Abstract—With the accelerated pace of new rural areas construction in northern China, people have a higher requirements in terms of houses' quality and function. At the same time, the backward construction methods and developing with the wind blindly has also led to a rapid growth in resource consumption. In order to better meet the requirements of hot comfort, energy saving and environmental protection properties of rural houses in northern areas. Based on the research methods including investigation, mathematical statistics, documentation, and logical analysis, combining with the residential problems in northern rural areas, and the superiority of straw bale house, and the favorable conditions for straw bale buildings. This article identified the feasibility of straw bale housing construction in the northern countryside, and draw the conclusion that the excellent economy, simple construction methods and good energy efficiency of straw bale house will be accepted by the majority of farmers friend.
 

Index Terms—straw bale house, northern rural areas, promotion and application, feasibility

Cite: Xiaoming A. Li, "Feasibility Study on the Promotion and Application of Straw Bale House in Northern Rural Areas in China," International Journal of Structural and Civil Engineering Research, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 241-245, August 2016. doi: 10.18178/ijscer.5.3.241-245