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Straw Bale Resources

Publications in print

Corum, N. (ed), Building a Straw Bale House: The Red Feather Construction Handbook, Princeton Architectural Press, 2005

Gray, A.T., Hall, A., (eds), Strawbale Homebuilding, Earth Garden Books, 2000

Haggard, K., Clark, S., Straw Bale Construction Detail Book, California Straw Bale Building Association, 2000

Hollis, M., Practical Straw Bale Building, Landlinks Press, 2005

Jones, B., Building with Straw Bales, Green Books, 2002

King, B., Buildings of Earth and Straw, Ecological Design Press, 1996

King, B. (ed), Design of Straw Bale Buildings, Green Building Press, 2006

Lacinski, P., Bergeron, M., Serious Straw Bale, Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2000

Lemer, K., Goode, P.W., Building Official’s Guide to Straw Bale Construction, California Straw Bale Building Association, 2000

Macdonald S.O., Myhrman, M., Built it with Bales, Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1997

Magwood, C., Mack, P., Straw Bale Building, New Society Publishers, 2000

Magwood, C., Mack, P., Themen, T., More Straw Bale Building, New Society Publishers, 2005

Magwood, C., Walker, C., Straw Bale Details, New Society Publishers, 2001

Minke, G., Mahlke, F., Building with Straw, Birkhauser, 2005

Myhrman, M., Macdonald, S.O., Built it with Bales, Out On Bale Publishers, 1997

Rich, R., Smith, K., Earth Garden Building Book, Penguin Books, 2005

Roberts, C., A House of Straw, Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2002

Snell, C., Callahan, T., Building Green, Shelter Publishing, 2006

Steen, A.S., Steen, B., Bainbridge, D., The Straw Bale House, Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1994

Steen, A.S. , Steen, B., The Beauty of Straw Bale Homes, Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2000

Steen, B., Steen, A.S., Bingham, W.J., Small Straw Bale, Gibbs-Smith Publisher, 2005

Wanek, C., The New Strawbale Home, Gibbs-Smith Publisher, 2003

Publications sourced from the Internet

Arbour, E., Design Dead Load of a Straw Bale Wall, University of Manitoba, 2000

Ash, C., Aschheim,M., Mar, D., In Plane Cyclic Tests of Plastered Straw Bale Wall Assemblies, nd Available through the Ecological Building Network Website

ASTM E72, Compression Test of Plastered Straw Bale Walls, ASTM, 1999

ASTM E72 80, Compressive, Transverse and Racking Tests of Load-bearing Walls, ASTM, 1998

ASTM E84-98 Surface Burning Characteristics 001, Straw Bale.

ASTM E119, Small Scale Fire Test, 1993

ASTM E119-05a Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials: 1 Hr Fire resistance test of a non-loadbearing straw bale wall, 2006 Available through the Ecological Building Network Website

ASTM E119-05a Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials: 2 Hr Fire resistance test of a non-loadbearing straw bale wall, 2006 Available through the Ecological Building Network Website

Bilello, J., Carter, R., Missile Perforation Threshold Speeds for Straw Bale Wall Construction with a Stucco Finish, The Wind Engineering Research Centre, Texas Tech University, 1999

Black, G., Mannik, H., Spar and Membrane Structure, The Last Straw #17, 1997

Blum. B., Dick, K., Load Carrying Behaviour of On Edge Straw Bale Walls, University of Manitoba, 2002

Bou-Ali, G., Compressive and Lateral Loading of Straw Bale Walls, University of Arizona, 1993

Boynton, J., Straw Bale Bending and Cement Plaster/Straw Bale Bond Testing, California Polytechnical State University, 1999

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Straw Bale Moisture Sensor Study, nd

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Energy Use in Straw Bale House, 02-115, nd

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Wood Usage in Straw Bale House Construction, 02-116, nd

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Moisture Properties of Plaster and Stucco for Straw Bale Buildings, 00-132, nd

Carrick, J., Glassford, J., Vertical Loading, Creep, Transverse Loading, and Racking Loading on Plastered Straw-Bale Walls, University of New South Wales, 1998

CASBA, Building Officials Guide, California Straw Building Association, 2000

Centre d'Expertise du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics, Utilisation de la Paille en Parois de Maison Individuelles à Ossaure Bois (Use of straw for walling of detached timber framed houses), 2004

Dick, K., Report to the Ontario Building Code Commission, 2002

Dick, K.J., Britton, M.G., Design Approach for Load Bearing Strawbale Walls, University of Manitoba, 2002

