EBAA’s Useful Links Page
This page provides links to other recommended earth building websites, including;
Other sisterhood associations and organisations from around the world.
Also research centres, science papers & articles conducting studies relating to earth building design, engineering and construction.
A list of suggested accommodation options of vacation lodgings and premises open to the public, that are constructed in earth. ( If you operate a building that is open to the public that constructed with earth and would like to be list here. let us know Contact EBAA to be included, this is currently a free service. )
( EBAA is not responsible for the content presented on third party websites)
International Earth Building Websites
Auroville Earth Institute – South East India
Cal- Earth, The California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture – USA
ebuki – Earth Building UK & Ireland
Eartha – East Anglia Earth Buildings group, East of England
North American Rammed Earth Builders Association – NAREBA , USA & Canada
The German Association for Building with Earth – Germany
The Cob Research Institute – Berkeley, California, USA.
The Earth Builders Guild – New Mexico USA
Earthship Biotecture – Tres Piedras, New Mexico USA
CobBauge Project – European Union
Reciprocal Associations
- Earth Building Association of New Zealand – EBANZ, NewZealand
- Nillumbik Mudbrick Association – Melbourne Victoria
Members’ Sites
- AMCER – Earth Building Technology
- EARTH BUILDING SOLUTIONS
- EARTH DWELLINGS
- FORMBLOCK AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
- MUD FUN
- MUDTEC
- OLNEE CONSTRUCTIONS
- RAMMED EARTH BUILDER
- RAMMED EARTH CONSTRUCTIONS
- RAMTEC- Rammed Earth Specialists
Research, Development & Advice
- The University of Technology Sydney – UTS, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
- The University of Wollongong – UOW, The Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC)
- Your Home – Australian Government guide to environmentally sustainable homes
- The London Energy Transformation Initiative ( LETI) Climate Emergency Design Guide 2020 and LETI Embodied Carbon Primer (Supplementary to CEDG 2020)
- BRANZ – Building Research Association of New Zealand
- C.S.I.R.O. – Accrurate and the Chenath Engine for Residential Housing energy rating – Dong Chen 2016
- NatHERS – National House Energy Rating Scheme
Science Papers and Newspaper Articles
Papers
- Rammed earth in the modern world – Steve Dobson – 2014
- A study of thermal mavericks in Australia – Lyrian Daniel, T Williamson, D Chen – 2014
- ICREC 2015 International Conference on Rammed Earth Construction: Rammed Earth Construction – Cutting Edge Research on Traditional & Modern Rammed Earth – 2015
- A model for the cooling effect of air movement – Lyrian Daniel T Williamson – 2015
- Adaptive behaviours to achieve thermal comfort in low energy dwellings in Australia – Lyrian Daniel – 2016
- Thermal mavericks in Australia: a study of occupant preferences in dwellings of atypical construction – Lyrian Daniel – 2016
- Neutral , comfort or preferred : what is a relevant model for acceptable thermal environmental conditions for low energy dwellings in Australia ? Lyrian Daniel, T Williamson, V Soebarto 2016
- Comfort-based performance assessment methodology for low energy residential buildings in Australia – Lyrian Daniel, T Williamson, V Soebrato – 2017
- Measured and simulated thermal behaviour in rammed earth houses in a hot-arid climate. Part A: Structural behaviour – 2018
- Measured and simulated thermal behaviour in rammed earth houses in a hot-arid climate. Part B: Comfort – 2017
