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 …
straw building research
Fraunhofer WKI: Insulating materials made from renewable raw materials are to improve the environmental balance sheet of Chile’s construction industry
Together with partners in Chile, researchers at the Fraunhofer WKI have developed insulating materials from plant residues. Largely unused plant …
UP STRAW: Interreg Project
Interreg-Project UP STRAW UP STRAW was the largest EU-funded project to increase the use of straw in the construction sector ever, and …
UP STRAW Reference Buildings
VIDEOS from the straw insulated public buildings that have been constructed with the support of the Interreg project UP STRAW. …
UP STRAW Report on the quality practices in the straw building sector in NWE
The comparison of practices between the different countries will help to determine the kind of quality system that can help …
UP STRAW Report on Procurement Procedures for Public Buildings in Straw
Public procurement makes up about one-third of government expenditures and thus represents an important direct source of income for all …
UP STRAW Report: Selection of Straw Quality Experts
Straw quality experts are, according to the UP STRAW work plan, to be nominated, at least 10 experts, 2 per …
UP STRAW Social Media Platform: Galleries from UP STRAW demonstration projects
Some of the impressions from UP STRAW Facebook Groups: LINK to UP STRAW Facebook (English): www.facebook.com/UPSTRAW/LINK to UP STRAW Facebook …
Living Building Challenge | Living-Future.org
What if every single act of design and construction made the world a better place? Author: International living future institute …
Life Cycle Habitation – Sustainable housing and living in the community
The EU Life+ demonstration project “LIFE Cycle Habitation” in Böheimkirchen/Lower Austria is almost finished. The residential buildings made of wood, …
Technical Notebook Straw – Cahier Technique Biosources – la Paille
EN: This guide is intended for construction professionals. Architects, engineers and builders will find in it the information they need …
natuREbuilt – ecological materials in multi-storey new buildings and refurbishments
Project goal Although building with renewable building materials is becoming more and more important, there is a lack of information …
Workshop LaBoa in Belf Venice
Load-bearing small demonstration straw bale construction on car tyre foundation with curved walls, built in a workshop of the Italian straw bale network LaBoa with students.
Nonconventional and Vernacular Construction Materials
Straw bale construction offers a sustainable, bio-based insulation material for construction derived from a co-product of cereal food crop production. Even …
Straw Bale Construction Manual: Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture
Building with straw bales is a technique pioneered a century ago in the state of Nebraska. In recent years there …
MOOC Biobased Construction: Straw & Reed
Straw is a renewable material offering good thermal insulation properties and a much lower environmental impact than many current mainstream …
Production of Sustainable Construction Materials Using Agro-Wastes
The construction sector, in modern times, is faced with a myriad of challenges primarily due to the increase in the …
European Straw Bale Gathering 2019 – Todmorden, UK. August 2019
The European Straw Bale Gathering (ESBG) is one of the most important meetings of straw bale builders, professionals and admirers …
Straw buildings : feedback from public projects in France (Envirobat Grand Est 2019)
Technical day on bio-based materials Organised by Envirobat Grand Est and Interreg BATI C2 in Reims (France) PPT Presentation. Introduction …
Utilization of Alternative Building Materials for Sustainable Construction
The world population is growing at unprecedented rates and it is expected to reach 9.8 billion in 2050. Today, non-sustainable …
Leaflet on the processing of construction straw – Merkblatt Verarbeitung von Baustroh – according to European Technical Assessment
Leaflet on the processing of construction straw according to European Technical Assessment ETA-17/0247 Status: 28 October 2019 Merkblatt zur Verarbeitung …
Strawbale Construction – A Least Embodied Energy Material
In the present scenario, the need for sustainable solutions is increasing, as our world is facing various difficult challenges. Due …
L écocentre de Saint Pierre de Frugie
“Pour ma planète” le rendez-vous autour de l’environnement de France 3 Limousin nous amène à la rencontre du directeur de …
Translation of technical terms related to straw construction
800 building terms translated into 4 languages, a small dictionary for builders and trainers, Excel-FileAuthor: Leonardo Group, Helmuth Santler LINK …
Blow-in straw insufflation – demonstration by Wouter Klijn
Author: Gemeente Tilburg, May 2019 LINK to ArticleLINK to PDF (Presentation Dutch)
Straw Bale Building Details | New Society Publishers
Straw bale buildings promise superior insulation and flexibility across a range of design aesthetics while using a typically local and …
Low Cal : wood-straw offices, without heating, positive energy, low carbon and cost effective
Low Cal : bureaux bois-paille,sans chauffage, à énergie positive,bas carbone et coûts maîtrisés Author: Rieser, Thierry LINK to PDF
A Research on the Perception of Architecture Students about Straw Bale Buildings
Although straw bale construction has been used for thousands of years, currently does not attract considerable attention from professional architects …
Eco-sustainability and energy performance of a straw house
Together with Maisonéco, a modular system has been developed to present a solution combining eco-sustainability with versatility, low costs and …
Paille Lyon bâtiment « Plan Climat Grand Lyon
Au cœur de la ZAC du Bon Lait, le gymnase omnisport « Alice Milliat » est essentiellement construit en bois …
Straw Bale Construction may hold the Key to Surviving Environmental Disasters
Gaining popularity in parts of California, it has proven to withstand wildfires, tornadoes, and earthquakes Author: Kim Dakota, 14.08.2018 Link:https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/strawbale-construction
The evaluation of renewable based low-tech high-knowledge based housing solutions.
