The 28 million UK buildings, through their lifecycle, exert a significant pressure on our environment. They are...
Author - Jakub Jirku
Humidity in straw bale walls and its effect on the decomposition of straw / UK
This thesis explores the use of straw as a building material. In current practice, straw is compressed into bales...
Is Straw Bale Construction suitable for Self-Builders in Britain?
The aim of this study is to assess the suitability of straw bale construction for self-builders in Britain. In this...
Clay Passiv Office-Building Tattendorf, AT
The motivation for developing the project “Clay Passiv Office-Building Tattendorf” was the dissatisfaction...
Testing of different plaster materials for straw bale buildings – Taha Ashour
Egypt is producing a huge quantity of straw and other by-products (28 million ton yearly), these materials are very...
Straw bale houses as accommodation for people affected by natural disasters and migration / DE
The idea of using the technology of straw bale building, after it has been brought back to our consciousness for...
Smouldering of insulation Materials / AT
Recent development in the construction of houses shows the growing importance of heat loss reduction. For this reason...
Wood – straw – clay construction for passive house standard / AT
Master’s thesis for the academic degree Master of Advanced Studies (solar architecture) submitted to the Center...
Information Guide to Straw Bale Building, UK
FOR SELF-BUILDERS AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Straw bale building is a smart way to build. It’s more than just a wall...
Easy. Autark. Ecologically. Building for the future? / DE
„Gegen Ende März 1845 borgte ich mir eine Axt, ging hinunter in den Wald zum Waldenteich, in dessen unmittelbarer Nähe...
Sustainable construction with insulation based on renewable raw materials / AT
To construct a more energy-efficient home, to buy an old house and recover the former charm of the building through...
Building with light-clay / DE
At the beginning of the 1980s, a new interest in the environmentally friendly building material clay, which had proved...
Optimization of ecological construction components for industrial production of prefabricated parts “System clay Passive house Tattendorf” / AT
LOPAS AG planned to implement this construction system by building an industrial production environment at Dobersberg...
Straw bales – Comparative hygrothermal investigations / DE
An important topic in the planning of new buildings and redevelopment projects is the protection of heat and moisture...
Straw bale houses Switzerland
Straw ball houses, a construction technology not widely used in Switzerland. The aim of the thesis...
Fundamental principles for the building supervisory recognition of the Straw bale construction – further development of the load bearing construction type and optimization of building physic performance
With straw bales, environmentally-friendly, high-heat and sound-insulated, low-cost residential buildings can be easily...
New building Biohof Achleitner. Building made of wood, straw & clay. / DE
This report documents the results of a commissioned project from the program House of the Future within the framework...
Examination of straw bales and straw bale constructions with regard to their application for energy saving construction with particular reference to the Load bearing construction, DE
Straw Bale Building is said to be a promising way of building both under ecological and economical aspects. But its...
Research to Mold- and Moisture Behaviour in Straw Bale Constructions, DE
EN: One of the most important objectives of the Fachverband Strohballenbau Deutschland e.V. is, in addition to the...
Stroh Kompakt – Straw Testing and Demonstration Buildings / AT
Straw as building material has been in use for a long time, for example to build walls or as insulant. A process...
Straw as Building Material – too good to burn it!
EN: Building and insulating with straw is a technique that has been widespread in the US since the beginning of the...
Wall Systems made from Renewable Materials, GrAT, AT
Beside a good marketing concept, a successful implementation of new products into the market of building products is...