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Modern building with straw seeks to address climate change

02-21-2007 · University of Bath

Super-insulated, high-performance, low energy 'passive' buildings, built using renewable locally sourced carbon sequestrating materials. This is the vision of a research group, led by the University of Bath, seeking to bring straw bale construction into modern building practice through the development of modular prefabricated panels.

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