Sentences with phrase «first bale of straw»

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Built with a timber frame insulated with straw - bale, and featuring an extensive suite of ecological and recycled materials, this stunning North Yorkshire home also produces more energy than it consumes, making it the first straw - bale building in the world to reach the brand new «passive house plus» standard.

8 February 2015Last updated at 21:08 ET By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC News Architect Craig White shows BBC reporter Victoria Gill around one of the new affordable homes made from straw bales The first straw houses in the UK to be offered on the open market are on sale.

A tour of straw bale houses led them to nearby Eden Mills, a community striving to be the first in North America to be carbon neutral.