The LSCC Collaborative

Join the Collaborative

Join the people moving light straw clay research forward. Collaborative membership is free and will include Knowledge Library access once it is ready.

Collaborative membership includes

  • The Knowledge Library is free and open to everyone. Collaborative members will receive notices as new resources and testing updates become available. The Library will include forums, specification guides, mix-design data, application walkthroughs, and code-compliance resources.
  • Connect with the LSCC community of builders, researchers, funders, students, and community members.
  • Choose how to participate based on your role, experience, or interests.
  • Stay connected to progress in light straw clay research, testing, and code recognition.

Builders, researchers, funders, students, and community members are all welcome.

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Get Involved

Transforming the building industry takes architects, builders, funders, and researchers working in concert. Find your path.

For Builders & Architects

Contribute to the Knowledge Library

Join us in developing tested specifications, mix ratio data, and practical construction guidance. Whether you bring experience with bio-based materials or are just beginning to explore them, we invite you to share what you know, learn from the research, and help move the work forward.

For Donors and Funders

Sponsor a Specific Test

Directly remove barriers to mainstream adoption by funding critical fire, hygrothermal, and sound resistance testing with a clear view of where your support goes and the results it makes possible.

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For Researchers & Labs

Become a Testing Partner

Partner with us to shape rigorous test protocols, investigate real-world LSC performance, and build the evidence base for codes, standards, and broader adoption.

Other Ways to Participate

Students & Community

Learn the craft. Participate in upcoming workshops, hands-on training, and internship programs to carry the knowledge forward.

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Press & Media

We welcome coverage of natural building and the path to code recognition. Request a media kit, interview, or project access.

Press Inquiry

Philanthropy & Grants

Directly impact the timeline for mainstream adoption. Sponsoring a specific test removes the final barriers to making healthy, low-carbon multi-unit housing accessible to everyone.

Testing costs are approximate and based on certified testing of similar bio-based wall materials conducted within the past 10 years.

Fire Resistance Test

$200K

Humidity & Vapor Test

TBD

Sponsorship is unavailable until the funding goal is confirmed.

Sound Attenuation Test

TBD

Sponsorship is unavailable until the funding goal is confirmed.

Mold Resistance Test

TBD

Sponsorship is unavailable until the funding goal is confirmed.