Passive house with straw insulation in the roof

Passive house with straw insulation in the roof
Written by Herbert Gruber

This passive house in Margarethen am Moos was built using solid brick construction but with straw insulation in the roof.

Project Data

Place:Margarethen am Moos Completion:2011 Construction:straw bale roof Design:Baumeister Ing. Jürgen Höller GmbH Straw Builder:Baumeister Ing. Jürgen Höller GmbH Master Builder:Baumeister Ing. Jürgen Höller GmbH Visitable:Yes Press photos:No
Heat Consumptionf:14,5 U-Value (Wall):W/m2K U-Value (Roof):W/m2K House Technique:Sole-Wasser-Wärmepumpe, Komfortlüftung Categories: Projects Austria, Straw Bale Roof,

In massiver Ziegelbauweise aber mit Strohdämmung im Dach wurde dieses passivhaus in Margarethen am Moos errichtet.

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.