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Green Solutions Award 2021 – Vote for ‘The Bale House’!

Cypren Edmunds • Apr 27, 2021

🏆 The Bale House 🇬🇧
Located in a UK Nature Reserve in Hastings this constructed with recycled, fireproof, and breathable materials. A unique straw bale building that requires next to no energy to run and stays comfortable all year long due to its high insulation.

This UPSTRAW Project uses natural materials such as lime, wood and especially straw in the walls which sequesters carbon, creates new links between the agricultural and construction industries, and, enhances the value of the farmer’s crop.

This case study offers lessons on dealing with risk posed by excessive wind speeds on the site, and on how to build a successful conStrawtium! Green & Castle Huff and Puff Constructions

See more about this Green Solutions Awards 2020-21 candidate, and Vote here: https://bit.ly/3sJDI75

Become a member of SBUK on our new ’Straw’ Membership

By Cypren Edmunds • 01 Mar, 2024
Join SBUK on our new ’Straw’ Membership

Futurebuild, 5th -7th March 2024, ExCeL, London

By Cypren Edmunds • 23 Feb, 2024
 SBUK members at Fu turebuild 2024, ExCel, London

Should more British homes be built using straw? SBUK Opinion

By Cypren Edmunds • 06 Feb, 2024
Should more British homes be built using straw? SBUK Opinion

European StrawBale Gathering

By Cypren Edmunds • 23 Jun, 2023
Thursday 31st August – Sunday 3rd September Discover the progress of straw bale construction from single-family homes to affordablealternatives for various building types at ESBG 2023. Globally, central governments are announcing transformational declarations (‘net-zero’,‘decarbonisation’ etc) and the construction industry is speedily endeavouring to manage itsoperational output to mitigate the harmful emissions over the decades. In […]

Strawbale UK’s online event: Alex Burch presents, “How do strawbale walls perform in severe wind-driven rain conditions?”

By Cypren Edmunds • 01 Jun, 2023
Comparisons with global climates revealed the unique challenge West Wales poses for strawbale construction. Many studies have focused on measuring internal humidity and temperature of strawbale walls to determine moisture content, however, these often lacked information specific to the climate of West Wales. Alex’s work aimed to find the best method to measure moisture content […]

SBUK online event ‘Living Retrofitting Urbanism’

By Cypren Edmunds • 08 Apr, 2023
Wednesday 5th April Essential policies are vital for the construction sector to deliver strong guidance for climate action.Our event with Architectural Association School of Architecture for ‘Living Retrofitting Urbanism’ was a success – video will be available soon.

Finance and strawbuildings

By Cypren Edmunds • 08 Apr, 2023
Securing finance to build homes that are energy efficient …better for the planet should be easy. Since 1987 Ecology Building Society have supported homeowners who #buildwithstraw We need mortgage products in-place to grow the market.

London’s Building Centre

By Cypren Edmunds • 08 Apr, 2023

Strawbale UK’s online event with Juraj George Mikurcik and Old Holloway

By Cypren Edmunds • 10 Feb, 2023
The video of our online event with George and his home, Old Holloway, is now on our YouTube channel Watch it here and share with your network!

SBUK online event. Old Holloway: An award-winning straw panel house.

By Cypren Edmunds • 01 Feb, 2023
Architect George Mikurcik began work on his home 14 years ago. It was the first Ecococon home built in the UK, is an award winning site and George will be discussing with us the concept, the build and sharing supporting data at our meeting. Join us to hear the stories behind this groundbreaking home and […]
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