Apartment house in Hart-Purgstall

Apartment house in Hart-Purgstall
Written by Herbert Gruber

The apartment building with four residential units on two floors was insulated with certified straw bales.

Project Data

Place:Hart-Purgstall Completion:2013 Construction:infill construction Design:Arch. DI Ralf Hollomey Straw Builder:Kreativer Holzbau GmbH Carpenter:Kreativer Holzbau GmbH Visitable:Yes Press photos:No
Living Area:226m2 Heat Consumptionf:30 U-Value (Wall):0,12W/m2K U-Value (Roof):0,12W/m2K Categories: Projects Austria,

Das Mehrfamilienhaus mit vier Wohneinheiten auf zwei Etagen wurde mit zertifizierten Strohballen gedämmt.

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.