
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Fire protection of multi-storey straw bale buildings
J. Wachtling, D. Hosser & J. Zehfuß
Institute of Building Materials, Concrete Construction and Fire Protection (iBMB),
Technische Universität Braunschweig (Institute of Technology), Braunschweig, Germany
ABSTRACT: Straw bale buildings consist of load bearing timber frame elements with straw bales used as
insulation. These constructions with special emphasis on sustainability can be found worldwide (King 2007,
Scharmer 2011). As a lighthouse