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Using straw bale construction is an excellent way to build a green home. Benefits for this type of green construction offer a higher fire resistance and load bearing capacity than that of standard construction methods.

In choosing to construct with straw bale, people are minimizing wood building consumption while creating a healthier environment for those working to build the home and for those who will be living in the home.

Straw bale is comprised of a surplus waste of wheat, oats, barley, rye and rice straw stems that are formed into bales. The material used to create the straw would otherwise be thrown away for fermentation or burnt.

One concern that many people have when it comes to using a “throw away” type organic material is how long will their straw bales last. In using straw bales for green construction, the bales are packed in various methods using clay, lime or mixed Earth based plasters. When the bales are packed they are no longer exposed to air or water and it is in the non-exposure to those elements that stops the organic break down of the straw. An interesting point to note is that straw bale homes constructed in the 1800’s across Europe and North America are still standing.

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The growing popularity of the green movement here in America has brought the ideal of green building into the mainstream. Even with the housing shortage and mortgage issues that currently plague our country there are more commercial builders picking up green building, just as there are more individuals who want to start green building on their own.

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