What we have achieved in 2021 (with support of UP STRAW and our members): Straw Bale House Database (more than 1.500 straw balehouses in Europe) and a categorized list of the houses (per country, technique, project) – Research Database (more than 400 straw bale studies, books, PDFs, media…) – BIM Models (12 straw building models in Archicad, Sketchup, Revit,…) – European-wide Online ESBG 2021: European Straw Building Gathering (with contributions from all ESBA members and a new ESBA YouTube Channel), STEP Trainings in Austria and Spain (Straw Bale Training for European Professionals), a cooperation with ACTeco – Online Learning platform, a cooperation with UP STRAW project (all results are published and disseminated on ESBA website), just to name a few of our activities…
ESBG 2021 – European Straw Building Gathering:
The program of the ESBG 2021
YouTube and ZOOM Recordings and Videos
Straw Bale Building News from UP STRAW, Jump! Training for Change, ACTeco and WELCOME of the ESBA board. News from Estonia, Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Switzerland and a STRAW BALE SPECIAL with Architect Dirk Scharmer about Speicherbogen and other multi-family-houses made of straw bales.

ESBG 2021 Official Welcome





Program on YouTube





Presentations: Straw Building Associations




The program of the ESBG: second day summer 2021
YouTube and ZOOM Recordings and Videos
Straw Bale Building News from Austria, France, the Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, Denmark and the Saturday Night Special with Architect Werner Schmidt about his latest (multi-family) straw bale buildings














The program of the ESBG: third day
YouTube Videos
Straw Bale and Earth Building News from our associate members Claytec, Ecococon, Lorenz, Modulina; we also present the STEP Online Training and our final discussion: THE FUTURE OF STRAW BALE BUILDING



How it works:
Some of the Zoom-Sessions during ESBG 2021 will be uploaded in the next time. But you can already follow all the links above (just click on the picture) or you can watch the full program (all videos) on ESBA’s YouTube-Cannel: Link