STRAW: premium biobased building material
Creating a healthy and comfortable inner climate in buildings and reducing CO2 can go hand-in-hand! Building with straw, in combination with clay, has this effect.
CO2 reduction takes place by optimal insulation and by the CO2 contained in the natural material straw itself. The use of straw and clay creates a healhy, dampopen inner climate.
Straw is widely available and can be applied in new constructions (houses, offices, schools, public buildings). Straw is also applicable for the insulation of existing buildings. Straw can be used immediately from the production location (farmland), without a further processing.
This makes straw the premium biobased building material.
UP STRAW: a collaborative approach to creating straw awareness and use
Heating all of the buildings in NWE accounts for about 15% of the GHG emissions. The implementatie/application of straw as building insulation helps to reduce that in a natural way.
We will demonstratie that in five projects: buildings made of bales, wrapped in straw and created with prefab straw panels. Ready for implementation in the building industry.
Educational programs for architects, constructors and straw craftsman will facilitate knowledge development. University modulair program elements make students aware of the possibilities and application conditions.
Implementation of straw elements in building methodology and Building Information Modelling software will facilitate the use of straw elements in the building industry.
Communicating the advantages, application and the effects of building with straw will create interest in the possibilities and application.
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21 Mergelven
Veghel
5465 PV
Netherlands
Klosterplatz 1
Berching
D-92334
Germany
1 Aquila House Breeds Place
Hastings
TN34 4UY
United Kingdom
1 Hollinroyd Farm
Todmorden West Yorkshire
OL14 8RJ
United Kingdom
130 Stadhuisplein
Tilburg
5038 TC
Netherlands
1C rue Eugène Thibaut
Namur
5000
Belgium
69 bis rue des Déportés et des Internés
Montargis
45200
France
Lead partner
| Organisation | Address | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre National de la Construction en Paille |
69 bis rue des Déportés et des Internés Montargis 45200 France |
stephanie.ventre@cncp-feuillette.fr | www.cncp-feuillette.fr |
| Name | Contact Name | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strobouw Nederland | Wouter Klijn | wouter@strobouw.nl | Netherlands |
| Plankstetten Benedictine Abbey | Benedikt Kaesberg | Benedikt.Kaesberg@kloster-plankstetten.de | Germany |
| Hastings Borough Council | Rachel Ellis | Rachel.Ellis@groundwork.org.uk | United Kingdom |
| The School of Natural Building | Eileen Sutherland | eileen@schoolofnaturalbuilding.co.uk | United Kingdom |
| Gemeente Tilburg | Ruud Oerlemans | ruud.oerlemans@tilburg.nl | Netherlands |
| Cluster Eco-construction | Hervé-Jacques Poskin | hj@ecoconstruction.be | Belgium |
𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙈𝘼𝙇 𝘽𝙍𝙄𝘿𝙂𝙀 𝘾𝘼𝙏𝘼𝙇𝙊𝙂𝙐𝙀 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙎𝙏𝙍𝘼𝙒 𝘽𝘼𝙇𝙀 𝙃𝙊𝙐𝙎𝙀𝙎 𝙃𝘼𝙎 𝘼𝙍𝙍𝙄𝙑𝙀𝘿! Here comes a “special treat“ for all planners and architects: You want to build straw-bale houses in passive-house standard? This is now made easy with the new thermal bridge catalogue! The catalogue is one of the results of UP STRAW. Read More
In 32 minutes the documentary presents the straw-insultated building project in the Benedictine Abbey in Plankstetten as well as straw bale building in Germany and Europe in general. Read More
Architectural and technical diagnosis stage. Measurements and plans of the site. Read More
The project is progressing towards concrete phases with a first meeting to establish the planning of the realisations. It is the Vivarchi architectural firm and the Treenergy thermal and fluid design office that will be working with us to restore the CNCP shed and build a new building to house training courses. Read More
From now on, building decision-makers and building experts can get an overview of existing straw-insulated houses in Europe with a simple mouse click. The new register of houses contains about 1300 entries and can be found online at http://www.strawbuilding.eu/strawbale-houses-europe Read More
- The construction of the Visitor Centre in Hastings in structural straw. - Renovation and straw insulation of the sports hall in Roomley in Tilburg. Technique: blown-in straw, prefabricated panels. Watch the vide Read More
The European UP STRAW programme launches a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) all about building with straw: Building for change - Naturally. Six weeks of free training: time to build sustainably! Read More
In less than four weeks the wood and straw construction of the largest straw insulated building in Southern Germany has been finished. See impressive photos of this exciting construction phase. Read More
The latest good news from the Hastings investment. Read More
On July 7th - the Day of Saint Benedict, the patron saint of Europe - the Benedictine monks in Plankstetten (Germany) will celebrate the foundation stone ceremony for their straw bale building "Haus St. Wunibald". Read More
Introduction of the UP STRAW Project while the national seminar of Spanish straw bale building network.
Meeting with european actors, advantage of the UP STRAW project, interreg opportunities, network structuration.
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Big popular fair that is reproduce all over Europe to highlight alternative lifestyle living that are more sustainable and healthy.
A wide space was organised for sustainable building and straw bale building was well represented.
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Local Fairs of construction and retrofitting professional. We had a place to present straw bale building and respond public questions.
Small conferences where also organised.
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For 5 days, 8 construction professionals learnt about straw construction with a French trainer.
One part of the training was dedicated to theoretical knowledge: acquire knowledge of professional standards for wood frame construction insulated with straw, learn about thermal insulation and building physics or be able to explain technical details.
A significant part of the training was focused on practice: implement straw bales, build a wood frame, implement bays and equipment, facing and maintenance.
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Meeting with the general public and local political authorithies.
Demonstration and awareness building straw. Benefits, techniques, producers.
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Meeting with the general public for two days. Exchange of knowledge with the general public. What are the advantages of straw construction?
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SBUK are proud to present the inaugural 'Big Straw Bale Gathering' - a gathering to discuss and learn straw bale construction and share the latest and best thinking within the industry.
Working with our sub partner Strawbale Building UK (SBUK) Barbara Jones will be delivering talks, workshops and hands-on experiences about UP Straw as part of the project's work on Training of Construction Sector Professionals and Undergraduates.
Held at Down To Earth's beautiful strawbale roundhouse in South Wales. The weekend will feature talks, discussions and hands-on workshops, for all levels, led by the UK's best natural builders and leading associated professionals. So come down and get excited about building with straw, learn some new techniques or get stuck into the geeky technical stuff.
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The French Network for Straw Building (RFCP) is 12 years old. It has foundations, values, an history.
Three days of meetings and exchanges with professionals of the straw bale building.
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Participation in the first edition of "The ChangeLab week" as part of the European Week of Sustainable Development.
The CNCP has dedicated a stand and a conference to the benefits of straw construction and the UP STRAW project.
We were able to interact with a non-professional audience.
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The Cluster Eco-construction dedicated a stand to straw construction at the construction fair Bois & Habitat. This construction fair is the only fair in Belgium dedicated to wood construction.
During 4 days the UP STRAW Belgian team had the opportunity to talk about straw construction to profesionnals, students and visitors. They showed them projects and highlighted professionals from the straw sector.
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