This work is aimed to report the worldwide studies, researches and applications, paying attention to energy efficiency and housing comfort. Reducing, recycling and reusing are the main objectives in choosing straw as a construction material, allowing to adopt a methodological approach that could take in consideration the whole building life-cycle. Starting from the history of straw’s use in construction, many examples of buildings using such a material within their shell and body will be reported. Furthermore, the main characteristics will be investigated, revealing the excellent mechanical, energy and insulation performance, also in terms of durability (i.e. some early-XX century buildings use straw technology are still inhabited). In such a new culture, all the people involved in construction (architects, engineers, customers, contractors, etc.) contribute in a synergic and integrated way to the realization of an efficient built environment: respectful of the local characters and competitive in terms of management and maintenance costs. Furthermore, the Kyoto protocol and the recent national and European regulations objectives might be easily achieved. Finally, use of straw in construction, beyond contributing in fighting the energetic and environmental emergency, has some interesting consequences also in the agricultural sector as it would allow the disposal and transformation in useful resources of the great amount of such a material produced in the cereal industry.

Questo studio ha lo scopo di segnalare ricerche e applicazioni in ambito costruttivo europeo e non solo della paglia, con particolare attenzione all'efficienza energetica e al comfort abitativo. Il riciclo e riutilizzo dei materiali naturali sono gli obiettivi principali nella scelta di paglia come materiale da costruzione, consentendo di adottare un approccio metodologico complessivo, che potrebbe prendere in considerazione l'intero edificio del ciclo di vita. Partendo dalla storia dell'utilizzo di paglia nella costruzione edilizia, saranno riportati molti esempi di edifici che utilizzano tale materiale all'interno del loro involucro e struttura. Le caratteristiche principali della paglia saranno oggetto di indagine, rivelandone l'ottima performance meccanica, energetica e l'isolamento, anche in termini di durata. In una nuovo approccio culturale, tutte gli operatori coinvolti nella costruzione (architetti, ingegneri, clienti, fornitori, etc.) contribuiscono in sinergia e in maniera integrata alla realizzazione di un ambiente costruito efficiente: rispettoso dei caratteri locali e competitivo in termini di costi di gestione e manutenzione. Infine, l'uso di paglia in edilizia, oltre a contribuire a combattere l'emergenza energetica ed ambientale, ha alcune conseguenze interessanti anche nel settore agricolo in quanto consentirebbe lo smaltimento e trasformazione in risorse utili di grandi volumi di tale materiale prodotto nel settore cerealicolo.

Campisi, T., Saeli, M. (2016). Straw as a contemporary biomaterial: energetic efficiency and enviromental sustanaibility. In Sustainability and Innovation for the future (pp. 1-10). Albufeira : Atti del Convegno pubblicati online.

Straw as a contemporary biomaterial: energetic efficiency and enviromental sustanaibility

CAMPISI, Tiziana
;
SAELI, Manfredi
2016-01-01

Abstract

This work is aimed to report the worldwide studies, researches and applications, paying attention to energy efficiency and housing comfort. Reducing, recycling and reusing are the main objectives in choosing straw as a construction material, allowing to adopt a methodological approach that could take in consideration the whole building life-cycle. Starting from the history of straw’s use in construction, many examples of buildings using such a material within their shell and body will be reported. Furthermore, the main characteristics will be investigated, revealing the excellent mechanical, energy and insulation performance, also in terms of durability (i.e. some early-XX century buildings use straw technology are still inhabited). In such a new culture, all the people involved in construction (architects, engineers, customers, contractors, etc.) contribute in a synergic and integrated way to the realization of an efficient built environment: respectful of the local characters and competitive in terms of management and maintenance costs. Furthermore, the Kyoto protocol and the recent national and European regulations objectives might be easily achieved. Finally, use of straw in construction, beyond contributing in fighting the energetic and environmental emergency, has some interesting consequences also in the agricultural sector as it would allow the disposal and transformation in useful resources of the great amount of such a material produced in the cereal industry.
2016
Settore ICAR/10 - Architettura Tecnica
978-989-98949-4-5
Campisi, T., Saeli, M. (2016). Straw as a contemporary biomaterial: energetic efficiency and enviromental sustanaibility. In Sustainability and Innovation for the future (pp. 1-10). Albufeira : Atti del Convegno pubblicati online.
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