Eric Pickles has officially opened the first straw bale
homes to be built by a housing association in Britain - with tenants set to see
heating bills 85% cheaper than the average costs for similar homes of
traditional construction. Built on
council-owned land, the houses have already been let at affordable rents to
families on the local housing register. While the costs of construction are
similar to costs of conventional construction, houses built using straw bales
need almost no conventional heating due to their exceptionally high insulating
properties. Read more on 24dash.
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