Thermal façade with straw bales in Altheim / Upper Austria

Thermal façade with straw bales in Altheim / Upper Austria
Written by Herbert Gruber

Straw bale full thermal insulation on the brick wall of an octagon

Project Data

Place:Altheim Completion:2003 Construction:straw bale wrapping Design:Planungs büro Spreitzer Visitable:No Press photos:Yes
U-Value (Wall):W/m2K U-Value (Roof):W/m2K Categories: Projects Austria,

Strohballen-Vollwärmeschutz auf der Ziegelwand eines Oktogons

About the author

Herbert Gruber

Herbert is author of the book "Neues Bauen mit Stroh in Europa" (New Building with Straw in Europe), head of the austrian strawbale network ASBN and partner in the Leonardo-project "STEP" (Strawbale Training for European Professionals) and the Erasmus project "BuildStraw Pro" (a project to get formal national recognition of the training) and "Make your City Smart". As a collector he documents European straw bale buildings since 1999 on his website (database, german), in lectures, workshops and books.