Circular Garden room
Loadbearing garden room with sleeping platform & woodburning stove. Designed & courses by Amazon Nails, self build
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Agbrigg & Bellevue Community building
Loadbearing classroom & Kitchen for allotments, designed & courses by Amazon Nails in 2006 with car tyre foundations
Building and Renovating with Straw – Construire et Rénover en Paille
This guide of the C.A.U.E. of Normandy advises adapted solutions of energy efficient and technically sustainable renovations which preserve or …
MOOC Building for change – Naturally
The European UP STRAW programme launched a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) all about building with straw: Building for change …
UP STRAW Report on external thermal insulation methods with straw (wrapping)
WP T3 Market developments for retrofitting existing buildings with straw insulation From a sustainability perspective, retrofitting existing buildings is in …
UP STRAW Research report on thermal conductivity and water migration
The application of bio-based insulation materials like straw requires a value for its thermal conductivity. It’s a physical property of …
UP STRAW Safety of strawbale walls in the event of fire
Report prepared for SNaB and UpStraw project. June 2020. Reaction to fire: clay and lime plastered strawbale wall systems have …
Straw Bale Construction Manual: Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture
Building with straw bales is a technique pioneered a century ago in the state of Nebraska. In recent years there …
People are Future-proofing their Homes with Straw.
Straw bale wall systems stand up to fire twice as long than those built with standard materials. Author: Costley, Drew, …
Straw bale Buildings: A Good Compromise between Environmental Sustainability and Energy-Economic Savings
Some straw bale buildings, which combine eco-sustainability with versatility, low cost and fast construction times, have recently been built in …
Experience straw building – “Strohbau erleben” Podcast Folge 1
Strohbau erleben im Kloster Plankstetten: Nachhaltiges Bauen mit Tradition und modernster Technik.
MOOC Biobased Construction: Straw & Reed
Straw is a renewable material offering good thermal insulation properties and a much lower environmental impact than many current mainstream …
Cork and building straw as naturally historic insulation materials – Kork und Baustroh als natürlich historische Dämmstoffe
Advantages and disadvantages of cork and building straw in wall and roof constructions Vor- und Nachteile von Kork und Baustroh …
Straw bale construction on screw foundations – Strohballenbau auf Schraubfundamenten
Gisela Immler and Siegfried Scherrer wanted to fulfil their dream of ecological building and, together with the carpentry firm Staudenschreiner, …
Sandhills, Nebraska: the cradle of straw bale construction by Roger Welsh
EN Building a straw house, you don’t think about it! The wind will scatter the strands, the fire will reduce …
An innovative straw bale wall package for sustainable buildings: experimental characterization, energy and environmental performance assessment
Natural materials, such as straw bale and earth, have substantially less embodied energy than processed materials so that their use …
ActEco e-Learning Platform Straw Building, Clay, Training for Change
The Erasmus+ Project ActEco aims at integrating the already existing learning contents of STEP – Straw Bale Training for European …
Jump! – Training for Change
The 5th transnational meeting of JUMP! Training for Change took place in Ecocenter ArTUR in the small village of Hrubý …
Passiv House Certificate: Strawbale-Joist Construction Plaster-Plaster Passivhaus Zertifikat: Strohballen-Bohlenständerbau Putz-Putz
Passive House Certification Report Author: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Krick LINK to PDF
Bio-Based Materials for the Italian Construction Industry: Buildings as Carbon Sponges
This work brings together some recent research and results in activities aiming at investigating the environmental benefits of using bio-based …
Production of Sustainable Construction Materials Using Agro-Wastes
The construction sector, in modern times, is faced with a myriad of challenges primarily due to the increase in the …
Fire Resistance Evaluation of Pressed Straw Building Envelopes
Ecological construction has a tendency to increase. One of its directions is the straw bale-house. The safety of such buildings …
Directly plastered straw bale components for building class 4 – Direktverputzte Strohballenbauteile für die Gebäudeklasse 4 – Brandschutztechnische Untersuchungen
The use of combustible materials in (multi-storey) buildings is limited in Germany. In the case of combustible insulation, researches showed …
Physical Properties of Straw Bales as a Construction Material: A Review
