Articles on some of the different facets of making a sustainable building
Is there enough straw to build with? Sustainable Materials series
It’s been a while since I updated my calculation of how much straw was available in the UK to build with. A little while of delving into UK government statistics later, and here are the updated results.
Straw EPD - quantifying the environmental impacts of straw production
In October last year an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) was published for Straw as Insulation Material in the UK. This was the culmination of months of research and discussions, funded and led by The School of Natural Building and the European Interreg-funded project Up Straw project.
How insulating is strawbale? Sustainable building materials Part 3 - revised
Knowing the thermal conductivity of any material you build with is essential. Without it you can’t calculate the energy balance of any building or do any kind of heat flow calculations, from simple U value calculations to complex thermal bridging assessment.