With regard to the current European trends in civil engineering and sustainability, new building materials are still being explored. In this case, it is ideal to use natural materials such as straw. Its use as a building material is both ecological and economical. Excellent thermal insulation properties of straw have been known for centuries but the aim of this paper and the measurements were also to demonstrate the air-tightness and acoustic properties of a straw bale house in the Czech Republic.
Authors: Teslík, Jiří; Zdražilová, Naďa; Vodičková, Martina
