Passive House Kurtatsch/South Tyrol

2021-01-22
by Herbert Gruber
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Passive House Kurtatsch/South Tyrol
Written by Herbert Gruber

The Passivaus by architects Margareta Schwarz (Italy) and Werner Schmidt (Switzerland) was the winner of the “Klimahaus 2003” award in the “A plus” category.

Project Data

Place:Kurtatsch Completion:2003 Construction:infill construction Design:Arch Margareta Schwarz (Italy) and Werner Schmidt (Switzerland) Straw Builder:Werner Schmidt Visitable:No Press photos:No
Living Area:250m2 U-Value (Wall):0,09W/m2K U-Value (Roof):0,08W/m2K House Technique:Solaranlage zur Warmwasseraufbereitung und zum Heizen (Restenergiebedarf). Holzofen mit Boileranlage als Notsystem Categories: Infill Construction, Projects Italy,

The Passivaus by architects Margareta Schwarz (Italy) and Werner Schmidt (Switzerland) won the “Klimahaus 2003” award in the “A plus” category (best of the best, “A” for best energy index below 30 kWh, “plus” for building biology). A straw bale house that is not only aesthetic but also functional, economical and sustainable.

More info
Architect Werner Schmidt’s website


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.

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