Introduction to the aPROpaille study Author: Louis, Arnaud
Author - esba
Design, construction and validation of a guarded hot plate apparatus for thermal conductivity measurement of high thickness crop-based specimens
The search for sustainability achievement in the building sector led to the use of crop-based insulation materials...
Ecococon-8 Determination of water vapour diffusion resistance
Author: Ecococon
Ecococon-7 Determination of vapour transmission
Author: Ecococon
Ecococon-3 Determination of thermal conductivity of pressed straw
Author: Ecococon
Heat bridges straw bale
Cahier de ponts thermiques de parois isole es en paille. Action 3 du projet PRO-PAILLE2 : Réalisation d’un carnet de...
thermal characteristics and energy performance requirements for new buildings and new parts of buildings – Article Annex IX
Specific heat Cp straw
Détermination de la capacité thermique massique de deux échantillons de paille. Author: LNE
Determination of declared thermal conductivity and mass-related moisture conversion coefficient to high moisture content
EPB beslissingscriteria strobaal (FR: Critères de décision tribaux) (EN: Stribal decision criteria)
EPB Regulatory Overview
Masse volumique ρ [kg/m³) Le bois et le bois d’œuvre: Conductivité thermique (λ_U ) [W/mK] Chaleur spécifique c...
Rules for the calculation of transmission losses in the context of the ILL regulation Annexe B1
Règles pour le calcul des pertes par transmission dans le cadre de la réglementation PEB CALCUL DU COEFFICIENT DE...
UP STRAW Report on Teaching – Strategic plan for implementing straw courses into existing curricula
Worldwide climate change, economics and social concerns have highlighted the need for a change in the practices and...
EU-Fire-Handbook-European-fire-standards-and-national-legislation
The European reaction-to-fire classification system was introduced in support of the Construction Products Directive...
Load bearing Capacity of Straw Bale Walls with small Bales
Loadbearing capacity of strawbale walls – a summary of results from peer-reviewed literatureThis report is intended to...
Current Research of Fire Resistance of Straw Bale Structures at CTU in Prague
Authors: Ruzicka, JanPokorny, Marek
Shock resistance external walls
Dans le cadre de la rédaction des Règles professionnelles de l’Isolation Thermique par l’Extérieur en...
US-Strawbale Construction and Its Evolution in Building Codes
Strawbale construction – a wall system using baled straw as large, stackable blocks – was invented in the...
US-Straw Bale Construction and Building Codes
With today‟s emphasis on sustainable building construction, straw bale construction methods have received renewed...
US-Integrating Earthen Building Materials and Methods into Mainstream Construction Using Environmental Performance Assessment and Building Policy
Earthen building materials offer an environmentally sustainable alternative to conventional materials because they are...
Offgrid-huset
Self-sufficient house with tunnel vault roof made by Steen Møller and students from Brenderup Hojskole, where the house...
Center for Halmbyggeri
Private allotment house for summer living
US-Ethics, Culture, and Structure in the Negotiation of Straw Bale Building Codes
This study explores building code negotiation between straw bale advocates’ ecology-oriented values and health...
US – 2018 International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings
Appendix to the International Residential Code (ICR) for Straw Bale ConstructionAuthor: International Code Council Inc...
US – 2015 International Residential Code
This Appendix to the International Residential Code (2015) provides prescriptive and performance-based requirements for...
US – 2011 Oregon residential specialty code
The purpose of this appendix chapter is to establish minimum prescriptive standards of safety for the construction of...
Achieving legitimacy: visual discourses in engineering design and green building code development
This paper examines the processes by which early alternative, green-oriented building codes – namely those for straw...
Green Building and Sustainability: Diffusing Green Building Approaches in the UK and Germany
Concerns over the need to reduce energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and resource use are increasingly...
National technical assessment NTĮ-01-061:2013 published in Lithuania for Ecococon. Wooden frame panels with straw insulation
The technical approval is intended for timber frame external panels with a thermal insulation layer of straw...
Global Buildings Performance Network – Databases & Tools
Check out and browse our data on buildings energy performance policies through our interactive Databases and Tools...
Technical advice ISOPAILLE Ecovilla Mur
Isolation thermique de mur en panneau ou rouleau des produits à base de fibres végétales Thermal insulation of walls...
Professional rules for straw construction: insulating filling and rendering support: revised CP 2012 rules
“Straw, used as an insulating filling and plaster support, is not only used in the construction of individual...
CA-Sustainable earthen and straw bale construction in North American buildings: Codes and practice
The building industry accounts for up to 40% of the earth’s energy usage from material extraction through building...
CA-Straw Bale Building and the National Building Code of Canada
Straw bale building is a highly sustainable, low energy alternative to conventional building methods that has existed...
UP STRAW Building official Context and Policy Report
This report presents: A ‘snap-shot’ survey in 2020 of the CURRENT policy and regulations in the five project countries...
