Since Jean-Baptiste and Vincent imported the GREB technique into France, the virus has reached more and more people and the number of projects that blossom each year is increasing. Obviously, this contamination does not stop at the borders and other countries are already affected. In Belgium, Spain, Italy, Romania and Chile, GREB houses are being built or have already been completed, and something tells me that it won’t stop there. I note two reasons for this success. Firstly, the technique itself, which allows the construction of high quality buildings, comfortable and healthy, economical and sober. The materials used (small section wood and straw in small bales, for the most part) do not require any particular skills or physical strength. Straw is a very good insulator with an excellent ecological and social balance. Secondly, this book you have in your hands is a real guide. If you follow its recommendations, it will enable you to succeed in your project, as we did in Brittany. With this new edition, enriched with feedback and photographs of numerous projects, the self-builder has a valuable aid to help him or her carry out a successful project. Public or private project owners and building professionals have a wealth of useful information at their disposal and will also find the basis for a real training course. For those who think it is urgent to act, this book will once again give them the desire to roll up their sleeves!
Authors: Brossamain, V.; Thévard, J.B.
