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Solarwise - Natural
Building and Design is a family run business with over
forty years of collective construction experience.
We believe in creating energy and resource efficient
designs that are built with passion and pride. In
particular, we have been involved with many great straw
bale projects around the state and in recent years, we
have emerged as a leader of designing and building with
straw bales in Colorado.
Timothy "Timbo" Scursso - Owner, Designer, Builder, Son
Timbo
was born in Connecticut in 1975. As a young boy,
he helped his father, Ralph, build and remodel several
residential homes. He also taught himself how to
design and draw through the use of Computer Aided
Drafting. His passion for
designing and building brought him to Wentworth
Institute of Technology and then on to Virginia Polytechnic
Institute of Technology where he studied architecture
for three years. Concerned about how conventional
architecture was lacking environmental and social
responsibility, Timbo switched his studies to an ecology
based education. He graduated with a Bachelors of
Science in Natural Resources.
Educated
and experienced in design, construction, and the
environment, Timbo's natural progression was to combine
all those skills as a natural designer and builder.
He has been involved with the natural building movement
since 2000.
Ralph Scursso
- Master
Electrician, Builder, Father
In 1979, Ralph became a
master electrician. At that time, he had acquired
his license faster than any other person in the state of
Connecticut. Ralph's employment history is
testimony
to his many years of experience. He has performed
in the capacity of a self-employed electrical
contractor, electrical foreman for a hospital,
general foreman on a university campus project, as well
as, being the general foreman for several department
stores.
With a total of 34 years
of electrical experience under his belt, Ralph recently
decided to move to Colorado in effort to share his business
and construction experience with both his son and their
customers. He joins the Solarwise team not only
as a master electrician, but as an accomplished
builder. Throughout the years, Ralph has renovated
and built numerous multi-family residences.
We are a proud member of
the
Colorado Straw Bale Association
and a sponsor of
The Last Straw
The International
Journal of Straw Bale and Natural Building |