Life Long Learning Programme
This project is funded through the Leonardo da Vinci Lifelong Learning Programme. RESET Development is very grateful for their support:
www.lifelonglearningprogramme.org.uk
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RESET Development, in partnership with seven other EU national agencies, has been awarded funding of 20,000 Euros under the Leonardo da Vinci Life Long Learning Programme, to develop a straw bale qualification, as part 2 of the Leonardo Programme.
RESET is working in partnership with Bee Rowan and Barbara Jones of the previous organisation Amazonails that did so much to develop straw bale as a recognised ecological construction method in the UK and beyond.
More information will follow shortly.
For more information on the Programme:
European Strawbale Network
Leonardo - European Learning Partnership for Strawbale Building
www.lifelonglearningprogramme.org.uk
or the EU Strawbale Network
In 2011 RESET Development was selected as a country partner to the Leonardo da Vinci II Programme, to help design a straw bale training programme and standards for the EU.
Working in partnership with UK straw bale experts Barbara Jones and Bee Rowan, who led the previous Leonardo I Straw Bale Construction programme through Amazonails, RESET is supporting the development of professional training units in association with 6 other country partners, coordinated by the German strawbale association Fachverband Strohballenbau.
Once developed, this training programme and qualification will be transferable throughout the EU. A summary of aims and activities is below.
The 2-year Programme runs from September 2011 - July 2013.
For more information on the Programme:
European Strawbale Network | Leonardo - European Learning Partnership for Strawbale Building
* Fachverband Strohballenbau Deutschland e.V., Germany | Coordinator
* Strobouw, Netherlands
* RESET Development, UK
* Les Compaillons Réseau Français de la construction en paille, France
* Pospolitosť pre harmonický život, Slovakia
* Red de Construcción en Paja, RCP, Spain
* asbn – Österreichisches Netzwerk für Strohballenbau, Austria
* Training
* Good Building Practice
Activities and Results of the Working Groups
Tasks of the Leonardo partnership to be integrated by the working groups
The results of the first Straw Bale Leonardo I project will be extended and developed. We will incorporate the building and training techniques of the new partners, to produce clear guidelines on best practice techniques and details, and incorporate these into a European ECVET training programme for delivery throughout Europe.
1 | Load-bearing (usually pre-compressed) without additional timber and frame construction
2 | Wrapping techniques to add straw bale walls to an existing building to improve thermal quality (refurbishment) or on one side of a new timber and frame construction (inside or outside)
3 | Post-and-beam (1) construction, centered on a straw bale wall (structural elements smaller than straw bales)
4 | Post-and-beam (2) construction with diagonal bracing or structural boards
* vapour (diffusion-open construction, sd-values)
* liquid water (moisture, rain, splash back, moisture barriers and breaks)
* material quality (building physics, performance, technical issues, database)
* fire safety (tests, materials, construction)
* air-tightness (plaster, boards, glued boards, air-strips, connection windows/doors)
* windproof facade (plaster, boards, glued boards, air-strips)
* sound-insulation (heavy materials, sound insulation materials, tests)
* thermal efficiency (bale quality, tests, cold-bridges, additional insulation, heat storage)
* structure (bale quality, compression, timber and frame construction, statics, structural tests)
Training Programme Development
The Training Programme is being developed in the following Units:
Unit 1 (25 h): Straw Talk (Basic Knowledge on straw/straw bales as a material) | France
Unit 2 (25 h): From Bale to House (Techniques for Infill and Pre-Fabrication) | Germany
Unit 3 (25 h): Techniques for Load Bearing and Hybrid | United Kingdom
Unit 4 (25 h): Straw bales as external insulation (Wrapping and Retrofitting) | Spain and Slovakia
Unit 5 (25 h): Finishes (Plasters and cladding) | Germany
Unit 6 (30 h): Building Physics and Sustainability | France
Unit 7 (35 h): Concept for House Design and Maintenance | Spain and Slovakia
Unit 8 (25 h): Marketing and Communication | Netherlands
Austria | 9th - 14th | Ravelsbach nr Vienna
UK | 25th - 30th April | Machynlleth, Wales
France | 13th - 18th June | Brugairolles, southern France
Germany | 21th - 26th November 2012 | Verden, north Germany
Spain | 13th -18th March 2013 | Palafrugell, Girona
Slovakia | 22th -27th May 2013 | Village of Pliesovice
Netherlands | 10th -15th July 2013 | Location to be confirmed
A final report will be prepared for September 2013.
If you would like to know more about the programme, do get in touch
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