ModCell™ Research
ModCell™ is two years into an extensive 4 year programme of development supported by funding from dBERR (formerly the DTi), Carbon Connections and the Technology Strategy Board
The research work has already confirmed ModCell™ and BaleHaus™ can perform to, and exceed, the standards required in mainstream construction.
Our research partners are:
Bath University
Integral Structural Design
AgriFibre Technologies
Eurban Solid Timber
Lime Technology
CWCT (Centre for Window and Cladding Technology)
Salestar
White Design
Wilmott Dixon
"The UK has a proud history of innovation in science and technology. We believe that we must work with industry and academia to develop the marketable products and services of tomorrow, so that we can maintain our position as a leading global economy. That is why we are supporting this project. which not only has great potential to help our environment, but could establish the UK as a leading innovator in this area."
Malcolm Wicks
Science & Innovation Minister
"Up to this point straw bales have not really been seen as a credible building material by much of the industry, even though straw has always been used in building for centuries, and straw bales have been used for over 100 years.
Straw bale is an agricultural by-product. It can be
regrown so is totally renewable, and can be collected
from local farms so saving on transport. Standard bales are 450 mm thick, and provide very high levels of insulation.
The BRE sponsored Centre at Bath is involved in the
The Department for Business Enterprise and
Regulatory Reform (formerly the DTi) project after it
carried out a prototype panel test for the York
EcoDepot, one of the largest straw bale buildings in Europe."
Professor Pete Walker
Director of the BRE Centre in Innovative Construction
Materials, University of Bath