On the occasion of a Haus der Zukunft project, this first passive house kindergarten in Austria was built in Ziersdorf, but only the south wall was insulated with straw bales.
Anlässlich eines Haus der Zukunft-Projektes wurde dieser erste Passivhaus-Kindergarten Österreichs in Ziersdorf errichtet, bei dem allerdings nur die Südwand mit Strohballen gedämmt wurde.
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.
