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A Systematic Review Of Thermal And Moisture Performance Of Straw-Bale Houses In Hot And Humid Climates

Journal: International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research (Vol.6, No. 1)

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Page : 12-18

Keywords : Energy efficiency; Moisture Performance; Sustainability; Straw-Bale buildings.;

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Abstract

As architects and home-owners look for innovative ways to help reduce their carbon footprint in the campaign against climate change straw bale could become a new tool in the building industrys armory. In order to bring this form of building into the mainstream sector as well as benefit from its inherent low carbon and high insulation characteristics it is necessary to guarantee the long-term durability of the straw. Sources of data included extensive literature search of relevant English language articles and the results of literature search of Elsevier Science Direct ISI Web of Knowledge ProQuest Central Scopus and Google. This study strives to make an exhaustive review of straw-bale performance in different climates and respective improvements from an energy efficiency perspective. This research revealed that when straw-bale buildings are constructed using the correct and specific technique moisture and thermal intrusion did not seem to be detrimental to the health of the building regardless of the climate. Furthermore building with straw can lead to low thermal transfer relatively high thermal inertia and high moisture regulation capacity. The study concluded that at a time when the importance of building sustainably is widely accepted it would seem imperative that the potential of building systems like this that use renewable resources readily available and have low embodied energy is further studied.

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