p>I am curious however of what kind of bricks you are talking about, 40 Euro bricks, are they gold plated?<p>4 Euro a compressed earth brick, is that rare earth brick?<p>A &quot;normal&quot; brick is something that ranges from 0.30 to 0.60 Euro each, a (much larger) concrete block something that may be 1.5 to 3.5 Euro.