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Thatched roof

Traditional roof covering of rye or wheat straw; lifespan up to ~60 years; installation cost approx. 30 EUR/m2 (labour only).

Thatched reed roof on a cottage (Sodobna naravna gradnja)
From the partner-submitted source "SODOBNA NARAVNA GRADNJA" (rights as submitted; not independently license-verified) · Provided by ABC Interreg partner submissionAuto-sourced: Image auto-sourced from a license-clean library; pending curator review

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Carbon properties

Biogenic carbon factor

-1.4 kgCO2/kg

Net biogenic carbon per kg of material. Negative = stored. Independent of process emissions.

In-use durability

60 yr

Physical and structural

Density

200 kg/m³

Structural

Non-structural

Sources