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Straw Bale Building Details
An Illustrated Guide for Design and Construction
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Drawing on over twenty years of experience, this guide addresses earlier design challenges and shares improved techniques to achieve energy efficiency and lasting durability. It offers detailed, practical insights for architects, engineers, contractors, and owner-builders aiming to make informed decisions in modern straw bale construction.
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This book is essential for architects, engineers, contractors, and owner-builders interested in sustainable building methods, particularly those specialising in or exploring straw bale construction.
Written by leading practitioners, Straw Bale Building Details is the must-have illustrated guide to design and construction details for site-built straw bale buildings. Essential for avoiding costly mistakes, increasing construction efficiency and durability, and achieving desired energy performance goals.
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- Galley available on Edelweiss
- Advertising in: Last Straw, Mother Earth News
- National Print campaign to: Green Builder, Fine Homebuilding, Mother Earth News, Inhabit, Treehugger
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- Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author's speaking engagements
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The devil is in the details - the science and art of designing and building durable, efficient, straw bale buildings
Straw bale buildings promise superior insulation and flexibility across a range of design aesthetics, while using a typically local and abundant low-embodied energy material that sequesters carbon—an important part of mitigating climate change.
However, some early straw bale designs and construction methods resulted in buildings that failed to meet design goals for energy efficiency and durability. This led to improved building practices and a deeper understanding of the building science underlying this building system.
Whether you're an architect, engineer, contractor, or owner-builder interested in making informed choices, Straw Bale Building Details is the indispensable illustrated guide to current practice in straw bale design and construction, drawing on two decades of site-built straw bale design and construction experience.
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ISBN: 9780865719033
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 April 2019
Country: United States
Imprint: New Society Publishers
Illustration: 8 Plates, color; 174 Line drawings, black and white
Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 216.0mm
Height: 279.0mm
Weight: 539g
Pages: 288
About the Author
California Straw Building Association (CASBA) is a nonprofit dedicated to furthering the practice of straw building by exchanging current information and practical experience, promoting and conducting research and testing, and making that body of knowledge available to working professionals and the public at large. Members include dozens of architects, engineers, and builders who, over two decades, have worked on hundreds of straw bale structures across a variety of architectural styles, climates, and seismic zones. CASBA members' work demonstrates that straw bale construction has a valid place in the future of zero-energy, carbon-sequestering buildings. CASBA is headquartered in Berkeley, California.
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