Prefabricated Modular Straw Walls and Panels for Houses Building and Building Renovation

2013-12-15
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Straw is compressed with low technology tools into bales, with a density of more than 90kg/m³ and acquires special properties as a building material by its compactness and insulating capacity. In the last 4 years, buildings made with straw bale have tripled in Europe, from over 2000 in 2010 to over 6000 today (FASBA 2013). In countries such as Austria and Germany, the use of this material is regulated in technical building codes. Contemporary buildings with straw comply effectively with energy efficiency standards such as Passivhaus.

Authors: Lopez Altuna, Alejandro; Iborra Lucas, Milagro
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Departamento de Construcciones Arquitectónicas. Escuela Técnica Superior deIngeniería de Edificación. Universitat Politécnica de Valencia

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The European Straw Building Association is an independent European association, devoid of any profit making motive. The object of the Association is to promote and develop the use of straw, as a sustainable way of building in all the senses of the term “sustainable”: renewable, ecological, healthy, energy and climate efficient, social and economic.
The Association is a federation composed of organisations and people particularly concerned with the use of straw in buildings.

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