Straw bale buildings provide significant benefits in terms of costs, human health, and environmental sustainability. Several studies in different regions …
European Straw Bale Gathering 2019 – Todmorden, UK. August 2019
The European Straw Bale Gathering (ESBG) is one of the most important meetings of straw bale builders, professionals and admirers …
STEP 2020: Strawbale Training for European Professionals
Here are the new dates for the STEP Straw Bale Training for European Professionals (in Austria) for 2020:More Info: baubiologie.at/strohballenbau/
Straw buildings : feedback from public projects in France (Envirobat Grand Est 2019)
Technical day on bio-based materials Organised by Envirobat Grand Est and Interreg BATI C2 in Reims (France) PPT Presentation. Introduction …
Utilization of Alternative Building Materials for Sustainable Construction
The world population is growing at unprecedented rates and it is expected to reach 9.8 billion in 2050. Today, non-sustainable …
Vivihouse – the open licenced modular straw bale prefab system
ASBN was partner for Straw Bale Training and the production of Straw Bale insulated panels in the FFG-project Vivihouse – …
Leaflet on the processing of construction straw – Merkblatt Verarbeitung von Baustroh – according to European Technical Assessment
Leaflet on the processing of construction straw according to European Technical Assessment ETA-17/0247 Status: 28 October 2019 Merkblatt zur Verarbeitung …
DE-EN Strohbaurichtlinie 2019 – revised Straw Building Guideline 2020
EN This straw building guideline summarises the experience and knowledge of straw builders in Germany. It has been compiled by …
Straw bale show house in Austria
Whenever you are in Austria you can visit this straw-bale house built by the Austrian based cooperation Strohnatur and in …
STEP Finals: Certified Straw Bale Builders 2017-2021
The ESBA “Certified Straw Bale Builders” made their final assessments in Austria, after 8 month of a more or less …
Strawbale Construction – A Least Embodied Energy Material
In the present scenario, the need for sustainable solutions is increasing, as our world is facing various difficult challenges. Due …
L écocentre de Saint Pierre de Frugie
“Pour ma planète” le rendez-vous autour de l’environnement de France 3 Limousin nous amène à la rencontre du directeur de …
Comparative analysis of an existing public building made from natural building materials and reference buildings designed from common building materials
The paper examines a public building constructed of partially natural materials and two imagined buildings with the same geometry, using …
AT: Klassifizierungsbericht Einblasstroh (IsoStroh) – Classification of Blow-In-Straw (IsoStroh)
Classification for IsoStroh in combination with Fermacell Power Panel H20: B – s1, d0Valid until: 20. August 2024 Author: MA39 …
Structural performance of non-plastered modular straw bale wall panels under transverse and gravity loads
Straw bale construction has a proven track record as a viable alternative for residential construction. Structural (load-bearing) straw bale panels …
Translation of technical terms related to straw construction
800 building terms translated into 4 languages, a small dictionary for builders and trainers, Excel-FileAuthor: Leonardo Group, Helmuth Santler LINK …
Sustainable Bio & Waste Resources for Construction (SB & WRC)
The SB & WRC project aims to design and produce three thermal insulant prototypes for buildings, made from bio-based and …
Assessment of Straw Degradation Inside Straw Bale Walls in Severe Cold Regions of China
With the increasing concerns of low carbon development of the building industry, the feasibility of using straw bale buildings has …
Natural Building Festival in Poland
In June 2019 OSBN, the Polish Natural Building Organisation, invited to a Festival in Lodz, showing straw bale construction, clay …
Physical Properties of Straw Bales as a Construction Material: A Review
Straw bale buildings provide significant benefits in terms of costs, human health, and environmental sustainability. Several studies in different regions …
Physical Properties of Straw Bales as a Construction Material: A Review
Straw bale buildings provide significant benefits in terms of costs, human health, and environmental sustainability. Several studies in different regions …
LCA straw bale CEREMA 2015 (base of EPD)
EN: As part of the SB&WRC project, the technical, environmental and economic characteristics of the three low-carbon insulation materials prototypes …
Development and testing of a prototype straw bale house
This paper describes the research, development, construction and initial testing of an innovative low-carbon prototype house built using novel prefabricated …
Physical Properties of Straw Bales as a Construction Material: A Review
Straw bale buildings provide significant benefits in terms of costs, human health, and environmental sustainability. Several studies in different regions …
