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We are delighted to announce that the International Straw Building Conference 2027 is now open for pre-registration. Taking place in …
The European Straw Building Association (ESBA) is delighted to announce the International Straw Building Conference 2027, taking place from 2nd–6th …
ESBA and ASBN invited to this European-wide Zoom-Meeting (2h), where we Links mentioned in the presentation: Remark: Britta mentioned in …
Photos: Herbert Gruber/asbn In Hyllie in Malmö, the developer ETC Bygg built its largest project ever, a 12-storey building with …
Name (contact person) Dario Carriero Company/Organisation Dario Carriero Are you a registered company OR member of a registered organisation? Yes …
Name (contact person) Mike Devéria Company/Organisation The Alliance for Bio-based Construction in Ukraine> abcukraine.eu> facebook Are you a registered company …
Name (contact person) Angelo Ferrara Company/Organisation CaravanAtelier Baukunst GmbH Are you a registered company OR member of a registered organisation? …
Name (contact person) Straubinger Ákos Company/Organisation Szalmaszár Bau kft. Are you a registered company OR member of a registered organisation? …
EN: Theory and Practice in Portugal (English & German), Algarve in Winter or in Spain during the year (Spanish), Practice …
Name (contact person) Mischa Mussler Company/Organisation ASBN Are you a registered company OR member of a registered organisation? Yes Do …
Name (contact person) André Timm Are you a registered company OR member of a registered organisation? No Do you have …
Name (contact person) Manuel Krebber Are you a registered company OR member of a registered organisation? Yes VAT number of …
Name (contact person) Aldo Van Velthoven Are you a registered company OR member of a registered organisation? No Do you …
Expert consultant in natural building materials. With over 10 years of experience in straw bale construction and renovation of old buildings with natural materials
Tuesday, April 15, 18:00 CET We would like to remind and invite you to our General Assembly 2025.Join our ZOOM …
Name (contact person) Herbert Gruber Company/Organisation asbn / StrohNatur (NPO) Are you a registered company OR member of a registered …
Built in StrawHenge modular prefab technique by asbn/StrohNatur, this building consists of 2 storeys, first floor as round house (two …
„The ESBG was incredible! We’re so happy about the great turnout and the meeting we had together, making new friends …
Mo, Dec 2, 18:00 CET (6 PM) We would like to invite you to our next ESBA-Meeting in Winter 2024. …
EN: As every year, the STEP CERTIFIED theory with some practice will again take place in Portugal (Castro Marim, 4 …
The Alliance for Bio-based Construction in Ukraine (ABCU) has been registered as an official organisation in the Netherlands, and Mike …
LOGO & SLOGAN CONTESTS! Do you dare to propose a LOGO and/or SLOGAN for the ESBG 2025 in Spain?*You can …
A course for self-builders and professionals Date: 6-9 June 2024 Are you thinking about building a straw bale house? …
Date: Tuesday 26th March 2024 Attendees: Cypren Edmunds (UK), Herbert Gruber (AT), Rikki Nitzkin (ES), Annie (UK), Mike Deveria (NL), …
[Updated Oct 2025] If you make national or international straw bale trainings or courses, if you want to be a …
New stunning straw bale (apartment) houses, built in 2023. Successful STEP Trainings in Portugal, Austria and Spain. A wonderful Congrés …
With about 140 participants, we can call it a success for this years ESBG in Brenderup. ESBA started a cooperation …
Multifamily project straw bales, directly plastered with clay & lime
Student guest house at the design campus of Coburg University of Applied Sciences
A straw bale house suited to a life in a very close contact with nature and seasons, low cost, and with high level of energy efficiency.
