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Bohdan assists in our strawbale building workshops.
Bohdan Dorniak owns an architectural firm which has extensive experience designing strawbale houses. He has a number of projects in progress around the state.
He is also one of the founding members of AUSBALE, the Australian Strawbale Building Associaton.
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Lance Kairl is South Australias most experienced straw bale builder. He is also passionately committed to helping people to gain the skills to build their own dwellings through workshops and on-the- job assistance. He has been in the building trade for well over 10 years and brings a fusion of the knowledge of conventional, energy efficient and alternative design and construction to each project he undertakes.
His business, House of Bales is involved in the construction of a number of h...
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There are some 10,000 plus pages about strawbale construction on the Internet and the number is growing all the time.
Within Australia
Huff n Puff - John Glassford, strawbale builder, NSW
House of Bales - Lance Kairl, Goolwa SA
Overseas:
Strawbale Surfin
The US Dept of Energy - excellent for practical building info and many graphs and certified results comparing materials
Greenbuilder - passive Solar design concepts and rules of thumb
The Development Center for Appropriate Technology (DCAT) -...
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Straw bale walls can be built very much like brick walls, stacking the bales on top of a concrete foundation with a damp proof material (heavy plastic) between the concrete and the bales to stop any moisture getting from the ground into the wall. They are held down firmly by high tensile fencing wire or rods which are attached to a top plate, something strong like a...
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This summary of straw-bale building is part of a project by Nikki Brookman and Catherine Oermann Trinity College Gawler. It contains information derived from literature on the topic and some unique research on the insulation qualities of straw bale walls.
Please use the links below to jump to specific information:
Summary
History of strawbale building
Some benefits of straw bale construction
Sustainability
Cool in summer, warm in winter
Insulation against the movement of heat
Our...
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A revolution has been quietly taking place in the housing industry as more and more people choose to construct their homes with straw-bales and the rate of adoption of straw-bale building is set to accelerate as a result of the testing of straw-bale construction in extreme bushfire simulations by the CSIROs Building, Construction and Engineering Division in North Ryde, Sydney.
Test walls were subjected to sustained and then extreme heat (well over the specified bushfire front simulation of 29...
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Reinvent your home and garden with strawbale building
Strawbale building is sweeping across Australia as progressive architects and environmentally sensitive home builders realise that this simple technology gives them the opportunity to create walls with uniquely natural shapes, textures and colours; walls that are strong, weatherproof, cheap and easy to build yourself.
The superb insulation qualities, the cost savings, the satisfaction of being involved in the building of your own...
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For tens of thousands of years Aboriginal people got their food from the native plants and other creatures which inhabited this ancient continent. A rich range of staple foods, eggs, herbs, spices, stimulants, tanning agents, creams, anaelgesics and other pharmaceuticals, possibly even contraceptives, were found in the natural environment. Through seeing, touching and tasting this one-day course will introduce you to the Bush Tucker that can be grown in gardens and on farms, from identification...
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Southern Australias unique environment enables us to grow plant varieties which provide long seasons of fresh food from almost any species we choose but even the best planned garden or orchard produces the occasional glut. And anyway there are so many types of food that we would love to have out of season; pickled olives, dried fruit, frozen sweetcorn and delicious nuts sound pretty inviting in the middle of winter.
Preserving is the answer and this course will teach you the secrets of small...
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As demand for certified organic food continues to skyrocket in markets around the World, Australian landholders are beginning to realise the importance of the export markets and growing domestic markets which are now available to certified organic growers. This is a short course to introduce potential growers to the practicalities of organic production.
Data researched by the Queensland Department of Primary Industries shows annual growth in the organic food market of 15% annually in the countri...
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