Blow-in straw insufflation – demonstration by Wouter Klijn
Author: Gemeente Tilburg, May 2019 LINK to ArticleLINK to PDF (Presentation Dutch)
Straw Bale Building Details | New Society Publishers
Straw bale buildings promise superior insulation and flexibility across a range of design aesthetics while using a typically local and …
Energy Analysis of Residential Building Using Revit
The construction industry uses a lot of natural resources clay, sand, stone, water and energy for developing various building materials. …
Increasing energy efficiency through interior insulation systems
As an alternative to the conventionally used interior insulation with a vapour barrier, diffusion-open, capillary-active insulation is becoming increasingly popular …
Goran Z. Losic
Name (contact person) Goran Z. Losic Are you a registered company OR member of a registered organisation? No Do you …
Straw bale based constructions: Measurement of effective thermal transport properties
The use of eco-friendly thermal insulation in the building envelope is one of the passive and also sustainable means of …
ESBG 2019 in UK
The European Straw Bale Gathering (ESBG 2019) was held in Todmorden.Click here to find all presentations and Downloads in detail.Click here …
Resistance to mold development assessment of bio-based building materials
Nowadays, insulating building materials are developed from the valorization of agro-resources. They show high ecological and hygrothermal performance. Before making …
Ecococon-6 Determination of airborne sound insulation factor
Pressed straw block. Dimensions: width 890mm, height 2,050mm, thickness 490mm. System: straw pressed into a wooden frame plastered on one …
Low Cal : wood-straw offices, without heating, positive energy, low carbon and cost effective
Low Cal : bureaux bois-paille,sans chauffage, à énergie positive,bas carbone et coûts maîtrisés Author: Rieser, Thierry LINK to PDF
A Research on the Perception of Architecture Students about Straw Bale Buildings
Although straw bale construction has been used for thousands of years, currently does not attract considerable attention from professional architects …
Thermal Performance of Panels with High Density, randomly oriented Straw Bales
This paper describes the hot-box testing (based on ASTM C1363-11) of seven straw bale wall panels to obtain their thermal …
Thermal insulating plates produced on the basis of vegetable agricultural waste
The results of comparative tests of thermal insulating materials on the basis of various agricultural wastes are presented. Rye straw, …
Rice Straw Bale Fire Test 2018
Research project to develop building solutions made out of local rice straw bales. Partnership with ITECONS – Coimbra University Engineering …
Eco-sustainability and energy performance of a straw house
Together with Maisonéco, a modular system has been developed to present a solution combining eco-sustainability with versatility, low costs and …
Experimental assessment of separation distances of a load-bearing straw bale construction
With an increasingly dense urban structure and wider use of energy-efficient and combustible materials, the requirements on fire separation distances …
Construction and monitoring of experimental straw bale building in northeast China
Straw bale buildings have the potential to reduce the environmental impact of construction. Although the technique has been introduced into …
Paille Lyon bâtiment « Plan Climat Grand Lyon
Au cœur de la ZAC du Bon Lait, le gymnase omnisport « Alice Milliat » est essentiellement construit en bois …
Load-bearing straw walls: implementation and behaviour
Load bearing straw bale is a construction technique that has existed for more than a century but has been little …
Straw Bale Construction may hold the Key to Surviving Environmental Disasters
Gaining popularity in parts of California, it has proven to withstand wildfires, tornadoes, and earthquakes Author: Kim Dakota, 14.08.2018 Link:https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/strawbale-construction
Comparing construction technologies of single-family housing with regard of minimizing embodied energy and embodied carbon
This article concerns the Life Cycle Assessment method of evaluation and the ways in which it can be applied as …
Time-dependent mechanical properties of straw bales for use in construction
Straw bale construction is a building technique with a low environmental impact that has been gaining popularity over the last …
An innovative multilayer wall composed of natural materials: characterization of the thermal properties and comparison
In order to reduce the carbon emissions resulting from buildings construction, some non-conventional materials are emerging, especially the ones of …
The evaluation of renewable based low-tech high-knowledge based housing solutions.
