Hygrothermal performance of a straw bale building: In situ and laboratory investigations

Finally, this paper is completed by a dynamic thermal simulation of the house, based on experimental laboratory investigations. During winter the simulated heating requirements are estimated at 59 kW h/m2. Moreover, the simulation under summer conditions shows the major influence of the building envelope on the thermal comfort. Thus, straw bale walls seems to provide significant thermal inertia in summer.