Straw bale : A waste from agriculture, a new construction material for sustainable buildings
(2015) In Energy Procedia 78. p.297-302- Abstract
Since the beginning of the 21st century, straw-bale buildings are reappearing in the world; however, their thermal performances were not thoroughly investigated up to now. The purpose of this study is to analyze thermal behavior and energy performance of a straw-bale building in Switzerland. Using Pleiades+Comfie Software, building designs have been studied to understand the best way to mitigate overheating risks due to the low heat capacity of straw. Thermal-dynamic results and Life Cycle Assessment conclude that straw bale buildings can be a sustainable alternative in the energy evolution of building construction, due to its low embodied energy and excellent thermal performance.
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- author
- Chaussinand, Adrien
; Scartezzini, Jean-Louis
and Nik, Vahid
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2015-11-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Adobe wall, Embodied energy, Energy modelling, Life cycle assessment, Straw bale building, Sustainable building, Thermal behaviour
- in
- Energy Procedia
- volume
- 78
- pages
- 6 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84962593546
- ISSN
- 1876-6102
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.646
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 1984455a-4b51-411e-9b42-ebb034ab620d
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