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Cypren @mrcypren.bsky.social · Sep 17

This week in Barcelona: Europe’s leading straw builders, designers + manufacturers meet for #ESBG2025

🌾 Exciting days ahead!
#ESBG2025 #Strawbale #BiobasedConstruction

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#esbg2025 #esba | Cypren Edmunds 🌾🏡

Ahead of the start of the European Straw Building Gathering in Barcelona tomorrow, I was asked a simple question: why build with straw? I think my short answer does justice to such a big idea 🌾🏡 #ES...

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Straw Building UK @strawbuildinguk.bsky.social · Sep 12

We welcome Clara Koehler to #SBUK2025 🎉

Her talk on biobased materials + net zero shows how you can cut carbon & also why wider changes in how we build are essential.

📅 4th Nov | NSBRC, Swindon

➡ Get your early bird tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biophilia-...

#SBUK2025 #biophilia

Straw Building UK @strawbuildinguk.bsky.social · Aug 28

🌾 Wheat or rice?

🎤 Dr Judith Thornton asks what straw we should build with and why it matters.

Early bird tickets are available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biophilia-...

#SBUK2025 @ukceh.bsky.social

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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · Aug 27

In-person events/training by our Members asbp.org.uk/partner-memb...

28-29 Aug 2025. A 2-day course on lime by Ty-Mawr, Wales.

28 Aug 2025. Ask the Ecological Building Systems experts, Swindon.

3-7 Sept 2025. A @schoolofnatbuild.bsky.social 5-day practical straw bale building course in Devon.

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Straw Building UK @strawbuildinguk.bsky.social · Aug 22

🌿 Jonathan Davies joins #SBUK2025 with High Performance, Low Carbon: Parc y Rhodyn, the UK’s first off-grid Passivhaus, built with Huff & Puff Construction (UK) 🏡

Early bird tickets are available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biophilia-...

#strawbuilding #biophilia

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Straw Building UK @strawbuildinguk.bsky.social · Aug 12

📢 Paul Crosby joins #SBUK2025!
🎤 Natural Architecture - Designing to a natural scale, specifying with nature in mind in heritage.
📅 4th November 2025
🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biophilia-...

#SBUK2025 #biophilia #naturalarchitecture #heritagearchitecture #strawbuilding #lowcarbonconstruction

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Straw Building UK @strawbuildinguk.bsky.social · Aug 5

🌾 80% energy savings with straw

META2020 retrofit the University of Burgos into an nZEB.

Visit Spain and hear META2020’s story and, many speakers at #ESBG2025

esbg2025.casasdepaja.org

#ESBA #biobased #retrofit

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Straw Building UK @strawbuildinguk.bsky.social · Jul 29

📊 14 months of IEQ data in a straw bale home in England.
🌬️ No MVHR. No overheating.

Read the paper: sciexplor.com/articles/jbd...

👏 Congrats Janice A. Foster, Filbert Musau, Barbara Jones & Sam Foster

#sbuk #ieq #naturalbuilding

Straw Building UK @strawbuildinguk.bsky.social · Jul 25

🌾 Tangent alert: straw is not a waste product - it's a co-product.
📊 That difference matters for carbon accounting.
🧱 We explore it at the SBUK Symposium 2025.

🎟️ Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biophilia-...

#sbuk2025 #biophilia #biobasedmaterials

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Straw Building UK @strawbuildinguk.bsky.social · Jul 22

UP STRAW laid the foundations. Now we build.

400+ straw building resources from across the world:

📚 Zotero archive → vb.nweurope.eu/projects/pro...

📍 4th November | NSBRC Swindon

🎟️ SBUK Symposium 2025
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biophilia-...

#SBUK2025 #biophilia #tuesdaythoughts

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European Strawbuilding Association @eurostrawbuilding.bsky.social · Jul 19

#retrofit #strawbuilding #biobased

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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · Jan 18

It's so hardcore at the beginning, yet obvious and subtle in the end? I had to modernize my house like that as well. Haus Susch, a regenerative 🌾 #deeprenovation by Atelier Werner Schmidt 👏 Photos: Lucia Degonda / AWS
www.atelierschmidt.ch/sanierung-su... #strawhouse #strawbuilding #carbonstorage

Wooden boxes with angles for more light attached to the existing wall, windows moved forward to the insulation layer.

Really tight and overly thick; I guess 48cm straw bales, attached firmly on the wall,standing on a new foundatuon of gabions filled with crushed lime stone.

Finished rough lime plaster on the straw bale retrofitted house with metal roof and angled window openings looking gorgeous.

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Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · Jul 19

Hear about Denmark’s successful Reduction Roadmap #EmbodiedCarbon Story. Could #PartZ do the same for the UK?

Webinar recording now available: asbp.org.uk/webinar-reco...

With Reduction Roadmap’s Fabian Lecker & Sinus Lynge of EFFEKT Architects; and Part Z’s Tim den Dekker & Will Arnold.

