The search for sustainability achievement in the building sector led to the use of crop-based insulation materials...
Author - esba
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...
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...
UK & Ireland Map of straw bale houses
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...
MOOC Building for change – Naturally
The European UP STRAW programme launched a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) all about building with straw: Building...
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...
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...
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...
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 has...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 them...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
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...
FR: Fire behaviour of façades RE 2019
Author: Mélissa Laurans LINK
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...
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...
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...
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...