Straw-bale Building United Kingdom
About SBUK
Our aim – To promote straw bale building and best practice within the sector SBUK is an association of: Practitioners Designers Academics Enthusiasts Trainers Who have banded together to provide a resource hub to aid you on your straw-bale building journey. If you would…
Why straw bales?
There are many reasons that we promote and are passionate about the use of straw bales in construction. Sustainability Energy Efficiency Highly insulating Healthy Natural Low fire risk Structurally sound Robust and durable Can be constructed affordably Tried and tested A straw bale…
Join SBUK
Your membership fee is vital to the ongoing work of SBUK and allows you access to group meetings and events where you can network and chat with other members, and help us to achieve our aim of promoting straw bale building in the UK….
sbuk’s video presentation from NSBRC’s Virtual Building Systems Workshop – Saturday 12th December 2020
SBUK’s Treasurer and Huff and Puff proprietor, Phil Christopher, took part in the (NSBRC) National Self Build and Renovation Centre‘s Virtual Building Systems Workshop in December (2020). A well executed presentation drawing in all of the topical points in ‘strawbuilding’ construction including, ‘load-bearing’, in-fill’,…
UPSTRAW – Building for change – Online training programme – Session 2
Happy New Year! Session 2 of the MOOC is now online. In keeping with the global advancement of online learning, the straw building project, UPSTRAW, has partnered with the sustainable platform, MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) Offering free training, open to all, its is…
call for entries for ASBP 2021 Awards
ASBP Awards 2021 Supporters of enviromentally friendly building products ‘The Alliance for Sustainable Products’ (ASBP) are calling out for entries of their prestigious event, #ASBPAwards To say that it has been a tough year would be quite an understatement, and next year’s award is…