Straw: the ultimate ecological solution? | Build Green
Although it makes the actors of traditional construction smile a lot, the straw is coming back in force and it is not...
Old buildings – new uses: indoor swimming pool, (straw bale) brewery and water tower
Unusual living in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: in a luxuriously converted water tower, in a modern, extended railway...
EPD – Environmental Product Declaration for Straw as insulation material
In this LCA, the production, including harvest, of 1 m3 of straw for the English market with a density of 100kg/m3 and...
Straw Bale Building: Aufstockung Halle 118, Winterthur/CH
Foto: Martin Zeller Auf dem Lagerplatz Winterthur stockte das baubüro in situ eine bestehende Lagerhalle auf. Das...
Analysis of the Fire Properties of Blown Insulation from Crushed Straw in the Buildings
Sustainable development in civil engineering is the clear and necessary goal of the current generation. There are many...
GESA Haus des Lernens – House of Learning
Gesa built the House of Learning behind its headquarters at 36 Daniel Gran Street. An ecologically sustainable building...
Life Cycle Habitation – Sustainable housing and living in the community
The EU Life+ demonstration project “LIFE Cycle Habitation” in Böheimkirchen/Lower Austria is almost...
ESBG 2021 – a review
ESBA and all its members prepared 3 days of exclusively Straw Building News, screened live on YouTube, July 30 –...
Straw instead of Styrofoam? Climate-friendly building – Stroh statt Styropor? Klimaschonendes Bauen | ARD Mediathek
An old building material is on the rise again: straw. Building with the fragrant, yellow stalks is still left to...
URBAN STRAW – Fire protection conditioning of blow-in straw for building insulation of urban building classes 4 and 5
The common motivation and vision of the consortium is to establish straw insulation as a common, commercially available...
Technical Notebook Straw – Cahier Technique Biosources – la Paille
EN: This guide is intended for construction professionals. Architects, engineers and builders will find in it the...
Test report on measurements of airborne sound insulation of a straw bale wall (2021)
EN: Beetzendorf, Sieben Linden, Guest house:Brief documentation of the results of the building acoustics measurements...
natuREbuilt – ecological materials in multi-storey new buildings and refurbishments
Project goal Although building with renewable building materials is becoming more and more important, there is a lack...
Modern Straw Bale Construction 2019-2021
This 40min video is a montage of the Zoom recording UP WHERE WE BELONG – modern straw bale construction in Europe...
Straw Bale House Database: Tour de Paille through France and Austria
Herbert Gruber from asbn – austrian strawbale network, also co-president of ESBA, presents the huge database of...
Ausstellungsgebäude | Gartist GmbH
Load-bearing straw building with cantilever roof Lasttragender Strohbau mit Kraggewölbe-Dach For the clients Joel and...
Sarah Wigglesworth straw bale house in London
Two decades ago, the architect built a groundbreaking green space for living and working. How has ‘the straw bale...
Gateway Building at The University of Nottingham’s Sutton Bonington campus
The Story of Straw… and how to use straw in a modern building. Make took one of the most traditional building...
Lilac Co-Housing project
Lilac, 20 households of affordable co-housing made with pre-fab Modcell straw panels in 2013 designed by White Design
Spiral House, Ireland
Spiral shaped house & the first 2 storey loadbearing to be built in Europe Technical design and courses by Barbara Jones
Lordship Hub
260m² infill cafe & classrooms designed by Anne Thorne Architects consultancy Barbara Jones Part built by Straw Works
Fassaden-Einblasstrohdämmung
The house was built around 1960. Christina Miedler wanted to choose an ecological path and move away from Styrofoam...
ESBG 2021 – a vision
The latest ESBA – the European Straw Building Association – General Assembly was held during the last ESBG 2019 in...
horizontal load transfer in stiffening straw bale walls – Untersuchungen zum horizontalen Lastabtrag in aussteifenden Strohballenwänden
In this article, the planning, execution, and evaluation of experimental tests on horizontal load transfer in walls...
Certified Passivehouse Component for Benediktinierabtei Plankstetten
Manufacturer: Benediktinerabtei Plankstetten im Interreg-Projekt UP STRAW Category: Construction Construction type:...
BE-Réglementation PEB du 01/07/2019 au 31/12/2020
Website of the Belgian thermal regulations for buildings. Straw does not have a specific lambda value. There is generic...
20 (25) years of Straw Bale Building: ASBN
20 years of straw bale building in Austria are a reason for the austrian strawbale network to celebrate – and this 160...
Nonconventional and Vernacular Construction Materials
Straw bale construction offers a sustainable, bio-based insulation material for construction derived from a co...
Steady state and dynamic hygrothermal performance of rendered straw bale walls
Wheat straw, in the form of compacted bales, is increasingly used as thermal insulation in the external walls of...
