International Straw Building Conference 2027 – now open for pre-registration
We are delighted to announce that the International Straw Building Conference 2027 is now open for pre-registration. Taking place in …
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International Straw Building Conference 2027
The European Straw Building Association (ESBA) is delighted to announce the International Straw Building Conference 2027, taking place from 2nd–6th …
Scaling Straw: Technical Requirements, Certificates and Workarounds for Straw Bale Buildings in Building Class 1-4
ESBA and ASBN invited to this European-wide Zoom-Meeting (2h), where we Links mentioned in the presentation: Remark: Britta mentioned in …
STEP Straw Building Training in Portugal and Austria
EN: Theory and Practice in Portugal (English & German), Algarve in Winter or in Spain during the year (Spanish), Practice …
ESBA General Assembly 2025
Tuesday, April 15, 18:00 CET We would like to remind and invite you to our General Assembly 2025.Join our ZOOM …
ESBG 2025 in Spain: Review and Downloads
„The ESBG was incredible! We’re so happy about the great turnout and the meeting we had together, making new friends …
ESBA Winter Meeting
Mo, Dec 2, 18:00 CET (6 PM) We would like to invite you to our next ESBA-Meeting in Winter 2024. …
Action Group 7: International Development/ESBA and ABCU-Ukraine Alliance
The Alliance for Bio-based Construction in Ukraine (ABCU) has been registered as an official organisation in the Netherlands, and Mike …
ESBG 2025 in Spain: join the competition!
LOGO & SLOGAN CONTESTS! Do you dare to propose a LOGO and/or SLOGAN for the ESBG 2025 in Spain?*You can …
Straw Bale Building Training in Sweden at Ecotopia
A course for self-builders and professionals Date: 6-9 June 2024 Are you thinking about building a straw bale house? …
ESBA SPRING MEETING 2024!
Date: Tuesday 26th March 2024 Attendees: Cypren Edmunds (UK), Herbert Gruber (AT), Rikki Nitzkin (ES), Annie (UK), Mike Deveria (NL), …
STEP Straw Bale Training for European Professionals 2026
[Updated Oct 2025] If you make national or international straw bale trainings or courses, if you want to be a …
News from ESBA members 2023
New stunning straw bale (apartment) houses, built in 2023. Successful STEP Trainings in Portugal, Austria and Spain. A wonderful Congrés …
ESBG 2023 in Denmark
With about 140 participants, we can call it a success for this years ESBG in Brenderup. ESBA started a cooperation …
News from ESBA Members 2022
ArTUR – Sustainable Architecture (Slovakia) ArTUR organized for the project „Living smart with climate change“ 11 webinars, 4 online courses …
ESBG 2021 and our YouTube platform
ESBG 2021 – European Straw Building Gathering: The program of the ESBG 2021 YouTube and ZOOM Recordings and Videos Straw …
Querbeet Lüneburg, 4storey straw bale house
Hello everyone, for a few weeks we have been working on the straw bale insulation for two apartment buildings in …
STEP Training 2022 and 2023 with all practical Straw Bale House Workshops
Straw Bale House Workshops – the best way to learn straw bale building: If you are interested to join parctical …
ESBG 2021 – a review
ESBA and all its members prepared 3 days of exclusively Straw Building News, screened live on YouTube, July 30 – …
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 …
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 straw bale houses …