General sales now open for ASBP’s 2026 Healthy Buildings Conference! Book now to avoid disappointment. Only a limited number of tickets are available. @asbpuk.bsky.social us5.campaign-archive.com?u=c613327e65...

This week in Barcelona: Europe’s leading straw builders, designers + manufacturers meet for #ESBG2025 🌾 Exciting days ahead! #ESBG2025 #Strawbale #BiobasedConstruction www.linkedin.com/posts/cypren...

We welcome Clara Koehler to #SBUK2025 🎉 Her talk on biobased materials + net zero shows how you can cut carbon & also why wider changes in how we build are essential. 📅 4th Nov | NSBRC, Swindon ➡ Get your early bird tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biophilia-... #SBUK2025 #biophilia

🌾 Wheat or rice? 🎤 Dr Judith Thornton asks what straw we should build with and why it matters. Early bird tickets are available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biophilia-... #SBUK2025 @ukceh.bsky.social

In-person events/training by our Members asbp.org.uk/partner-memb... 28-29 Aug 2025. A 2-day course on lime by Ty-Mawr, Wales. 28 Aug 2025. Ask the Ecological Building Systems experts, Swindon. 3-7 Sept 2025. A @schoolofnatbuild.bsky.social 5-day practical straw bale building course in Devon.

🌿 Jonathan Davies joins #SBUK2025 with High Performance, Low Carbon: Parc y Rhodyn, the UK’s first off-grid Passivhaus, built with Huff & Puff Construction (UK) 🏡 Early bird tickets are available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biophilia-... #strawbuilding #biophilia

📢 Paul Crosby joins #SBUK2025! 🎤 Natural Architecture - Designing to a natural scale, specifying with nature in mind in heritage. 📅 4th November 2025 🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biophilia-... #SBUK2025 #biophilia #naturalarchitecture #heritagearchitecture #strawbuilding #lowcarbonconstruction

🌾 80% energy savings with straw META2020 retrofit the University of Burgos into an nZEB. Visit Spain and hear META2020’s story and, many speakers at #ESBG2025 esbg2025.casasdepaja.org #ESBA #biobased #retrofit

📊 14 months of IEQ data in a straw bale home in England. 🌬️ No MVHR. No overheating. Read the paper: sciexplor.com/articles/jbd... 👏 Congrats Janice A. Foster, Filbert Musau, Barbara Jones & Sam Foster #sbuk #ieq #naturalbuilding

🌾 Tangent alert: straw is not a waste product - it's a co-product. 📊 That difference matters for carbon accounting. 🧱 We explore it at the SBUK Symposium 2025. 🎟️ Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biophilia-... #sbuk2025 #biophilia #biobasedmaterials

UP STRAW laid the foundations. Now we build. 400+ straw building resources from across the world: 📚 Zotero archive → vb.nweurope.eu/projects/pro... 📍 4th November | NSBRC Swindon 🎟️ SBUK Symposium 2025 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biophilia-... #SBUK2025 #biophilia #tuesdaythoughts

#retrofit #strawbuilding #biobased 👇

Hear about Denmark’s successful Reduction Roadmap #EmbodiedCarbon Story. Could #PartZ do the same for the UK? Webinar recording now available: asbp.org.uk/webinar-reco... With Reduction Roadmap’s Fabian Lecker & Sinus Lynge of EFFEKT Architects; and Part Z’s Tim den Dekker & Will Arnold.

Building with straw? Explore our guide for advice, case studies, and planning help. Members can help you take the next step. www.strawbuildinguk.org/self-build 📷 Mike Penfold #biophilia #strawbuild #selfbuild

🎉 NSBRC is now a certified B Corp. 📍 They will host the SBUK Symposium on 4 November - a full day on biophilia and natural materials. 🎟️ Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biophilia-... 🤝 Platinum sponsors: @ecococon.bsky.social Ecological Building Systems #SBUK2025 #biophilia #biobasedmaterials

Congratulations 🎉🌾🏡

🎉 #SBUK2025 is live! 📍 4 Nov @ NSBRC Swindon 🌿 Biobased futures, 10 years strong 🎟️ Tickets now open. Let’s build what’s next. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biophilia-... 🤝 Platinum Sponsors: Ecococon + EBS, now one team UK & Ireland. #SBUK2025 #biobasedmaterials #architecture #retrofit #construction

If you can make it, be there tomorrow 🌾

Spotlight on European Straw Building Gathering 2025 Speakers! Founder of @schoolofnatbuild.bsky.social & founding member of SBUK, Barbara Jones is a presenting at #esbg2025 Early Bird tickets are here: esbg2025.casasdepaja.org #ESBA #reddeconstruccionconpaja #RCP #bioconstrucciones

A straw-insulated home does not need to shout - it simply feels right. @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social’s home holds steady at 21°C even in a heatwave. Visit a Passivhaus near you during their Open Days later this month: www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/event_detail...

🌾 Wellspring’s school project in London shows how straw is reshaping public architecture - quietly, beautifully. 🏫 Heathland School Wellbeing Centre 🔗 www.wellspringarchitecture.co.uk/heathland-sc... #sbuk #strawbuilding #biobasedmaterials #publicarchitecture #ESBA

📣 SBUK Symposium is now postponed New date coming soon 🌾 Thanks for your patience 🙏 More updates soon!

🗣️ Talks. 🌾 Straw. 🏡🏗️ Construction. SBUK Symposium hits Swansea 25th - 26th June 2025 Book your place now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sbuk-sympo...

