Straw Bale Links Page

1.0 Related Resources
- 1.0.1 Content
- 1.0.2 Arches and vaults
2.0 Useful Software

2.0.2 Worldwide organisations and contacts
2.0.3 Straw Bale Building Registries

3.0 Resources on the internet
4 Bibliography

Related Resources

Here you can find technical reports to help you convince your friends and building inspectors, contacts to help you and give you advice and support, and some registries of straw bale buildings so you can see what others have done before you.

Content

Technical Studies, Reports and Tests studies of Thermal Properties, Fire safety, Construction Strength, Moisture Issues, links to some Building Codes and a few bits and pieces
Worldwide organisations and contacts contains a comprehensive list of contact from around the world so you can find someone near you, and you can use one of the email lists to ask for help and advice.
Straw Bale Building Registries contain many examples of Straw Bale buildings in different climates and regions.
Resources on the internet are many and varied, this is a collection of links to sites with useful information for straw bale builders.

Arches and vaults

Tadelakt

Roofing

http://www.greenspec.co.uk/html/design/materials/pitchedroofs.html: "Pitched roofing materials compared" is part of the National Green Spec website for encouraging sustainable building practises.
http://www.greenroofs.org/: "In 1999, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, a small network consisting of public and private organizations, was founded as a direct result of a research project on the benefits of green roofs and barriers to industry development entitled "Greenbacks from Green Roofs" prepared by Steven Peck, Monica Kuhn, Dr. Brad Bass and Chris Callaghan. Green Roofs for Healthy Cities - North America Inc. is now a rapidly growing not-for-profit industry association working to promote the industry throughout North America."
http://www.newbuilder.co.uk/archive/sustainable_roofing.asp: "Sustainable Roofing" is part of the website of the The Green Building Press

To Do Read w:Green roofs, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, Scandinavian Green Roof Institute and incorporate relevant material.

References

See the [[../../Bibliography|bibliography]].

Useful Software

Thermal modeling

ESP-r "ESP-r is an integrated modelling tool for the simulation of the thermal, visual and acoustic performance of buildings and the assessment of the energy use and gaseous emissions associated with the environmental control systems and constructional materials. In undertaking its assessments, the system is equipped to model heat, air, moisture and electrical power flows at user determined resolution. The system is designed for the Unix operating system, with supported implementations for Solaris and Linux, and is made available at no cost under an Open Source licence." ESP-r is OpenSource free software and will run on Linux, OSX and Windows using Cygwin (for advanced nerds).
TRACE 700 "Trane's TRACE 700 software - the latest version of Trane Air Conditioning Economics - brings the algorithms recommended by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) to the familiar Windows operating environment. Use it to assess the energy and economic impacts of building-related selections such as architectural features, comfort-system design, HVAC equipment selections, operating schedules, and financial options." (Building Energy Software Tools Directory)
Energy 10 "ENERGY-10™ software analyzes—and illustrates—the energy and cost savings that can be achieved by applying up to a dozen sustainable design strategies. Hourly energy simulations quantify, assess, and clearly depict the benefits of: Daylighting, Passive solar heating and cooling, Natural ventilation, Well-insulated building envelopes, High-performance windows, High-performance lighting systems, High-performance mechanical equipment, And more...". ENERGY-10™ is commercial software. The program can be purchased cheaper at an educational rate, taking a coarse on line through the Solar Energy Institute could make it possible to get the educational rate.
HOT2000 "HOT2000TM is a low-rise residential energy analysis and design software. Up-to-date heat loss or gain and system performance models provide an accurate way of evaluating building designs. This evaluation takes into account the thermal effectiveness of the building and its components, the passive solar heating owing to the location of the building and the operation and performance of the building's ventilation, heating and cooling systems." (Free with registration)

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Worldwide organisations and contacts

The Americas

California: Contact: California Straw Building Association, The Tides Center, P.O. Box 1293, Angels Camp, CA 95222-1293. USA. Telephone: +1 209 7857077. Website: http://www.strawbuilding.org/