- Rethinking the concept of building energy rating system in Australia: a pathway to life-cycle net-zero energy building design – H Omrany V Soebrato A Ghaffarianhoseini -2021
Articles
- The Conversation – Cheap, tough and green: why aren’t more buildings made of rammed earth? – 2015
- The University of Western Australia – Rammed Earth – 2015
- Sourceable Architecture News – Earth Buildings; Comfortable, Healthy and Zero Carbon. – Peter Hickson – 2016
- Sourceable Architecture News – Will Future Buildings be Made of Mud? – Peter Hickson – 2016
- Sourceable Architecture News – Having Confidence in Unfired Earth Structures – Peter Hickson – 2016
- Sourceable Architecture News – Earth Building – Modern Sustainable Architecture in Advanced Economies – Peter Hickson – 2016
- Sourceable Architecture News – Mass-linked Ventilation Offers Comfort for Australian Buildings – Peter Hickson – 2017
- Sourceable Architecture News – Sailing my Earth Home Through Summer into 2017 – Peter Hickson – 2017
- Sourceable Architecture News – NatHERS Fails to Capture the Benefits of Earth Homes – Peter Hickson – 2017
- Domain article – Is your home energy efficient? It could be worth an extra $125,000 when you sell – June 2022
Other Interesting Sites
Accommodation & Places of Interest in Earth Buildings
- Monstalvat – Eltham Vic
- Eltham Mudbrick Tour – Eltham Vic
- Yarra Valley ECOSS – Wesburn Vic
- Adobe Abodes Mudbrick Units x 6 – Mallacoota Vic
- Commonground – Seymour Vic
- Lightkeepers Inn Motel – Aireys Inlet, Vic
- Mountain Ash Mudbrick Cottage – Narbethong Vic
- Mudbrick Cottage – Neerim Sth Vic
- Mudbrick Escape with View – Healesville Vic
- Split Point Cottages – Aireys Inlet, Vic
- Tarrawarra Museum of Art – Healesville Vic
- Unique Mudbrick House – Eltham Vic
- Vineyard View Mudbrick Cottage – Caveat Vic
- Bamerang Bush Retreat- Nowra NSW
- ECOhomes Tour Blue Mountains – Blue Mountains NSW
- Charles Sturt University Thurgoona Campus – Albury NSW
- Colo Mudbrick Cabin – Lower Portland ( Colo River) NSW
- Conservation Hut Blue Mountains National Park – Wentworth Falls NSW
- Coopers Shoot Rammed Earth House – Coopers Shoot NSW
- Rustic Mudbrick Cottage on Nature Reserve – Deniliquin NSW
- Earth House – Byron Bay NSW
- Kindlehill School – Wentworth Falls NSW
- Mudbrick Beach Cottage – Bawley Point NSW
- Mudbrick & Stone Hideaway – Bellingen NSW
- Narara Ecovillage – Narara NSW
- Rustic Mudbrick on Hawkesbury River – Mooney Mooney NSW
- Sustainable Homes Tour at Callicoma Hill – Mt Royal NSW
- Sun Worship Crescent Head Eco Apartments – Crescent Head NSW
- NSW Art Gallery Modern Project – Sydney
- Earthship Ironbark – Adelaide Hills SA
- Baird Bay Ocean Eco Experience – Baird Bay SA
- The Sky House – Kangaroo Island SA
- Balingup Hillview Retreat – Balingup WA
- Chandlers Smith Beach Villas – Yallingup WA
- Rammed Earth Retreat in Old Dunsborough – Dunsborough WA
- Private Room in Rammed Earth house – Dunsborough WA
- Eucalyptus House – Pemberton, WA
- Mann House – Margaret River WA
- Mudbrick Barn – Manjimup WA
- Norseman Great Western Travel Village – Norseman WA
- The Mother Teresa Catholic College – Baldivis WA
- Rammed Earth Chalets – Busselton WA
- Rammed Earth Guest House – Oakford WA
- St Thomas More Catholic Church – Margaret River WA
- Stables Rammed Earth Cottage – Mullalyup WA
- Transperth Bus Depot – Palmyra WA
- Blackwater Aquatic Centre – Blackwater Qld
- Hidden Vale Wildlife Centre, Uni of Qld – Cotton Vale, Qld
- Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital – Beerwah Qld
- Billabong Surfwear HQ Burleigh Heads Shopping Mall – Burleigh Waters Qld