🗣️ Open Day 📆 19th May This strawbale building was featured in one of our webinars by the directors of Hawkland. Do not miss the chance to: 🏗️ See the build – ‘live & direct’ 🤝 Meet the design & build team 📩 Contact: [email protected] #strawbalebuilding #biobased #construction #architecture

📍Passivhaus designer Annie Benton presented in-situ data from her @ecococon.bsky.social self-build for SBUK. 🌾🏡 Real insights from a lived-in straw home. 📽️ Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5nL... #sbuk #ecococon #strawbuilding #postoccupancy#sbuk #ecococon #strawbuilding

📆 Tomorrow: lived experience meets real data. 🏡 Annie Benton on life inside an Ecococon home. 🌾 More info & registration details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-an-eco... #SBUK

Welcoming Agreka Build to SBUK! Their product,WHEATEX, is the world’s first circular biobased insulation board, made from wheat straw 🌾🏡 www.agrekabuild.com A real step forward in innovative, biobased construction. #sbuk

🌡️ Thermal data from an occupied Ecococon home Shared by Passive House designer Annie Benton. Tickets now live: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-an-eco...

Here at SBUK, Every Day Is #EarthDay A timelapse from Wales – showing what low-impact, biobased construction looks like today, not tomorrow. *Hawkland Constructions* *Huff and Puff Constructions* @ecococon.bsky.social #biobased #plantbased #naturalmaterials

🤫 Psst! Did you know that the housing crisis continues unabated? Are you up for being a bit radical? Well, keep it quiet, but Radical might have to be the new normal! But remember, the first Rule of Radical, is you do not talk about Radical! Please, do not share! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/radical-ho...

We're new here, but not new to the world. We've been putting out stuff about natural building and ecological design for almost 33 years! Here's a little bit about a few DIY-ers helped revive natural building methods: www.thelaststraw.org/a-history-of...

Biobased building materials – not just low carbon, but rooted positively in place. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

📌 @news.architectsjournal.co.uk spotlights: #biobased building 🌾 Good to see *Wellspring Architecture* & @schoolofnatbuild.bsky.social in the mix 🏡 #SBUK #strawbuilding #construction

🌾 Chris & Ben (Hawkland) unpack timber framing for straw bale buildings in our latest webinar 🎥 Watch here: buff.ly/K1PiOG4 #SBUK #strawbuilding #timber #webinar #construction

Radical Housing Conference Scotland Part 2! A conference at the Birnam Arts Centre & online too. An affordable home is the oxymoron of our time. We have one conference rule: don't come to describe the problem, bring only solutions! @scotecodesign.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/radical-ho...

🚨 Today – 1300 (GMT) 
Timber Framing for Straw Bale Construction 🪵📐🏗️
 Designing timber frames for straw bale buildings is a skill - Hawkland brings real-world experience to the table. 🎟️ Register here: bit.ly/4hJkGr2
 #strawbuilding #timberframing #timber #naturalbuilding #biobasedmaterials

Timber framing or load-bearing straw bale? 🌿🏗️ 25th March, 1pm - 2pm, Hawkland will explore their approach to timber framing for straw bale builds, using their latest project as a case study. 🎟️ Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/timber-fra... #strawbalebuilding #timberframing #naturalbuilding

EPDs & straw 🌾 what do they tell us about embodied carbon? 🌍 Watch our latest webinar with @thewoodlouse.bsky.social 🎥 ➡️ youtu.be/rCIBXu-LKaQ #strawconstruction #embodiedcarbon #epds #sustainablebuilding #biogeniccarbon

Advantage of passivhaus number 3942 You can hang your washing on a rack anywhere at home and as if by magic, it's all dry the next day. No bother and no risk of mould.

📆 Wednesday 12th February, 1300 GMT Mesh Energy welcomes Annie Benton MD of Adyta. She’ll share insights from building her own straw panel home, including measured #performance #data from this innovative #biobased project. Join here: lnkd.in/enuHN5xY #SBUK #strawbuilding #materials

Pre-manufactured, loaded up and soon heading to Cornwall 💚 Who wants to go next?

SBUK February Webinar: EPDs & Straw Construction with John Butler. Wednesday 12th Feb, 1pm GMT. Learn how straw stacks up! 🌾🌍 Register now! 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sbuk-webin... #EPD #strawbuilding

📺 Webinar Replay: 🌾🏡 Learn how Lee Johnson built a sustainable family home with heavyweight straw bales. 💻 Watch now: youtu.be/yl-k-G_6y9Q #strawbuilding #strawbalehouse #construction

Online events by our Partners and Members - on 22nd January 2025. asbp.org.uk/partner-memb... TDUK: Decarbonisation and Product Circularity @passivhaustrust.bsky.social: Design Optimisation at Scale @strawbuildinguk.bsky.social: Building with Big Bales Ecological Building Systems: Breathable IWI

Starting this week 🌾🏡

Events by our Partners and Members - happening on 21st January 2025. asbp.org.uk/partner-memb... Site visit in Bristol @thegreenregister.bsky.social Whole Life Cycle Assessments webinar - Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) virtual Open Day

Heavyweight bales, creative solutions, and lessons learned! SBUK's lunchtime webinar on 22nd Jan 1-2 pm. Save your spot: www.eventbrite.com/e/sbuk-janua... #strawbuilding #strawbalehouse #construction #webinar

Yesterday’s news for today and tomorrow ✅🏡🏗️ @ecococon.bsky.social #Ecococon #SustainableBuilding #FireSafety #Construction #REI45

It’s inspiring to see straw recognised as a key player in #sustainable #construction At @strawbuildinguk.bsky.social were committed to advancing its use in UK. #strawbuilding #strawbalehouse #biobased