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Home Grown Home Research

 

Why do straw bales make such a fantastic building material? Why are straw bale

 

There is a growing body of research into straw bale and other natural building materials:

 

Energy Assessment of a Straw Bale Building Carol Atkinson
MSc Thesis, January 2008

 

Humidity in straw bale walls and its effect on the decomposition of straw Jakub Wihan
MSc Thesis, July 2007

 

The social and legislative barriers to the uptake of construction products derived from agricultural materials. Carol Ann Long
MSc Thesis, January 2008

 

Totnes Eco House – interaction between design and in-situ monitoring.
Carfrae, Wilde, Goodhew, Walker and Littlewood
Passive and Low Energy Architecture conference, October 2008

 

Home Grown Houses: The Potential for large-scale production of renewable construction materials from crops grown in the UK, and possible impacts. Peter K Allen
Passive and Low Energy Architecture conference, September 2004

 

Compression load testing straw bale walls Peter Walker
University of Bath, May 2004

 

Effect of Mesh and Bale Orientation on the Strength of Straw Bale Walls P.I. Colin MacDougall
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

 

Thermal performance of Straw Bale Wall Systems Nehemiah Stone
Ecological Building Network, October 2007 www.ecobuildnetwork.org

 

Moisture Properties of Plaster and Stucco for Straw Bale Buildings John Straube
Ecological Building Network, October 2007 www.ecobuildnetwork.org

 

Partial Fill Cavity Walls: Have we reached the limits of the Technology? Article by Joseph Little
for Construct Ireland

 

Field investigations of the thermal performance of construction elements as built Building Research Establishment
DETR Framework Project Report, November 2000

 

The effects of Plastered Skin Confinement on the Performance of Straw Bale Wall Systems Wheeler, Riley and Boothby
Pennsylvania State University, 2004

 

Straw Bale Construction: Is Straw Bale Construction suitable for Self-Builders in Britain? Robert Hilton
M.Arch 2007

 

Decay Characteristics of Different Types of Straw Used in Straw Bale Building James Clynes
MSc Thesis, January 2009

 

English translation of Danish thermal study