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This huge collection of STRAW BUILDING RESEARCH is a co-production with the UP STRAW Interreg Project (contributors to this site: Herbert Gruber (ESBA, ASBN), Mike Deveria (ASBN), Hugues Delcourt, Wiebke Kaesberg, Barbara Jones, Benoit Fortz, Benedikt Kaesberg, Laurie Celina (UP STRAW), Jakub Jirku (StrohNatur), Dittmar Hecken, Burkhard Rüger, Dirk Scharmer (FASBA):
EPD – Environmental product declaration for Straw as insulation material in UK
The purpose of this LCA is to compile environmental data of materials and products used in the built environment. So...
Building with straw? Why? The five most common misconceptions about straw bale construction
Germany: Here you can find your straw construction company.
Fraunhofer WKI: Insulating materials made from renewable raw materials are to improve the environmental balance sheet of Chile’s construction industry
UP STRAW Information
UP STRAW Reference Buildings
Map of European Straw Bale Houses
Map of Straw Bale Producers and Quality Procedure for Straw Bales
BIM Models for Straw Bale Building
New on ESBA website: UP STRAW Research database
UP STRAW Report on Marketing and Stategic Development Plan
UP STRAW Report on the quality practices in the straw building sector in NWE
UP STRAW Report on Procurement Procedures for Public Buildings in Straw
UP STRAW Straw Bale Supply Specification Report
UP STRAW Report: Selection of Straw Quality Experts
FR Rapport de production de bottes de paille – Report Straw bales for construction
UP STRAW Report on testing a new straw bale production machine in Germany
Applying CO2 computation methods and LCA to straw building
UP STRAW Social Media Platform: Galleries from UP STRAW demonstration projects
Living Building Challenge | Living-Future.org
Certified Building Straw Bales from Austria
Straw Bale Construction – Load Bearing vs. Post and Beam
US: Load Bearing Construction
In-Plane Cyclic Tests of Plastered Straw Bale Wall Assemblies
Mechanical Characterization of Straw Bales for Use in Construction
STEP U3 – Load Bearing Straw Bale Construction, Learning Outcome
Displacement in Load Bearing Straw Bale Walls Due to Concentric Compressive Loading
Structural Behaviour of Plastered Straw Bale Assemblies under Concentric and Eccentric Loading
AU-A Pilot Study examining the Strength, Compressibility and Serviceability of Rendered Straw Bale Walls for Two Storey Load Bearing
How Straw Decomposes
Long term evaluation of the performance of a straw bale house built in a temperate maritime climate
Humidity in straw bale walls and its effect on the decomposition of straw
Condition monitoring and durability assessment of straw bale construction
Increase in buildings sustainability by using renewable materials and energy
The Hygrothermal Environment and Potential for Mold Growth within a Straw Bale Wall
Rapports d’essais termites – autres
On the hygrothermal performance of straw bale wall elements in Belgium
Acoustic absorption of hemp-lime construction
Understanding Passivhaus
Monitoring of the Moisture Content of Straw Bale Walls
Re-Baling Straw for Better Insulation
Evaluation of the thermal performance of an innovative prefabricated natural plant fibre building system
Detailing the effective use of Rainscreen Cladding to Protect Straw Bale Walls in Combination with Hygroscopic, Breathable Finishes
Comparison of Vertical Light Wooden Constructions Insulated by Straw Bales
Nearly Zero Energy Communities: Proceedings of the Conference for Sustainable Energy (CSE) 2017
Hygrothermal behaviour of straw bale walls: experimental tests and numerical analyses
Experimental Study on Hygrothermal Performances of Indoor Covering Materials
Investigation of the Physical and Mechanical Properties of Straw as a Building Material
An innovative straw bale wall for sustainable buildings: experimental characterization, energy and environmental performance assessment
Moisture Properties of Plaster and Stucco for Strawbale Buildings
Projet aPROpaille: Vers une reconnaissance de l’usage de la paille comme matériau isolant dans la construction
Design, construction and validation of a guarded hot plate apparatus for thermal conductivity measurement of high thickness crop-based specimens
Ecococon-8 Determination of water vapour diffusion resistance
Ecococon-7 Determination of vapour transmission
Ecococon-3 Determination of thermal conductivity of pressed straw
Heat bridges straw bale
thermal characteristics and energy performance requirements for new buildings and new parts of buildings – Article Annex IX
Specific heat Cp straw
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
Rules for the calculation of transmission losses in the context of the ILL regulation Annexe B1
EU-Fire-Handbook-European-fire-standards-and-national-legislation
Load bearing Capacity of Straw Bale Walls with small Bales
Current Research of Fire Resistance of Straw Bale Structures at CTU in Prague
Shock resistance external walls
US-Strawbale Construction and Its Evolution in Building Codes
US-Straw Bale Construction and Building Codes
US-Integrating Earthen Building Materials and Methods into Mainstream Construction Using Environmental Performance Assessment and Building Policy
US-Ethics, Culture, and Structure in the Negotiation of Straw Bale Building Codes
US – 2018 International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings
US – 2015 International Residential Code
US – 2011 Oregon residential specialty code
Achieving legitimacy: visual discourses in engineering design and green building code development
Green Building and Sustainability: Diffusing Green Building Approaches in the UK and Germany
National technical assessment NTĮ-01-061:2013 published in Lithuania for Ecococon. Wooden frame panels with straw insulation
Global Buildings Performance Network – Databases & Tools
Technical advice ISOPAILLE Ecovilla Mur
Professional rules for straw construction: insulating filling and rendering support: revised CP 2012 rules