An environmentally-friendly house made of straw is strong enough to withstand a hurricane tests have revealed. The house was built with straw bale panels as a flagship low-carbon building at the University of Bath. The house was built to assess the performance of straw as a sustainable building material. The two-storey building was officially opened last year. The research team has been monitoring the house since October last year for thermal performance and humidity level. The team has now tested the structure of the house for resisting winds of up to 120mph. It used hydraulic jacks which pushed horizontally against the walls with a total force exceeding four tonnes, equivalent to the dynamic force of a hurricane. Read the full story on the 24 dash website.
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