Is straw a viable building material for housing in the United Kingdom?

Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 368-374

  Desborough, Nikki ^a   Samant, Swinal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriboard; Modcell; Straw bale construction

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CLIMATOLOGY; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; HOUSING PROJECT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGULATORY APPROACH; STRAW;

EID: 74049103984     PISSN: 19370695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/SUS.2009.9814     Document Type: Article

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