Colorado: Contact: Colorado strawbale association, 2010 Hermosa Dr. Boulder, Colorado 80304. Telephone: +1 303 4446027 Email: costrawbale@yahoo.com Website: http://www.colouradostrawbale.org

Nebraska: Contact: Straw Bale Association of Nebraska and the MidAmerica Straw Bale Association. Email: jc10508@navix.net Website: http://www.strawhomes.com/sban

Ontario: Contact: Ontario Straw Bale Building Coalition, Hank and Anita Carr, 2025 Ventnor Road, RR3, Spencerville ON, K0E 1X0, Canada. Website: http://www.strawbalebuilding.ca/ Telephone: +1-87-STRAWBALE Email: info@strawbalebuilding.ca Email discussion list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bale-on/

Texas: Contact: Straw Bale Association of Texas, P.O. Box 4211 Austin, TX 78763-4211. USA. Telephone: +1 512-3026766 Website: http://www.greenbuilder.com/sbat/

Europe

(Listed alphabetically under their English spelling)

Europäisches Strohballen-Netzwerk (European Strawbale Network): Website: http://www.baubiologie.at/europe/

Austria (Republik Österreich): Contact: Herbert Gruber, A-3720 Baierdorf 6. Österreichisches Strohballen-Netzwerk (Austrian Straw Bale Network). Website: http://www.baubiologie.at/asbn/

Belgium (Koninkrijk België): Contact: Workgroup strawbale building. Website: http://www.strobouw.be

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Contact: Herwig van Soom, Kouterstraat 7, B-3052 Blanden. Email: orcaherwig@skynet.be

Czech Republic (Česká republika): Contact: Jan (Jenik) Hollan. Email: jhollan@amper.ped.muni.cz

Denmark (Danmark): Contact: Lars Keller, Friland 12 B, 8410 Roende. Email: larskeller@livinghouses.net

France: Contact: Coralie & André de Bouter, La Maison en Paille, Le Trezidoux, 16290 Champmillon. Telephone: +33 545 662768. Email: accueil@lamaisonenpaille.com Website: http://www.lamaisonenpaille.com/ and Contact: Philippe Liboureau, "Les Compaillons". Website: http://compaillons.fr Webforum: http://compaillons.naturalforum.net

Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland): Contact: Dirk Scharmer, Fachverband Strohballenbau Deutschland, Guhreitzen 3a, D-29459 Clenze. Email: info@wand4.de Website: http://www.fasba.de/

Germany: Contact: Sven Eweleit, anderssehn, Seiler Str.16, 30171 Hannover. Telephone: +49 511 33644780. Email: info@anderssehn.de Website: http://anderssehn.de

Holland (Netherland): Contact: Michel Post, VIBA werkgroep strobouw. Email: info@purplex.nl Website: http://www.strobouw.nl

Hungary (Magyar Köztársaság): Contact: Attila Meszaros. Email: tilla@draconis.elte.hu Website: http://draconis.elte.hu/szalma

Italy/ Southern Tyrol: Contact: Margareth Schwarz, via d.corse 6, o-Rennweg, I-39012 Meran. Telephone: +39 473 230023 or +39 348 3634054. Faximilie: +39 473 230035. Email: arch.schwarz@rolmail.net

Norway (Norge): Contact: Piet Jensen, Norsk jord- og halmbyggeforening, Værnhus, 1540 Vestby. Telephone: +47 64 952246 Email: njh@halmhus.no Website: http://halmhus.virkelighet.net/

or: Contact: Arild Berg, Norsk Jord- og Halmbyggeforening, Wemhus, N-1540 Vestby. Email: arild.berg3@chello.no Telephone: +47 22 670595

Slovenia (Republika Slovenija): Contact: Habjanic Stojan, Slowenien, OIKIA D.O.O., Slomskova 35, Sl-9000, Murska Sobota. Email: oikia.stojan@siol.net

