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Basics and Benefits of the Use of Straw Bales for Building

This article does not appear in The Last Straw and is original content.
Prepared by Joyce Coppinger, Managing Editor/Publisher, The Last Straw Journal
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The R-value used for straw-bale walls is R-30. Most conventional stick-built construction has an R-value of around 15 with as high as R-30 in ceilings.
Testing under controlled conditions allows the researcher to [...]

Figuring the Hidden Costs in Your Building Plans – TLS #41

This article appeared in TLS issue #41
by Chris Magwood and Peter Mack-Canada
This article is an excerpt from the book Straw Bale Building: How to Plan, Design and Build with Straw (New Society Publishers, 2000), and is reprinted with permission.
Hitting a Moving Target. There is never a single point during the planning process when you can [...]