There is a clearly visible dichotomy in architectural sustainability approaches today. While there are several housing solutions available fulfilling sustainability …
Professional rules for straw construction – Règles professionnelles de construction en paille (édition 2018)
EN: These Professional Rules are a guide for builders, a support for trainers and a guarantee for insurers. Straw, used …
The Green Studio Handbook: Environmental Strategies for Schematic Design
The Green Studio Handbook remains an essential resource for design studios and professional practice. This extensive and user-friendly tool presents …
Collège Notre-Dame de Bon secours – Construction21
Since the start of the 2017 All Saints’ Day school year, the 5th and 6th secondary students of the Collège …
Straw Bale Construction: A Sustainable and Renewable Building Material
In this modern-day we primarily construct buildings with materials that retain a single life use, meaning at the end of …
Building Information Modelling, Building Performance, Design and Smart Construction
This book charts the path toward high-performance sustainable buildings and the smart dwellings of the future. The volume clearly explains …
Straw insulated buildings – Strohgedämmte Gebäude
Eine umfassende Broschüre mit allen Aspekten des Strohballenbaus. A comprehensive brochure containing all aspects of straw bale building. Autors: Dipl.-Ing. …
Chepos 58: Straw – from vernacular to prefabrication
Article in Chepos Author: Strobouw Nederland, Chepos; 6.12.2017 Link: https://issuu.com/chepos_cheops/docs/_chepos_58/12
Thermal behavior of a straw bale building from data obtained in situ. A case in Northwestern México
Building with natural materials brings benefits to the environment because their manufacture and use do not consume as much energy …
BaleHaus Craig White UWE REF
The BaleHaus prototype house has been built as part of a Technology Strategy Board (TSB) funded research project by ModCell, …
The Leechwell Garden House
This paper describes the design of the Leechwell Garden House, a proposed low-carbon dwelling that addresses both the issues of …
Why Build With Straw Bales?