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Straw Building UK @strawbuildinguk.bsky.social · Jul 18

Building with straw?

Explore our guide for advice, case studies, and planning help.

Members can help you take the next step.

www.strawbuildinguk.org/self-build

📷 Mike Penfold
#biophilia #strawbuild #selfbuild

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Straw Building UK @strawbuildinguk.bsky.social · Jul 8

🎉 NSBRC is now a certified B Corp.

📍 They will host the SBUK Symposium on 4 November - a full day on biophilia and natural materials.

🎟️ Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biophilia-...

🤝 Platinum sponsors: @ecococon.bsky.social Ecological Building Systems

#SBUK2025 #biophilia #biobasedmaterials

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Straw Building UK @strawbuildinguk.bsky.social · Jul 2

Congratulations 🎉🌾🏡

Alliance for Sustainable Building Products @asbpuk.bsky.social · Jul 2

@ecococon.bsky.social straw panels is the winner!

Their Exemplar Sustainable Buildings Awards presentation included a video of the Old Holloway straw panel project by @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social.

Watch it + all the finalists’ videos www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

#SDF2025 #ASBPawards #PHTawards

Straw Building UK @strawbuildinguk.bsky.social · Jul 2

🎉 #SBUK2025 is live!
📍 4 Nov @ NSBRC Swindon
🌿 Biobased futures, 10 years strong
🎟️ Tickets now open. Let’s build what’s next.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biophilia-...

🤝 Platinum Sponsors: Ecococon + EBS, now one team UK & Ireland.

#SBUK2025 #biobasedmaterials #architecture #retrofit #construction

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Straw Building UK @strawbuildinguk.bsky.social · Jun 25

If you can make it, be there tomorrow 🌾

European Strawbuilding Association @eurostrawbuilding.bsky.social · Jun 25

🌾 For #ESBA members @ecococon.bsky.social, this new partnership with Ecological Building Systems is big news for UK + Irish markets 👏

🌍 Webinar tomorrow: webinar.ecococon.eu

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European Strawbuilding Association @eurostrawbuilding.bsky.social · Jun 23

Spotlight on European Straw Building Gathering 2025 Speakers!

Founder of @schoolofnatbuild.bsky.social & founding member of SBUK, Barbara Jones is a presenting at #esbg2025

Early Bird tickets are here: esbg2025.casasdepaja.org

#ESBA #reddeconstruccionconpaja #RCP #bioconstrucciones

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Straw Building UK @strawbuildinguk.bsky.social · Jun 19

Back in 2023 he talked about his straw + passivhaus with us. Watch it again, here: youtu.be/G8Bx82R2DbY?...

#throwbackthursday

StrawBale UK online event Old Holloway George Mikurcik Feb 2023

YouTube video by Straw Building UK

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Straw Building UK @strawbuildinguk.bsky.social · Jun 19

A straw-insulated home does not need to shout - it simply feels right.

@jurajmikurcik.bsky.social’s home holds steady at 21°C even in a heatwave.

Visit a Passivhaus near you during their Open Days later this month: www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/event_detail...

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Straw Building UK @strawbuildinguk.bsky.social · Jun 2

🌾 Wellspring’s school project in London shows how straw is reshaping public architecture - quietly, beautifully.

🏫 Heathland School Wellbeing Centre

🔗 www.wellspringarchitecture.co.uk/heathland-sc...

#sbuk #strawbuilding #biobasedmaterials #publicarchitecture #ESBA

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Straw Building UK @strawbuildinguk.bsky.social · May 29

📣 SBUK Symposium is now postponed

New date coming soon 🌾

Thanks for your patience 🙏

More updates soon!

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Straw Building UK @strawbuildinguk.bsky.social · May 22

🗣️ Talks. 🌾 Straw. 🏡🏗️ Construction.

SBUK Symposium hits Swansea 25th - 26th June 2025

Book your place now!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sbuk-sympo...

SBUK Symposium 2025: Biophilia – Nature’s Blueprint

Explore the future of natural building at SBUK's 10th anniversary symposium: talks, workshops and connection.

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Straw Building UK @strawbuildinguk.bsky.social · May 15

🗣️ Open Day

📆 19th May

This strawbale building was featured in one of our webinars by the directors of Hawkland. Do not miss the chance to:

🏗️ See the build – ‘live & direct’
🤝 Meet the design & build team

📩 Contact: [email protected]

#strawbalebuilding #biobased #construction #architecture

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Straw Building UK @strawbuildinguk.bsky.social · May 6

📍Passivhaus designer Annie Benton presented in-situ data from her @ecococon.bsky.social self-build for SBUK.

🌾🏡 Real insights from a lived-in straw home.

📽️ Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5nL...

#sbuk #ecococon #strawbuilding #postoccupancy#sbuk #ecococon #strawbuilding

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