Straw Works co-founder Barbara Jones explains the different methods of building with straw.

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Having had his last site meeting, Ben Adam-Smith explains what they are and how they fit into the construction process when building a new house.

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Air leakage expert Paul Jennings looks at how best to achieve that all important airtightness when using particular construction methods.

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With a matter of weeks until he moves into his new home, Ben Adam-Smith shares a list of ten things that he's excited about.

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Architect Andrew Goodman explains what it took to create the UK's first load-bearing straw bale Passivhaus home.

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Rob Wiggans explains how you can minimise risks when buying land for development.

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Dean Scott takes Ben on a tour of the Graven Hill development, and of his own energy-efficient self build.

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With the first phase well under way and residents already moving in, Karen Curtin, Managing Director of Graven Hill Village Development Company, talks through the process of finding and buying a plot at Graven Hill.

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As Ben Adam-Smith's build enters the final few weeks he reviews his project's schedule and sequencing. Although a lot of the detail pertains to building a masonry wall Passivhaus, it still serves as an example of the stages any house build might go through.

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Mike Coe provides a progress update on his second self build project, with finances being stretched as construction is set to begin.

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