Beware of Wolves, but Straw Houses Could Help with Climate Change
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Beware of wolves, but straw houses could help with climate change
Paul Lewis, an architectural professor at Princeton University has built a cottage 120 miles outside of New York City made of straw. Lewis believes straw can do much more than provide bedding in a horse stable; it can also provide the stable's frame, walls and insulation. He and his team have showcased the agricultural byproduct's potential by building a tiny home – the first of its kind, he said – made almost entirely of straw.
A team at Princeton University built a box almost entirely of compressed straws – the first of this type – demonstrating that the agricultural by-product, usually burned or left to deteriorate,...
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