Donahue, K., Testing of Straw Bale Walls with Out of Plane Walls, 2003 Available through the Ecological Building Network Website

Donahue, K., Arkin, D., Preliminary Report on Out-of-Plane Testing of an 8 foot by 8 foot Straw Bale/Pisé Wall Panel, Consolidated Engineering Laboratories, 2001

Donald Breen School of Environmental Science and Management, Waste Today, Wall Tomorrow, nd

Donald Breen School of Environmental Science and Management, Product Comparison, nd

Dreger, D., Dick, K., Compression Resistance of a Stuccoed Straw Bale Wall, University of Manitoba, 2002

Endean, E., Pre-fabricated Straw Bale Panels, University of Bath, 2006

Faine, M., Zhang, J., A Pilot Study Examining the Strength, Compressibility and Serviceability of Rendered Straw Bale Walls for Two Storey Load Bearing Construction, University of Western Sydney, 2002

Faine, M., Zhang, J., A Pilot Study examining and comparing the load bearing capacity and behaviour of an earth rendered straw bale wall to cement rendered straw bale wall. University of Western Sydney, 2002

Faine, M., Zhang, J., Preliminary Discussion of Bale on Edge Wall Test, University of Western Australia, 2005

Field, K., Woods, J., Fedrigo, C., Structural Testing of Straw Bales in Axial Compression, 2005

Gallimore, P., The Straw Bale House: Not for the Eastern United States, nd

Gonzalez, H.J., Manufacture of a Wood Timber moisture probe (in French), nd

Goodhew, S., Griffiths, R., Wooley, T., An investigation of the moisture content in the walls of a straw-bale building, Building and Environment, 39, 1443-1451, 2004

Goodhew, S., Griffiths, R., Analysis of thermal-probe measurements using an iterative method to give sample conductivity and diffusivity data, Applied Energy, 77, 205-223, 2004

Goodhew, S., Griffiths, R., Sustainable earth walls to meet the building regulations, Energy and Buildings, 37, 451-459, 2005

Grandsaert, M.F., A Compression Test of Plastered Straw-bale Walls, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1999

Jolly, R., Strawbale Moisture Monitoring Report, 2000 (CMHC technical series 00-103)

Jolly, R., Strawbale Moisture Monitoring Report, 2000 (Full report)

Jones, B., Information Guide to Straw Bale Building, Amazon Nails, 2001

Jumez,V., Thuillier, B., Bilan Carbone du bâtiment de bureaux URBILOG, 2006

King, B., Straw Bale Construction , 2001

King, B., Load-Bearing Straw Bale Construction, 2003 Available through the Ecological Building Network Website

Lerner, K., Donahue, K., Structural Testing of Plasters for Straw Bale Construction, 2003 Available through the Ecological Building Network Website

Mar, D., Straw Bale Vault Test, Consolidated Engineering Laboratories, 1998

Mar, D., Bearing Test of Plastered Straw Bales, Ecological Building Network, 2003

Mas, C.J., Everbach, E.C., Acoustical Characterisation of Straw Bales as Structural Elements, Acoustical Society of America, nd

McCabe, J., The Thermal Resistivity of Straw Bales for Construction, Master's Thesis, University of Arizona, 1993

Nichols, J., Raap, S., Straw Bale Shear Wall Lateral Load Test, California Polytechnic State University, 2000

Platts, B., Chapman, L., Developing and Proof-Testing the ‘Prestressed Nebraska’ Method for Improved Production of Baled Fibre Housing, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 1996

Platts, B., Pilot study of moisture control in stuccoed straw bale walls, 1997

Ramirez, J.C., Riley, D., Strength Testing of Stucco and Plaster Veneered Straw-Bale Walls, University of Washington, 1998

Ruskey, J., Incentives and impediments to the adoption of Green Building Technologies, nd

Ruppert, J., Grandsaert, M., A Compression Test of Plastered Straw-Bale Walls, University of Colorado, 1999

Schmeckpepper, E.R., Allen, J., Evaluation of a Straw Bale Composite Wall, Allen Engineering, 1999

SHE Consultants, Moisture in Straw Bale Housing – Nova Scotia, 1998

Smith, D., Creep in Bale Walls, DSA Architects, 2003 Available through the Ecological Building Network Website

Stafford, C., For the Land of Camels: A Straw Bale Test Wall for seventeen foot high ceiling structures in the Kingdon of Saudi Arabia, Christopher Stafford Architects, nd