ESBA General Assembly 2020
Dear members of ESBA, dear interested people in straw building.The ESBA General Assembly 2020 was on Wed., Nov 25...
Straw buildings receive industry certification
Straw buildings receive industry certification from University of Bath on Vimeo.
How to add your straw bale house to the database
The database you see on the map was made by UP STRAW partners in 5 countries: FR, NL, DE, BE, This is the base of ESBA...
Project FAI-Re – La paille – the straw bale
EN: As part of the 8 videos on ecological materials produced within the framework of the FAI-Re project and its...
A review of material properties and performance of straw bale as a building material
Straw bale constructions are considered a promising solution towards the goal of decarbonisation of the building sector...
FNR brochure “Straw-insulated buildings” published in fifth edition – FNR-Broschüre „Strohgedämmte Gebäude“ in fünfter Auflage erschienen
Building and insulating with straw is no longer an insider tip for experts. Because the possible uses for the...
ESBA News
After a quite challenging corona-year ESBA is ready to start in a more quiet autumn-season. As workshops and trainings...
Architecture Guide to the UN 17 Sustainabe Development Goals
The UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals represent the aspiration of the people of the United Nations for a more...
Sworder’s Fine Art Auctioneers
1600m2 compressive frame for Sworder Ltd 2007 Consultancy Barbara Jones training amazonails Contractor built
Woore Fruit Farm
A loadbearing family home and shop for a pick your own fruit farm designed by amazonails self built with courses by...
New House, Rousay
2 storey house with cement-free stone gabion foundations, Rousay, Orkney. Designed by amazonails, self built in 2009
Raleghs Cross
Semi-detached 2 storey loadbearing houses at Raleghs Cross Devon designed & courses by amazonails, built by Quantock
Manor Park café, Sutton
A hybrid loadbearing straw and infill café Manor Park Sutto, London. Technical design and build by amazonails in 2011
North Kesteven Council Houses Waddington
2 semi-detached 2 storey loadbearing council houses in Waddington, Lincs designed by & courses by amazonails 2008/9
Dunmoor
A loadbearing workshop/home on Exmoor design consultancy and training courses amazonails built 2010
Caithness House
Timber & infill straw house self built Caithness Scotland 2009. Consultancy and Construction drawings by amazonails
Council Houses, Martin, North Kesteven
Loadbearing straw Council houses built in 2010, Martin, Lincolnshire. Designed by Amazonails built by Carter Homes
Outback Centre
Loadbearing straw Community kitchen and toilets in Halifax designed by and courses from amazonails 2011
Pembroke Dock
Based on amazonails design drawn by Michael Howlett straw courses by amazonails self-built with volunteer help 2011
Skipsea
House of two semi-circles for £15,000 building in stages beginning 2011 Construction drawing & courses Barbara Jones
Un y Berllan Workshop
Single storey infill curved wall workshop attached to zero energy house. Lime render, green roof. Family built 2015
Haven Cottage
Loadbearing detached certified Passivhaus 2 storey Self-build with sub-contractors. Straw bale work by Straw Works
Lough Mardal Lodge
communal lodge structure with a roundwood reciprocal roof and strawbale infill www.loughmardal.ie
Steiner School
1st SB building in Ireland 1996, loadbearing by Barbara Jones with training courses for the Steiner School, Belfast
Clones Round house, Ireland
Loadbearing circular house 3 floors & thatched roof built with courses by Barbara Jones in 1997 self built by the family
Latham Farm
Circular loadbearing building 30m2 with compost loo. Designed by Simone Comandini with help from Barbara Jones
Romney Marsh Visitor Centre, Kent
Frame and infill Visitor Centre and cafe on the south coast, designed by Ian Mckay with consultancy from Barbara Jones
Carymoor Environment Centre
Loadbearing Environment Centre 2 semi-circular ends. Designed by Barbara Jones who also ran courses to help build it
Turriff Artists Studio
A loadbearing single storey artists studio in Scotland built to Barbara Jones designs in 2003 courses by Amazon Nails
Assington Mill Classroom
Infill straw classroom designed by Anne Holden built by courses by Amazon Nails 2004
Assington Mill Story telling hut
Loadbearing and thatched Story telling hut with courses by Amazon Nails
Assington Mill Owlery
Loadbearing owlery on timber & gravel foundations courses by Amazon Nails
Assington Mill Cart Lodge
Infill straw Cart Lodge designed by Anne Holden built by courses by Amazon Nails 2011
Ecology Building Society
Circular loadbearing meeting room for the Ecology Building Society with cement-free foundations by Barbara Jones
Circular Garden room
Loadbearing garden room with sleeping platform & woodburning stove. Designed & courses by Amazon Nails, self build
Agbrigg & Bellevue Community building
Loadbearing classroom & Kitchen for allotments, designed & courses by Amazon Nails in 2006 with car tyre foundations