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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Translation of technical terms related to straw construction
800 building terms translated into 4 languages, a small dictionary for builders and trainers, Excel-FileAuthor:...
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...
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...
Natural Building Festival in Poland
In June 2019 OSBN, the Polish Natural Building Organisation, invited to a Festival in Lodz, showing straw bale...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Blow-in straw insufflation – demonstration by Wouter Klijn
Author: Gemeente Tilburg, May 2019 www.cirkelstad.nl 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...
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...
Increasing energy efficiency through interior insulation systems
As an alternative to the conventionally used interior insulation with a vapour barrier, diffusion-open, capillary...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
Rice Straw Bale Fire Test 2018
Research project to develop building solutions made out of local rice straw bales. Partnership with ITECONS – Coimbra...
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...
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...
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...
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 et paille...
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...
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 a tool...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(STEP) Certified Straw Bale Builders 2017-2018
Certified Straw Bale Builders 2018: Certified Straw Bale Builders 2017: STEP Trainees, still in...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jakub Jirků – StrohNatur CZ
Name (contact person) Jakub Jirků Company/Organisation StrohNatur CZ Are you a registered company OR member of a...
Ruben Solsona Batlle – Taller Karuna
Name (contact person) Ruben Solsona Batlle Company/Organisation Taller Karuna Are you a registered company OR member of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
DI Peter Schubert – RIBA
Name (contact person) DI Peter Schubert [ RIBA ] Company/Organisation capital [ A ] architects ZT-GmbH Are you a...
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...
Professional Trainings for Ecologial Building 2018
The Bildungswerkstatt für nachhaltige Entwicklung e.V. (BiWeNa) is offering a series of interesting seminars and...
Fire Resistance of Straw Bale Walls, summary
Straw as construction material deserves considerable attention as a natural, energy and environmentally sustainable...
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 Notre...
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...
Straw insulated buildings – Strohgedämmte Gebäude
Eine umfassende Broschüre mit allen Aspekten des Strohballenbaus. A comprehensive brochure containing all aspects of...
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...
Determining Moisture Levels in Straw Bale Construction
With the growing interest in sustainable building materials that are able to provide reductions in energy consumption...
Chepos 58: Straw – from vernacular to prefabrication
Article in Chepos Author: Strobouw Nederland, Chepos; 6.12.2017 Link:
A new human-powered press for producing straw bales for load-bearing constructions (Anpilpay 2.0)
This paper provides the design method to realize a human-powered press for continuous production of high-density straw...
Thermal behavior of a straw bale building from data obtained in situ. A case in Northwestern México
Building with natural materials brings benefits to the environment because their manufacture and use do not consume as...
Fire Resistance of Multistorey Timber Buildings
Tall timber buildings are becoming popular around the world. This paper discusses options for setting the level of fire...
Mold growth criteria and design avoidance approaches in wood-based materials – A systematic review
This paper presents a systematic literature review about the development of criteria and models representing mold...
Performance of Constructions with Clay Plaster and Timber at Elevated Temperatures
The combustibility of timber is one of the main reasons that too many building regulations and standards restrict its...
BaleHaus Craig White UWE REF
The BaleHaus prototype house has been built as part of a Technology Strategy Board (TSB) funded research project by...
The Leechwell Garden House
This paper describes the design of the Leechwell Garden House, a proposed low-carbon dwelling that addresses both the...
Pyrolysis of agricultural biomass residues: Comparative study of corn cob, wheat straw, rice straw and rice husk
Pyrolysis studies on conventional biomass were carried out in fixed bed reactor at different temperatures 300, 350, 400...
Straw Building Research Database Europe
Are you engaged in European research concerning straw bale or sustainable/natural building? Do you want to make a test...
JUMP! Training for Change / Erasmus+ project started Sept. 2017
JUMP! – Training for change. Build trust and upgrade competence for the trainers in ecological building Content...
Analysis of the parameters affecting the mechanical behaviour of straw bales under compression
Straw bale construction is a building technique that has excellent thermal performance and limited impact on the...
Straw as an Acoustic Material
The use of straw bales in construction is not as old as one may suppose. The first straw bale houses date back to the...
Straw Bale Moisture Sensor Study / EN
Houses with straw bale walls are relatively rare in Canada, but many people have expressed interest in building this...
ESBG 2017 Venice: the Galleries
ESBG Group-Photo 18.06.2017 ESBG Meeting 16.-18.06.2017 Photos: Herbert, Viktor ESBG Tour 15.06.2017 Photos: Herbert...
European Technical Assessment (ETA) for Baustroh in Germany (EN/DE)
LINK: European Technical Assessment thermal insulation made of straw bales (EN), Europäische technische Bewertung –...
Determination of the Airborne Sound Insulation of a Straw Bale Partition Wall
This paper describes the results of a scientific project focused on determining of the Airborne Sound Insulation of a...
ESBG – European Straw Bale Gathering in Venice: the Program
Friday 16 june, 9.30 – 11.30: Round tables – Calls and fundings: moderator Luca Guarneri, Regulations and...
Why Build With Straw Bales?
Building with straw bales has many appealing benefits but is no panacea. It has drawbacks just like any other system...
STEP: Memorandum of Understanding signed
During the European Strawbale Building Gathering in Venice the Memorandum of Understanding was signed. This MoU...
Straw bale constructions: Laboratory, in field and numerical assessment of energy and environmental performance
The use of straw in buildings has been common since ancient times, but only at the beginning of the twentieth-century...
Straw bale constructions: Laboratory, in field and numerical assessment of energy and environmental performance
The use of straw in buildings has been common since ancient times, but only at the beginning of the twentieth-century...
Straw bale constructions: Laboratory, in field and numerical assessment of energy and environmental performance
The use of straw in buildings has been common since ancient times, but only at the beginning of the twentieth-century...
ESBG – European Straw Bale Gathering 2017 in Venice: 15. – 19. June
Promopaglia is pleased to invite all the ESBA Community to the next ESBG, which will take place in Venice –...
The acoustic characterization of green materials
Natural materials are a valid alternative to traditional synthetic materials in the fields of acoustic treatments and...
Non-linear rheological model of straw bales behavior under compressive loads
The use of straw bales in construction has been continuously increasing over the last years, because straw offers...
Massimo Fiorletta
Name (contact person) massimo fiorletta Company/Organisation individual artisan massimo fiorletta Are you a registered...
Matej Lepieš – Organica
Name (contact person) Matej Lepieš Company/Organisation Organica – poctivé tesárske remeslo Are you a registered...
ORGANICA SLOVAKIA – Natural buildings and crafts
Name (contact person) Organica Slovakia Company/Organisation – natural building Are you a registered company OR...
Load Bearing & Non-Load Bearing Straw Bale Construction Building Permit Guide Las Vegas
This guideline establishes minimum prescriptive standards of safety for the construction of structures that use baled...
Thermal Renovation of Buildings with the use of Straw – European Experience
The selection of building materials to a huge extent shapes building impact on the environment. In the era of...
Thermal Conductivity of Straw Bales: Full Size Measurements Considering the Direction of the Heat Flow
The thermal conductivity of straw bales is an intensely discussed topic in the international straw bale community...
Bio-aggregate Based Building Materials exposed to Fire
This chapter reports the state of the art of several investigations on behaviour of bio-aggregate based building...
Bio-aggregates Based Building Materials: State-of-the-Art Report of the RILEM Technical Committee 236-BBM
The work of the RILEM Technical Committee (TC -236 BBM) was dedicated to the study of construction materials made from...
Determining Moisture Levels in Straw Bale Construction
With the growing interest in sustainable building materials that are able to provide reductions in energy consumption...