Single family house made of wood and straw
Name (contact person) Simone Ruschmeier Are you a registered company OR member of a registered organisation? No Do you have …
ArTUR – Sustainable Architecture (Slovakia) ArTUR organized for the project „Living smart with climate change“ 11 webinars, 4 online courses …
ESBG 2021 – European Straw Building Gathering: The program of the ESBG 2021 YouTube and ZOOM Recordings and Videos Straw …
Hello everyone, for a few weeks we have been working on the straw bale insulation for two apartment buildings in …
A short documentary of a natural build filmed and produced by Dewi Roberts. It was constructed using the local, plentiful …
Building with natural building materials Natural building materials provide new impetus in sustainable construction . The renewable raw materials wood, …
The purpose of this LCA is to compile environmental data of materials and products used in the built environment. So …
The Complete Certified STEP course is offered in 2022. All the information: https://step-rcp.es/ Units 1 and 8 are offered completely online, …
Straw Bale House Workshops – the best way to learn straw bale building: If you are interested to join parctical …
Winner of two gold awards at the National Building & Construction Awards, for Sustainability and Community Engagement It is the …
“Straw-insulated houses are not stable.” Straw has been a building material recognised by the building authorities since 2006 (DE, around …
Select the desired services in our search mask below according to the following categories: Consultation: Services provided by planning offices …
Together with partners in Chile, researchers at the Fraunhofer WKI have developed insulating materials from plant residues. Largely unused plant …
Interreg-Project UP STRAW UP STRAW was the largest EU-funded project to increase the use of straw in the construction sector ever, and …
VIDEOS from the straw insulated public buildings that have been constructed with the support of the Interreg project UP STRAW. …
Based on a collection from all UP STRAW partners in Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, UK, Antony Templier, Hugues Delcourt, …
Link to full-screen-map The UP STRAW partners initiated and forwarded a survey to farmers in order to identified the potential …
Load bearing small straw bale wall Width (mm): 5000 Height (mm): 2500 Depth (mm): 538 Composition (from outside to inside): …
A lot of research results to Straw Bale Building were collected and categorized by members of the Interreg UP STRAW …
During the past decades, the building sector has been growing again 1 pushing the rise of the conventional and unconventional …
The comparison of practices between the different countries will help to determine the kind of quality system that can help …
Public procurement makes up about one-third of government expenditures and thus represents an important direct source of income for all …
To increase the market in straw for construction and insulation requires a large number of actions, including the development of …
Straw quality experts are, according to the UP STRAW work plan, to be nominated, at least 10 experts, 2 per …
The growth of the straw construction and insulation market requires a number of actions, including the development of production tools …
In the next few years carbon emissions will become one of the most important criteria for choosing building materials. Therefore, …
The aim of the baling event was the production of construction grade straw bales with the straw of the abbey’s …
Some of the impressions from UP STRAW Facebook Groups: LINK to UP STRAW Facebook (English): www.facebook.com/UPSTRAW/LINK to UP STRAW Facebook …
What if every single act of design and construction made the world a better place? Author: International living future institute …
What are construction straw bales? Building straw bales are building and insulation material. Straw is harvested along with the grain. …
I’ve been asked a lot about the best method of straw bale construction: load-bearing or post and beam. Author: Cadmon …
The “Essentials of Load Bearing Building” Report Author: Morrison, Andrew LINK to PDF
The construction and testing of six full-scale plastered straw bale wall assemblies are described in this report. The specimens consisted …
From the point of view of environmental awareness, construction sustainability is a theme that is gaining considerable attention. This has …
Hello, We are looking to get in touch with people who are concerned about self-renovation. Here is why. There is …
Trainees know … about loadbearing systems and its specific demands on planning [Level 4] advantages and disadvantages of loadbearing technique …
The objective of this research was to provide structural performance data and information for straw bale home builders, building inspectors …
Author: Vardy, Stephen Peter
A pilot study of a wall constructed from straw bales was carried out. The objective was to examine the suitability …
Authors: Carfrae, Jim De Wilde, Pieter Littlewood, John
The use of straw bales in construction projects is still regarded by many as a novel technique with significant perceived …
Sustainable development could be seen as an indispensable condition for the survival of civilization. The construction sector is a field …
Authors: Holzhueter, Kyle Itonaga, Koji
Conditions d’utilisation des documents téléchargeables : Le RFCP et ses partenaires ont mené un grand nombre d’actions afin de caractériser …
The present article investigates the hygrothermal performance of straw bale walls in Belgian climate conditions. The first part presents measured …
Hemp-lime concrete is a sustainable alternative to standard wall construction materials. It boasts excellent hygrothermal properties in part deriving from …
Understanding Passivhaus is full of 2d and 3d details helping you learn Passivhaus principles – with all details available for …
This paper describes an investigation into moisture levels in straw bale walls used to clad a newly constructed building. The …
Agricultural straw bales, produced as a co-product of cereal crops such as wheat and rice, have been used in construction …
Authors: Shea, Andrew Wall, Katharine Walker, Pete
Straw bale buildings are still a relatively unfamiliar sight within the UK‘s building stock. However, the drivers of sustainable construction …
The main task of configuring engineer by designing enclosure construction is to set up performances of the wall to the …
This book addresses the main challenges in implementing the concepts that aim to replace the regular fossil-fuels-based energy pattern with …
Straw is an organic material with hygroscopic properties. The high capacity it has for storing moisture from the surroundings can …
Several clayey materials were prepared in the Thermophysical Laboratory of Bari. Hygrothermal properties were measured according to technical standards. In …
This article analyses how straw and straw buildings pass the basic requirements given in Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the …
Natural materials, such as straw bale and earth, have substantially less embodied energy than processed materials so that their use …
