date-created: '2008-12-06'
date-updated: '2026-09-02'
manifest-author:
    name: Appropedia
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title: 'Papercrete vs. StrawBale'
description: 'We have researched and compared papercrete and straw bale as alternatives to the most common types of building material based on criteria such as r-value, cost of production and pollution concerns. The purpose is to see how appropriate these materials are for application depending on location and personal choice.'
keywords:
    - papercrete
    - strawbale
    - 'straw bale construction'
    - 'Alternative building'
    - 'appropriate technology'
    - 'Ecological footprint'
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version: 66
development-stage: Designed
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image: 'https://www.appropedia.org/w/images/3/3f/Papercreteshed.jpg'
license:
    documentation: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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    name: 'User:Gcf5'
    affliation: 'Cal Poly Humboldt'
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documentation-language: en