There is a clearly visible dichotomy in architectural sustainability approaches today. While there are several housing solutions available fulfilling sustainability …
ESBA Actiongroup Training: Agreement on European STEP-Training
ESBA-Members Czesary, Maciej from OSBN (first row from left), Carlo (Promopaglia); second row: Rikki, Caroline and Alejandro (RCP), Michelle (stroh-paille-paglia); …
(STEP) Certified Straw Bale Builders 2017-2018
Certified Straw Bale Builders 2018: Certified Straw Bale Builders 2017: STEP Trainees, still in Training 2019 (or …
Improvement of the Acoustic Attenuation of Plaster Composites by the Addition of Short-Fibre Reinforcement
Noise attenuation is a key contemporary issue associated with the protection of human health. In this study, the possibilities of …
Energy performance and environmental and economic assessment of the platform frame system with compressed straw
In recent years there have been considerable improvements in the energy and environmental performance of buildings, due not only to …
The Thermal Resistivity of Straw Bales for Construction Joseph C. McCabe
This thesis describes the procedure for obtaining an insulation value for straw bales for construction. A modified hotplate was placed …
Expert opinion: fire behaviour of load-bearing, separating wall constructions in timber frame construction
Original title in German language: Gutachterliche Stellungnahme Nr. GA 2018/028 – Mey vom 24.04.2018 General expert opinion on the fire …
Thermal Insulation Properties and Fire Resistance of Walls with Straw Bale Filling
One of the natural and traditional building materials is baled straw. The application of straw in the construction of buildings …
Professional rules for straw construction – Règles professionnelles de construction en paille (édition 2018)
EN: These Professional Rules are a guide for builders, a support for trainers and a guarantee for insurers. Straw, used …
Daniel Jacobs – WoodCon
Name (contact person) Daniel Jacobs Company/Organisation WoodCon Are you a registered company OR member of a registered organisation? Yes VAT …
Jakub Jirků – StrohNatur CZ
Name (contact person) Jakub Jirků Company/Organisation StrohNatur CZ Are you a registered company OR member of a registered organisation? No …
Ruben Solsona Batlle – Taller Karuna
Name (contact person) Ruben Solsona Batlle Company/Organisation Taller Karuna Are you a registered company OR member of a registered organisation? …
Dr Lucy Jones – France/UK
Name (contact person) Dr Lucy Jones Are you a registered company OR member of a registered organisation? No VAT number …
Annex. Monetisation of the MMG method. Update 2017
The publication describes the methods and data used to monetise the LCIA impacts as a further development of the approach …
The Green Studio Handbook: Environmental Strategies for Schematic Design
The Green Studio Handbook remains an essential resource for design studios and professional practice. This extensive and user-friendly tool presents …
Sustainable earth walls to meet the building regulations
The thermal conductivity and diffusivity of un-fired clay bricks, a straw-clay mixture and straw bales have been measured using a …
assessment of moisture content influence on thermo-acoustic performance of building insulation materials
Nowadays, a large number of materials for thermal and acoustic insulation are available on the market. Therefore, some criteria need …
DI Peter Schubert – RIBA
Name (contact person) DI Peter Schubert [ RIBA ] Company/Organisation capital [ A ] architects ZT-GmbH Are you a registered …
Smart Citizens Building Prototype Development and Demonstration Tour 2018
After developing 3 prototypes for urban 3-5 storey straw bale buildings, the FFG-project SmartCity Demo goes on tour through Austria, …
Professional Trainings for Ecologial Building 2018
The Bildungswerkstatt für nachhaltige Entwicklung e.V. (BiWeNa) is offering a series of interesting seminars and further education in the areas …
Fire Resistance of Straw Bale Walls, summary
Straw as construction material deserves considerable attention as a natural, energy and environmentally sustainable material in the modern period of …
Collège Notre-Dame de Bon secours – Construction21
Since the start of the 2017 All Saints’ Day school year, the 5th and 6th secondary students of the Collège …
Straw Bale Construction: A Sustainable and Renewable Building Material
In this modern-day we primarily construct buildings with materials that retain a single life use, meaning at the end of …
Building Information Modelling, Building Performance, Design and Smart Construction
This book charts the path toward high-performance sustainable buildings and the smart dwellings of the future. The volume clearly explains …
Straw insulated buildings – Strohgedämmte Gebäude
Eine umfassende Broschüre mit allen Aspekten des Strohballenbaus. A comprehensive brochure containing all aspects of straw bale building. Autors: Dipl.-Ing. …
Load-bearing straw in architecture: what are the challenges and real potential of this construction technique?
Ce mémoire très documenté et abondamment illustré est consacré à la technique de la paille porteuse en construction. L’auteure montre …
Determining Moisture Levels in Straw Bale Construction
With the growing interest in sustainable building materials that are able to provide reductions in energy consumption, the viability of …
Chepos 58: Straw – from vernacular to prefabrication
Article in Chepos Author: Strobouw Nederland, Chepos; 6.12.2017 Link: https://issuu.com/chepos_cheops/docs/_chepos_58/12