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THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF THREE DIFFERENT STRAWBALE BUILDINGS AT THE KERKENES ECO-CENTER
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Date
2013-01-01
Author
Elias Özkan, Soofia Tahira
Summers, Francoise
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By and large, straw is not considered to be a building material, yet in comparison with traditional materials, building with straw bales is definitely more energy-efficient, eco-friendly, and low-cost; qualities that are desirable in sustainable buildings. This paper presents information on three different straw bales buildings at the Kerkenes Eco-Center, which is located in the village of Sahmuratli in central Anatolia, Turkey. The first of these was constructed with load-bearing straw bale walls; the second with straw bales as infill in a timber-frame structure; while the third utilized straw bales in combination with Autoclave Aerated Concrete (AAC) blocks. This last was a hybrid wall construction that has been tried for the first time to take advantage of the thermal-insulation property of straw combined with the humidity-regulating property of mud plaster inside and the weather-resistance property of AAC outside. These three buildings are being monitored for their temperature and humidity variances with the help of data loggers; this data is also presented herein.
Subject Keywords
Geography, Planning and Development
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General Environmental Science
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Strawbale building
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Eco-center
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Innovative wall
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Thermal comfort
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Greenhouse
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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/43738
Journal
JOURNAL OF GREEN BUILDING
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3992/jgb.8.4.110
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Department of Architecture, Article