StrawbaleBuilding Training & Education for Professionals, EU
STEP – the projects name stands for Strawbale Building Training and Education for Professionals. Participants are Austria – ASBN (Austrian StrawBale Network), Germany – FASBA (Fachverband Strohballenbau Deutschland e.V.), France – RFCP-Les Compaillons, Reseau Francais de la Construction en Paille, Slovakia – ArTUR, Architektura pre Trvalo Udrzatelny Rozvoj, Spain – Red de Construccion en Paja, RCP, United Kingdom – Strawbuild, Netherlands – Strobouw Nederland, Hungary – Magyar Szalmaépitok Egyesülete and Portugal – Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Cooperativa de Formacao e Animacao Cultural, COFAC with Terrapalha.
The goals of the project are
- to provide detailed session plans for the 10 training units, precisely detailing the knowledge, skills and competences;
- developing a SBB training programme according to the European ECVET credit system to create accredited training on transparent and comparable levels across Europe;
- improve the sharing of information, knowledge, experience and best practice among the partners with special regard to the dissemination of know-how on SBB to new interested partners and countries;
- Detailing the main SBB techniques in Europe as best building practice.
That said, the overall objective of all Leonardo projects on SBB remains the same: facilitating a sustainable, renewable, energy saving, environmentally friendly solution to ecological problems and climate change in regard to building and construction material choice through professionalization of SBB at all levels.
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