This paper focuses on the assessment of the hygrothermal performance of a straw bale house in Picardy, a region of...
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Hygrothermal Properties
Ecococon – Healthy housing – heat transfer coefficient
Discover EcoCocon – an innovative straw construction system. 99.9% natural materials. Passive standard. Tested...
Earth improves hygrothermal comfort – Cahiers Techniques du Bâtiment (CTB)
Raw earth does not insulate, but its thermo-physical properties make it a temperature and humidity regulator, which...
Hygrothermal performance of bio-materials
EN: When used in a building, all materials and construction products function in an environment where temperature and...
Straw sorption – desorption curve.
Determination of hygroscopic sorption properties Author: CODEM, RFPC LINK to PDF
Use of straw in timber-frame walls
The goal of the research was the rational development of the housing techniques using so calledrenewable materials...
An experimental investigation on the equilibrium moisture content of earth plaster with natural reinforcement fibres for straw bale buildings
This work focuses on the determination of equilibrium moisture content (EMC) of natural plaster materials for straw...
Straw bales and mussels as insulation materials
There is a growing interest in building houses with straw and blue mussels shells as insulation material. Several...
Check of the thermal insulation behaviour of straw bale construction methods with the help of THERMOGRAPHY
EN: This thesis analyses methods of building with straw bales with regard to their thermal insulation characteristics...
Thermal Transport in Straw Insulation
An evacuable guarded hot plate for thermal conductivity measurements between 200 and 800°C was used to investigate the...
FIW and IBP Frauenhofer: Increasing energy efficiency through interior insulation systems
As an alternative to the conventionally used interior insulation with a vapour barrier, diffusion-open...
Thermal, Moisture and Biological Behaviour of Natural Insulating Materials
Besides having a positive impact on sustainable development, natural building materials also have technical properties...
Studying the Properties of Particulate Insulating Materials on Natural Basis
Recently, materials based on secondary raw materials have been the focus of attention of building companies and...
A Systematic Review Of Thermal And Moisture Performance Of Straw Bale Houses In Hot And Humid Climates
As architects and homeowners look for innovative ways to help reduce their carbon footprint in the campaign against...
Steady state and dynamic hygrothermal performance of rendered straw bale walls
Wheat straw, in the form of compacted bales, is increasingly used as thermal insulation in the external walls of...
Moisture Movement and Mould Management in Straw Bale Walls for a Cold Climate
There is a growing interest in straw bale construction for its low embodied energy and insulation value. Early studies...
Moisture Properties of Plaster and Stucco for Strawbale Buildings
Straw, as a fibre, has been used as part of building materials for several thousand years. With the invention of the...
Evaluation of the thermal and structural performance of straw bale construction – ProQuest
Author: Kyle R. Beaudry Link:
ASABE Technical Library: Abstract
Crop-based materials show many qualities in the quest for construction products with low environmental impact in the...
Thermal Conductivity of Straw Bales: Full Size Measurements Considering the Direction of the Heat Flow
The thermal conductivity of straw bales is an intensely discussed topic in the international straw bale community...
Thermal inertia and moisture regulation of straw bale buildings with earth plasters
Straw bale buildings and the use of earth for inside plaster cannot be considered as new ways of building...
Projet aPROpaille: Vers une reconnaissance de l’usage de la paille comme matériau isolant dans la construction
Introduction to the aPROpaille study Author: Louis, Arnaud
First monitoring results of three straw bale buildings in Belgium
Straw bale use in buildings may be an interesting way to decrease our energy needs and our impact on the environment...
Design, construction and validation of a guarded hot plate apparatus for thermal conductivity measurement of high thickness crop-based specimens
The search for sustainability achievement in the building sector led to the use of crop-based insulation materials...
De l’expérimentation à la modélisation des propriétés hygrothermiques de parois isolées en paille
Le projet aPROpaille, dont les premiers résultats sont présentés ici, vise à améliorer la connaissance générale...
Straw Bale Moisture Sensor Study / EN
Houses with straw bale walls are relatively rare in Canada, but many people have expressed interest in building this...
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...
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...
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...
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...
S-House: Planning and Building for the future, AT
The S-House is a two-storey straw-bale passive solar design. The building shell demonstrates the potential of...
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...