[GSBN] Prefabricated and/or Modular Natural Building Systems

[Bill Steen]

Lars,
Having been given a good introduction to this system last summer during the European SB conference in Venice, it gets my thumbs up when it comes to panel based systems. There is a lot to recommend it. 

And yes, it is most definitely a straight wall system, there is no doubt about that.
I think the trick will be getting these panels produced in the countries or locations where they will be used. Moving them around the Euro continent from Lithuania is somewhat of a drawback, but perhaps some of this has been remedied since last summer.

From what I saw about the way the panels are produced there is another issue that needs to be addressed. It requires full length stems of straw to be used when assembling the panels. I’m doubtful that many of the modern hybrid wheat varieties would be suitable. But I don’t know enough about the manufacture of them to really say. 

Yes it is most definitely a straight wall/angular way of using straw. Hah, I have no remedy for this digression from the “good old days” of curvy and crazy walls that were once the norm. What can I say, even my kids are obsessed with making straight walls with angular corners. So therefore......

Bill


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> On May 30, 2018, at 10:57 PM, Lars Keller <larskeller at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Féile,
> For the last 4 years I have been working with the prefab system EcoCocon.eu
> There are now partners from 17 European countries involved. The system is C2C- and PH-certified.
> Here in Denmark the system is able to “communicate” with architects and other advisers in a way I have been missing previously.
> The pros of the system is that it is fully certified and “speaks the language of the System”. It is fast. It is airtight though diffusion-open.
> The cons of the system is that it is hard to not make straight walls.
> Best, Lars
> 
> PS: congrats with the yes-vote !
> 
>> ons. 30. maj 2018 kl. 11.34 skrev Feile Butler <feile at mudandwood.com>:
>> Hi All
>> 
>> I have a colleague who is presenting at a sustainable homes event in the near future. She is looking at prefabricated/modular natural building systems - the type that can be more acceptable to mainstream builders, as opposed to the more hands-on, raw approach.
>> 
>> I have pointed her in the direction of ModCell in the UK, Martin Rauch's prefabricated rammed earth panels in Austria and also some raw earth/cob block people.
>> 
>> I would love to hear about more systems you know of from all around the world.
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> 
>> Féile Butler
>> B.Arch MRIAI Conservation Grade III
>> Executive Board Member of Earth Building UK and Ireland (EBUKI)
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