STEP: Winter Straw Bale Training in sunny Algarve, Portugal

A review and preview of our STEP Training 2023/2024 (Straw Bale Building Training for European Professionals) in Castro Marim, Algarve, Portugal from January-March.
Learn how to build a straw bale house in 8 weeks, including natural materials, planning a straw bale house, construction, infill insulation, load bearing straw bale building and retrofitting (wrapping with bales), finishing with clay plaster and lime render, building physics to make your house energy efficient, windproof and airtight and calculation of the building costs.
All you need to work as a "certified straw bale builder", participate in the construction of your own cozy straw bale house or work as a builder or trainer in sustainable construction.
Filmed, spoken and cut by Mike Deveria (STEPper, StrohNatur-co-worker, ESBA board member).
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