Building with straw bales has many appealing benefits but is no panacea. It has drawbacks just like any other system. …
Straw bale constructions: Laboratory, in field and numerical assessment of energy and environmental performance
The use of straw in buildings has been common since ancient times, but only at the beginning of the twentieth-century …
Préhistomuseum / Atelier d’Architecture AIUD / Wallonie-Bruxelles Architectures
Wallonie-Bruxelles Architectures est une agence de promotion culturelle et économique des architectes de Bruxelles etde Wallonie sur la scène internationale. …
aPROpaille: Vadémécum 3 – Straw built projects – La paille projets construits
In November 2011, a consortium, bringing together the Catholic University of Louvain (Architecture and Climate), the University of Liège (GeMMe …
aPROpaille: Vadémécum 2 – Straw for efficient walls – La paille parois performantes
In November 2011, a consortium, bringing together the Catholic University of Louvain (Architecture and Climate), the University of Liège (GeMMe …
aPROpaille: Vadémécum 1 – Straw as a raw material – La paille matière première
In November 2011, a consortium, bringing together the Catholic University of Louvain (Architecture and Climate), the University of Liège (GeMMe …
Human-powered press for producing straw bales for use in construction during post-emergency conditions
The straw bale construction technique is considered one of the most appropriate for the improvement of housing conditions in developing …
Houses of Straw: Grand Designs and the Presentation of Architectural Design on Television
The UK television program Grand Designs, in which participants engage in the design and construction of their dream houses has, …
Essential Prefab Straw Bale Construction: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide
Prefabricated straw bale wall panels combine the performance and low environmental impact of traditional straw bale with reduced labor and …
Guide to straw bale construction
While the three little pigs may not favour houses made of straw there’s much to recommend straw bales in modern …
Filiere eco-construction chanvre paille Belgique 2016 (Eco-construction sector hemp straw belgium 2016)
We were looking to complete our research with the study of a non-food sector and our choice fell on eco-construction, …
Australasian Straw Bale Building Association Ausbale
There are many methods used around the world to construct strawbale buildings. These can vary from using strawbales as infill …
Rice Straw in Building the Egyptian Environmental Friendly House as a Case Study
Rice is one of the strategic crops in Egypt. In 2013, 24.1 million feddans has been grown with an average …
Straw bale construction 2012 – 2013. Approval, Quality Assurance, Construction Guideline – Zulassung, Qualitätssicherung, Strohbaurichtlinie
EN: With the project “Straw bale construction 2012 – 2013. Extended approval, quality assurance, straw construction guideline”, a clear reference …
Bâtiment IZUBA énergies – Construction21
Spécialisée dans l’optimisation énergétique et environnementale des bâtiments, IZUBA énergies développe et diffuse les outils de la transition énergétique (études, …
Straw-bale walls for sustainable architecture: Improving and promoting straw bale use in European Buildings
Straw-bale use in buildings may be an interesting way to decrease our energy needs and our impact on the environment. …
Natural building: The viability of straw bale as a sustainable construction material for the future
The research paper highlights the importance of the (interconnected) systems theory model as one of the most relevant and pertinent …
Straw houses design KOVACarchitekt
Physical parameters of straw-insulated wooden house construction is a part of straw house design. Link: https://fr.slideshare.net/KOVACarchitekt/straw-houses-design-kovacarchitekt
Straw building technique – Technique de construction en paille
Building a straw house is a founding act. It is an opportunity to (re)appropriate our way of living in a …
Straw bale: A Waste from Agriculture, a New Construction Material for Sustainable Buildings
Since the beginning of the 21st century, straw-bale buildings are reappearing in the world; however, their thermal performances were not …
Straw Bale Walls for Sustainable Architecture: Improving and Promoting the use of Straw Bale in European Buildings
Straw bale use in buildings may be an interesting way to decrease our energy needs and our impact on the …
The Cost of Straw Bale Construction
When people talk about the cost of straw bale construction, they often get things muddled up. I’m here to set …
Energy and Environmental Evaluation of Non-Transparent Constructions of Building Envelope for Wooden Houses’
The contribution of embodied energy (EE) and greenhouse gas emissions to building materials and structures have been recognized as significant, …
Earth and Straw constructions in Crete.pdf
The existing reality and future potentials of Earth & Straw constructions in the island of Crete, Greece. Including 2 case …
Exploring Industrialization of Straw Bale Building in Sweden
A seed was planted some years ago to look closer at straw bale construction. Attending a practical course in straw …
Building with straw bales: a practical manual for self-builders and architects
This book explains in straightforward terms the principles of straw-bale building for self-builders, architects and construction industry professionals. Straw-bale buildings …
Straw Bale Construction A Revolutionary Building Material In Low Cost Housing For Rural Areas