Stepnuk, L., Resistance to Shear in Stuccoed Straw Bale Walls, University of Manitoba, 2002

Stone, N., Cummins, T., Thermal Performance of Straw Bale Walls, California Energy Commission, 1999

Stone, N., Thermal Performance of Straw Bale Wall Systems, 2003 Available through the Ecological Building Network Website

Straube, J., Moisture Control in Strawbale Homes: Report to Ontario Building Code Commission, 1999

Straube, J., Schumacher, C., Monitoring the Hygrothermal Performance of Strawbale Walls, nd. Available through the Ecological Building Network Website

Straube, J., Moisture Properties of Plaster and Stucco for Strawbale Buildings, nd Available through the Ecological Building Network Website

Summers, M.D., Blunk, S.L., Jenkins, B.M., How Straw Decomposes: Implications for Straw Bale Construction, 2003 Available through the Ecological Building Network Website

Swearingen, J., Moisture Barriers in Straw-Bale Construction (1), nd

Swearingen, J., Moisture Barriers in Straw-Bale Construction (2), nd

Taha Ashour, The use of renewable agricultural by-Products as building materials, PhD Thesis, Zagazig University, Benha, Egypt, 2003

Taylor, B., Vardy, S., NacDougall, C., Compressive Strength Testing of Earthen Plasters for Straw Bale Wall Application, Queen’s University, nd

Theis, B., Straw Bale Fire Safety

US Department of Energy, House of Straw, 1995

US Department of Housing & Urban Development, Southwest Housing Traditions, US Department of Housing & Urban Development, 2005

Vardy, S., MacDougall, C., Compressive Testing and Analysis of Plastered Straw Bales, Queen’s University, 2004

Vardy, S., Compressive Testing and Analysis of a Typical Straw Bale Plaster, Queen’s University, nd

Walker, P., Compression Load Testing of Straw Bale Walls, University of Bath, 2004

Watts, K., Wilkie, K., Thompson, K., Corson, J., Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Straw Bale as they relate to a Straw House, Canadian Society of Agricultural Engineering, 1995

Wheeler, A., Riley, D., Boothby, T., The Effects of Plasteres Skin Confinement on the Performance of Straw Bale Wall Systems, 2004

White, N., Iwanicha, C., In-plane Lateral Loading of a Stuccoed Straw Bale Wall, California Polytechnic State University, 1997

Wimmer, R., Hohensinner, H., Janisch, L., Drack, M., Heat Insulation Performance of Straw Bales and Straw Bale Walls, Vienna University of Technology, nd

Zhang, J., Load-Carrying Characteristics of a Single Straw Bale Under Compression, University of Western Sydney, 2002

Internet Links

Coppinger, J. (ed), The Last Straw Journal, www.thelaststraw.org

Straw Bale Testing Development Centre for Appropriate Technology

US Department of Energy, Building with Awareness

http://www.dcat.net/ Development Center for Appropriate Technology

http://strawbuilding.org/ California Straw Building Association (NB. This was off-line on 26-3-07)

http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/ Ecological Building Network

http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/ Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Reports:

Straw Bale Moisture Sensor Study

http://strawbalebuilding.ca/pdf/CMHC%2096-206.pdf (accessed 21-3-07)

Straw Bale House Moisture Series

http://strawbalebuilding.ca/pdf/CMHC%2000-103_e.pdf (accessed 21-3-07)

Moisture Properties of Plaster and Stucco for Straw Bale Buildings

http://strawbalebuilding.ca/pdf/CMHC%2000-132_e.pdf (accessed 21-3-07)

Moisture Properties of Plaster and Stucco for Straw Bale Buildings (Draft Report)

http://strawbalebuilding.ca/pdf/CMHC%2000-132_e%20Report%20DRAFT.pdf (accessed 21-3-07)

Wood Usage in Straw Bale House Construction

CMHC Technical report # 02-116

Straw Bale Housing: Selective Bibliography (1998)

http://strawbalebuilding.ca/pdf/CMHC%20Straw%20Bale%20Housing%20a%20Selective%20Bibliography.pdf (accessed 21-3-07)

Initial Material Characterisation of Straw Light Clay

http://strawbalebuilding.ca/pdf/Research%20Hilights%20-%20Light%20Clay%20Straw.pdf (accessed 21-3-07)

Energy Use in Straw Bale Houses

http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/publications/en/rh-pr/tech/02-115e.pdf (accessed 27-3-07)