The Japanese have invented an original way of heating the house with straw Bashny.Net

Known for its dairy farms Japanese city Taiki-Cho, located on the island of Hokkaido, these days became known for another reason. It is here that young architects Masaki Ogasawara, Erika Mikami and Keisuke Tsukada completed the construction of unique homes, for heating which is used straw.





If you immediately thought about solid fuel boilers, we are forced to say that you are deeply mistaken. A heating method developed by the Japanese, much more original. Bokashi, as it was called by its designing architects, is to use for the construction of walls special hollow blocks of acrylic. They already finished building, is placed the usual straw and a small amount of bacteria that contribute to the accelerated fermentation process. Once the straw begins to compost, it emits heat energy that is able to heat the room to 30 degrees centigrade, which is sufficient to fully heat your home even in winter.

At the current stage of development of this technology, one load straw into the acrylic box is enough for a month. After that the spent "fuel", which takes the form of high-quality agricultural approval needs to be unloaded and replaced with a new batch of straw. As told by the creators of this extraordinary home, it is important to make full use of this technology is the heating and insulation of the premises. And if its walls provide straw blocks, the doorways need to install quality doors, for example, such as Papa Carlo in Kiev implements. The same applies to Windows, which should be energy efficient to reduce heat loss, as well as the roof.

Yet all the advantages of Japanese "straw" home based solely on design calculations and its real effectiveness can be assessed only after a certain time. But the creators of this project are optimistic and argue that agricultural regions, where abundance is the straw and the need to compost, this house could be a great solution.

Source: zeleneet.com