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 |
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