CHICAGO: At the award winning straw-built co-housing community up and running in Bramley, Leeds, homeowners have enjoyed a 90 per cent cut in bills, on top of a 20 per cent reduction in initial build costs.
Professor Pete Walker of the University of Bath said, “The construction sector must reduce its energy consumption by 50 per cent and its carbon emission by 80 per cent by 2050, so radical changes are needed to the way we approach house building.
“As a construction material, straw is a low-cost and widely available food co-product that offers real potential for ultra-low carbon housing throughout the UK.
“Building with straw could be a critical point in our trajectory towards a low-carbon future”…
