It's a while since we've featured a straw-based garden office on Shedworking so we were delighted to come across this new project outlined on The Conversation and undertaken by Stuart Walker, Research Fellow in Sustainabilty Assessment at the University of Sheffield. It also uses cob construction so is particularly interesting for those looking for environmentally friendly building solutions.
Here's a snippet:
As sustainability assessment lead at Sheffield University’s Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures, I wanted to make sure my garden office had the lowest possible embodied carbon (a term used to describe the amount of carbon contained, or “embodied” in the materials used to make a product), and low energy use once it was up and running.
That meant the office would need to be very well insulated to avoid using lots of energy to heat it, and made of materials with low carbon content. Due to its structure, straw is a fantastic insulating material.
Well worth a read and also the comments after the main piece which include more details.
Image courtesy of Stuart of him working on his straw bale office by Lorna Jackson.
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