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Sustainable Building Materials for hypothetical vernacular Devon dwelling…
Sustainable Building Materials for hypothetical vernacular Devon dwelling at Berry Head Site
Earth
Available on site
Method
Adobe/cob brick
Cob wall
Rammed Earth
Practioners
are based within 25m area
Stone
Available onsite
Straw
Available within 25m
Volume for 1 cob dwelling; larger volume availability for straw bale or multiple cob/bale dwellings is doubtful
Local straw is generally not used for roof thatching; sources are
Eastern Europe
and
China
Agriculture
is a significant other user
Timber
Growing and felled material availble within 25m
A variety of other uses including
biomass energy generation
Aggregates
Available within 25m if needed for earth/cob mix