Spain (Espana): Contact: Rikki Nitzkin-Lleida, Spanish Strawbale Network. Email: rikkinitzkin@earthlink.net Website: http://www.casasdepaja.com Discussion email lists: casasdepaja@yahoo.es paja@amper.ped.muni.cz

Sweden (Sverige): Contact: Ulf Henningsson, Rosenvingegatan 1, 431 63 MÖLNDAL. Telephone: +46 31 27 60 70. Email: ulf-lennart@rocketmail.com Website: http://www.naturligt-byggeri.org/

Switzerland: Werner Schmidt, Fabrikareal Nr 119, 7180 Trun. Email: atelier_schmidt@bluewin.ch

Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti): Contact: Demet Irkli Eryldiz. Email: irkli@mmf.gazi.edu.tr

United Kingdom (Wales, Ireland, Scotland and England): Contact: Straw Bale Building Association (WISE), Hollinroyd Farm, Butts Lane, Todmorden, OL14 8RJ. Telephone: +44 1442 825421 or +44 1706 814696. Email: info@strawbalebuildingassociation.org.uk Website: http://www.strawbalebuildingassociation.org.uk/

South Pacific

Australia: Contact: Andrew Webb, Australasian Straw Bale Building Association. Website: http://www.ausbale.org/. Telephone: +61 7 54852720. Email: andrew@thegreenwebb.com

New Zealand: Contact: Ian Redfern. Email: ian@adobesouth.co.nz

Contact: Graeme North. Email: ecodesign@xtra.co.nz

Email Lists

Strawbale Construction Discussion List: This discussion email list is hosted by the US based Renewable Energy Policy Project (REPP). list webpage list archive pre 2003 archive

Straw Bale Social Club: When the CREST hosted list disappeared (it is now hosted by REPP) this list was set up to fill the gap. Their welcome message describes it as "a discussion forum ostensibly created to share experiences and thoughts about building with straw and earth, but it's really just a place where the strawbale community can talk about common interests, often not having to do with building at all." list website and archive

European strawbale building discussions: "Discussions, announcements, enquiries, etc., about building with strawbales in Europe. Straw is generally a waste product, therefore building with strawbales has very low environmental impact, uses locally available materials, is cheap, and is a very fun sociable way to build!" list website list archive

The Global Straw Building Network: "A private forum restricted to organizations involved in the promotion of straw as a building material. (If you are a member of such a group which is not yet represented in GSBN, email GSBN@lists.greenbuilder.com with SUBSCRIBE in the SUBJECT line. Your request will be forwarded to a moderator for consideration.)" public list archive

Straw Bale Building Registries

International Straw Bale Building Registry Greenbuilder.com, The Last Straw Journal, The Straw Bale Association of Texas, and the Development Center for Appropriate Technology, along with a number of regional strawbale organizations, are working together to build a database of buildings constructed using straw bale. [Visit the registry]

United Kingdom Database of Strawbale Buildings in the U.K. Maintained by Chug, email: chug@strawbale-building.co.uk

Resources on the internet

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

External links

Bibliography

This is a bibliography of texts refered to in these pages, there is also a section on Technical Studies, Reports and Tests. Some of these texts are available on the internet.

City of Cortex, City of Cortex Straw Bale Code Colorado, USA
Development Center for Appropriate Technology, 1993, Summary of New Mexico ASTM E-119 Small Scale Fire Tests On Straw Bale Wall Assemblies SHB Agra Engineering and Environmental Services Laboratory, New Mexico, USA
Hayes, Katrina 2000 ASTM E84-98 Surface Burning Characteristics report Omega Point Laboratories, USA
Olivier, Paul A., The Rice Hull House around 2004
Stone, Nehemiah 2003, Thermal Performance of Straw Bale Wall Systems Ecological Building Network, USA
Theis, Bob, 2003 Straw Bale Fire Safety - A review of testing and experience to date Ecological Building Network, USA
Wanek, Catherine, 2003 The New Strawbale Home Gibbs Smith Publisher, Layton, Utah, USA http://www.gibbs-smith.com/