The paper deals with the study of a low-cost agro-waste construction material i.e. Strawbale . The cost of construction materials …
Chris Magwood 12 straw bale wall types
Chris Magwood, of the Endevour Centre is one of Canada’s most well known experts on straw bale and Natural construction. …
Using Wheat Straw in Construction
Agricultural production leaves behind it a considerable amount of agricultural waste. Some of these are reused in agriculture as fertilizer, …
The suitability of wood pellet heating for domestic households: A review of literature
Due to increasing government support for renewable energy in combination with high fossil fuel prices and environmental concerns, demand for …
Paille | Le siège d’IZUBA énergies
Comme la paille, l’utilisation de la terre dans la construction a un impact environnemental minime. En enduit extérieur, elle lui procure …
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 …
Moderner Strohballenbau Stroh im Kopf Teil 2 – Modern Straw Bale Building, pt 2
Filmmaker Heidi Snel and cameraman Malcolm St.Julian Bown take you on a journey through the German strawbale landscape. 10 years …
Straw bale construction manual – Handbuch Strohballenbau
Basics and constructions of straw bale construction: conception, structural features, constructions and construction details, many realised examples. Grundlagen und Konstruktionen …
Energy Diagnosis and Expertise of an administrative building built with straw in Lausanne
Depuis une dizaine d’années, la construction de bâtiments en paille refait son apparition sur le marché européen. Souvent auto-construits, ces …
Vernacular Architecture: Towards a Sustainable Future
Sustainability is a concept that has monopolised a large number of scientific debates in a wide range of spheres connected …
Laymans-Report-V5-UK-Eurocell- project
The construction industry is a key European employer and contributor to the built environment affecting the quality of life and …
Architect Werner Schmidt’s Straw Bale Construction
Werner Schmidt (Trübbach, Switzerland, 1953) is one of the most interesting contemporary ‘green’ architects, particularly experienced in straw-bale building. His …
Prefabricated Modular Straw Walls and Panels for Houses Building and Building Renovation
Straw is compressed with low technology tools into bales, with a density of more than 90kg/m³ and acquires special properties …
Earth and Straw Bale: An Investigation of Their Performance and Potential as Building Materials in New Zealand
Is there a future for ‘natural’ or ‘alternative’ building systems in New Zealand? Do they have a role to play …
Technique du GREB
EN: Stemming from Canadian research (far north of Quebec), the GREB technique is a technique that combines a wooden structure, …
Barley: production, cultivation and uses
Barley straw is one of the crop residuals that can be used as a building material. Straw is the plant …
Neues Bauen mit Stroh in Europa – New building with straw in Europe – Construire en paille aujourd’hui
Straw as a building material also has a long tradition in Europe. In recent years, this rapidly renewable and easy-to-work …
Straw bale: an enduring building technique
Whether you’re planning a sleek or rustic-looking house, straw bales are a low-cost and sustainable building material with flexibility writes …
Straw construction – La construction en paille
Straw is a renewable, local, healthy resource with great insulating power. Luckily, France is a major producer of cereals and …
Bold and Daring: The Lone Oak
The Lone Oak building, five miles west of Lincoln on US Highway 6, built in 1944 and occupied in 1945, …
Evaluating the Barriers to Entry for non-conventional Building Materials
To achieve broader acceptance by the construction sector, novel and innovative materials and technologies often have to overcome a variety …
Encyclopedia of the Great Plains | BALED BIOMASS BUILDINGS
The idea of using bales of hay as building blocks emerged in the North Platte River valley after the appearance …
Eco-efficient Construction and Building Materials
Addresses a new vision for construction materials by emphasizing the importance of their environmental impact Covers the latest findings in …
Performance of straw bale wall: A case of study
This research aimed to evaluate a straw bale house located in Bavaria, Germany. An extensive test program was carried out. …
Building a house with straw in GREB technique – Construire son habitation en paille: selon la technique du GREB
Since Jean-Baptiste and Vincent imported the GREB technique into France, the virus has reached more and more people and the …
Straw Bale House Survives Earthquake Test
Straw bale construction was put to the test on a shake table to get an idea of just how it …
Briefing: Challenges related to straw bale construction
This briefing discusses the current challenges to the deployment of straw bale walling systems in the UK. A short historical …
Dynamic simulation and full-scale testing of a pre-fabricated straw-bale house
Straw is an agricultural by-product and, after accounting for use in animal bedding, the mushroom sector, and Biomass power stations, …
Straw-Cert: Certification, logistics and quality management for straw bale construction
Straw bales are building blocks of sustainable architecture. Austria has achieved thematic leadership in straw construction in Europe through numerous …
Suivi construction CRIEPPAM
This experimental building would not have been possible without the will of the administrators and the Director of CRIEPPAM, without …
Straw bale construction – La construction en botte de paille
Authors: FUCHS Stéphane; Krumm, Olivier; Cauderay, Elsa LINK to presentation