 Why
Build with Straw?
(pdf 1.6Mb) By Carol Atkinson 2010
Carol's travels through the USA, Canada and Europe meeting
many inspiring straw bale builders |
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Building
Science for Strawbale Buildings
(pdf 2.2Mb) By John Straube 2009
How moisture control should
be dealt with in strawbale homes
Available from Building Science |
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Effect
of Mesh and Bale Orientation on the Strength of Straw
Bale Walls
(pdf 4Mb) By Colin MacDougall 2008
Provides guidance based on mesh
and bale orientation, and the difference between cement-lime
and clay plasters.
Available from Canada Mortgage Housing Corp. |
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Straw
Bale Construction in Atlantic Canada
(pdf 170Kb) By Don Fugler 2007
Best practices, remediation
strategies based on information gathered through surveys,
personal interviews and visits.
Available from Canada Mortgage Housing Corp. |
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 Energy
Use in Straw Bale Houses
(pdf 190Kb) By Don Fugler 2007
A survey to compare the space
heating energy consumption of straw bale homes to conventional
homes.
Available from Canada Mortgage Housing Corp. |
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Sheep's
Wool Insulation
(pdf 50Kb) By CAT
For thousands of years wool
has been used by
humans for warmth, and using it for insulating
houses is not a new idea.
Available from Centre
for Alternative Technology |
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Keeping
Cool in Summer
(pdf 50Kb) By CAT
UK Association for the Conservation
of Energy (ACE) estimated that 16% of UK homes will have
air-conditioning by 2020.
Available from Centre
for Alternative Technology |
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SB
Design and Material Properties
(pdf 900Kb) by Statens Byggeforskningsinstitut
To demonstrate how straw bale
houses can be build as durable and well performing structures.
Includes research on U-values and water vapour resistance
Available
from baubiologie.at
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Creep
in Straw Bale Walls
(pdf 490Kb) by Ecological Building Network
Early Creep: There seems to
be relatively fast creep over the first 1-2 weeks, at
least on
the higher loads. Slowing Creep: After the initial period,
most walls settled more minimally for another 5-8 weeks
or so. Stabilization: After 10 weeks, most walls were
seemed stable, with no measurable additional creep.
Available
from ecobuildnetwork.org |
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 Hemp
Lime Technology
(pdf 2.4Mb) by Back to Earth
Tradical® Hemp Lime products
are among the
most ecologically sound of building products.
Hemp does not require agrochemicals in its
cultivation. The hemp, in common with all
similar plants, transforms carbon dioxide
during its rapid growth and captures the
carbon, releasing the oxygen to atmosphere.
Available from backtoearth.co.uk
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Ground
Source Heat Pumps
(pdf 760Kb) By John Straube
2009
Advice on how to compare carbon
emissions, and the climate regions and operating conditions.
Available from Building Science |
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Compression
load testing straw bale walls
(pdf 271Kb) By Peter Walker
2004
Describes and summarises findings
from a series of vertical load compression tests on four
unplastered walls and one lime rendered wall.
Available from University of Bath |
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Wood
in Straw Bale House Construction
(pdf 90Kb) By Don Fugler 2002
This study supports the claim
that straw bale structures can save lumber over conventional
stick frame buildings.
Available from Canada Mortgage Housing Corp. |
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Moisture
Properties: Plaster Straw Bale Buildings
(pdf 250Kb) By Don Fugler 2000
This study supports the claim
that straw bale structures can save lumber over conventional
stick frame buildings.
Available from Canada Mortgage Housing Corp. |
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Do
It Yourself Solar Applications
(pdf 700Kb) By North Carolina Solar Center
As
the cost of energy from fossil fuels increases, Americans
can use solar energy to reduce their household energy
costs.
Available from North
Carolina Solar Center |
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Sewage
Treatment and Composting Toilets
(pdf 50Kb) By CAT
Treating sewage usually involves
a combination of different methods to separate out solids,
deal with pathogenic organisms, and remove nutrients.
Available from Centre
for Alternative Technology |
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Load-Bearing
SB Construction
(pdf 105Kb) by Ecological Building Network
One hundred years of experience
with load-bearing plastered straw bale structures, along
with a number of laboratory tests worldwide, show these
wall systems to be capable of supporting substantial service
loads.
Available
from ecobuildnetwork.org |
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Seismic
performance of straw bale walls
(pdf 890Kb) by PAKSBAB March 2009
The objective of this research
project is to determine the performance of earth plastered,
load bearing, thin, straw bale wall assemblies under in-plane
cyclic loading, and the performance of a small straw bale
house using shake table simulation.
Available
from paksbab.org |
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 Light
Earth Construction |
(pdf 600Kb) by Green
Building Press 2003
What do you get if you mix straw
or woodchip with clay slip (clay and water in a creamy
solution), place them within a frame and let them dry to
form a solid, insulating wall? Light earth construction,
that’s what. |
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