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….
UPSTRAW Database of Strawbale Buildings
The School of Natural Building team are drawing up a complete and comprehensive database of strawbale buildings in the UK and Ireland! Interreg Database of Strawbale buildingsThrough their partnership with other European countries, funded by Interreg and called UP Straw, the School of Natural…
Learn MoreUPSTRAW YEAR BOOK 2019
A new online publication has arrived: UPSTRAW YEAR BOOK 2019 This edition begins with an introduction on the benefits of building with straw. Watch out for forthcoming issues! These will feature projects on the INTERREG project and technical articles ➡️ ➡️ ️ ➡️ UPSTRAW
Learn MoreFuturebuild 2020
Visiting @FuturebuildNow today? Go see Barbara Jones @strawworks at the #NaturalBuilding area, stand G70 Together with @Terra_Perma_EB, @EarthBuildingUK, and @lime_products it is a full day of building demonstrations lined up for today and tomorrow!
Learn More