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'''Rice-hull bagwall''' construction is a system of [[building]], with results [[aesthetic]]ally similar to the use of [[Earthbag construction|earthbag]] or [[Cob (building)|cob]] construction, in which woven [[polypropylene]] bags (or tubes) are tightly filled with raw [[rice]]-hulls, and these are stacked up, layer upon layer, with strands of four-pronged [[barbed wire]] between, within a surrounding "cage" composed of mats of welded or [[woven]] [[steel]] mesh (remesh or "poultry wire") on both sides (wired together between bag layers with, for example, rebar tie-wire) and then [[stucco]]ed, to form building walls. Advantages (compared to earth-bag or cob) include less weight to handle/process, far better insulation values (around 3 - 4 per inch), use of an [[agricultural]]-waste product and the sequestration of [[carbon dioxide|CO<sub>2</sub>]]. This building approach was originally innovated and tested by Don Stephens, in the northwestern [[U.S.]] in 2005.

==See also==

* [[Earthbag construction]]
* [[Cob (building)|Cob]] construction

==External links==

* [http://recycledrice.org  Build Green with Recycled Rice]
* [http://www.greenershelter.org/index.php?pg=6  Rice Hulls]
* [http://www.esrla.com/pdf/The-Rice-Hull-House2.pdf  The Rice Hull House, by Paul A Olivier, Ph.D.]

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