Thomas Clive Competitors

We are the UK's largest woodland conservation charity. Our vision is a world where woods and trees thrive for people and nature.

Mission: We are leaders in providing artisan-quality bamboo homes and innovative durable building products made from the most rapidly renewable resource on the planet. About us: Bamboo Living Homes are the first and only code certified permit-able bamboo structures in the world. Since 1995, we have proudly designed and permitted more than 350 bamboo homes in the Hawaiian Islands and other beautiful locations in the world. History: During a walk through the bamboo forest on Maui in 1994, our founder Jeffree Trudeau experienced an epiphany. He understood that it was time to make his vision of “a better way to build” a reality. Shortly after his resolve, he met Co-founder, Architect David Sands, and together they began to co-create the first certified and permitted bamboo homes in the Western World. The first prototype, built in 1996, was a bamboo cottage designed for Kutira Decosterd, at Kahua O’Mali’o Maui Bamboo Farm Retreat. The cottage, or "Bamboo Temple", is still used as guest accommodations today. Bamboo Living Homes are an imaginative and bold solution to the tremendous impact caused by conventional building practices. Every bamboo home that goes into production saves about 10 acres of forest from being cut down. To date, there are more than 350 homes in the Hawaiian Islands and other locations in the world. The enduring quality and structural integrity of bamboo is a testament to the combined skills and genius of Jeffree and David. Bamboo Living Homes are still the only international building code certified, permit-able bamboo structures in the world. We invite you to join the growing family of bamboo homeowners and be a part of a truly grassroots movement.

Green Building Store (GBS) offers products and support for energy efficient homes and buildings. Founded in 1995, GBS has been at the at the forefront of sustainable, low energy building, offering product innovations and services to helping to support the uptake of Passivhaus in the UK. GBS offers a wide range of products and services, including triple glazed timber and alu-clad windows and doors, advanced MVHR heat recovery ventilation, specialist airtightness and insulation products, as well as consultancy and building services. A strong proponent of Passivhaus design, GBS offers a comprehensive range of Passivhaus products and services for the UK, and its in-house building team have constructed numerous Passivhaus buildings including the pioneering Denby Dale Passivhaus, Golcar Passivhaus and Stirley Farm EnerPHit projects. It has offices in Huddersfield and Gillingham. Green Building Store is an Efficient Building Solutions (EBS) business. EBS acquired GBS in 2020.