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Paul Lacinski, co-author of Serious Straw Bale, details how buildings made with straw bales are extraordinarily energy efficient, comfortable to live in and fun to build. A partner in Green Space Collaborative, and environmental consulting firm in Ashfield, Massachusetts, Licinski tells of his involvement in constructing houses using straw bales throughout the United States as well as in Mongolia and China. ECU#557

Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm
Author: piucaprim

Length: 07:41
Rating: 4.50
Views: 21257

Tags: EnviroVideo  Frank-Melli  Green-Sphere  Paul-Lacinski  Smart-Houses  Straw-Bale-House  

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guitartorch123 (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
Straw bale is safer, cheaper, and more efficient than standard frame construction.
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marnold78 (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
Yeah, straw bale housing is a great way of building a house - and in Canada - the Canada Housing and Mortgage Corp has spent a lot of time on fire testing on these structures
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trollab (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
There are actually quite a number of straw bale houses in southwestern Canada - from houses to commercial buildings (including a large warehouse in Calgary) .... it's very viable!
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AKATigerwhispers (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
There are a lot of Straw bale houses in Canada...
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bpocoloco (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
go to the CMHC website and type "straw". "Strawbale" only shows to reports.. rest are under "Straw Bale" :) Happy Reading.
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bpocoloco (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
there are MANY strawbale homes in Canada AND it is a form of building recognized by the building code. Please check your research. In fact the strawbale wall section passed with flying colours in the fire test! (think close to Concrete block levels!) :) And Moisture issues are of bad design. Some people have gotten a LOWER insurance rate once they show these CMHC (Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp) sponsored reports :) Go to CMHC and look up strawbale :) Bale on!
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engboarder (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
Well, ok. Are there any test reports available? Has Underwriters' Laboratories done any lab tests? Positive test results would be required before any building code would start to accept this as a legitimate building system. I searched the Canadian and US Underwriter's Laboratories websites for straw bale with no results
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koksukay (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
Straw bales are not a fire hazard...Moisture ingress is not a problem...Please read up about straw bale building...
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engboarder (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
I'm from southwestern Canada. I'm not sure about the rest of North America, but in Canada our building codes would not allow a straw bale building due to fire hazard and moisture ingress problems. I suppose one would have to build without a building permit in order to have one. In that case, one could not get financing or insurance. Anyone have any answers to this dilemna?
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sistermitzi (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
My dream is to have a strawbale house off the grid, with much tube lighting, solar and wind heat with a southern oriented greenhouse integrated into the house. I like the guy in this video. He seems nervous but that makes him really seem sweet. Maybe I can get him to come build my dreamhome.

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