Roof insulation in Tyrol

Roof insulation in Tyrol
Written by Herbert Gruber

The straw bales were covered with a layer of clay for fire protection.

Project Data

Place:Telfs / Tirol Completion:2007 Construction:infill construction Design:Bestand Straw Builder:Roland Narr with support of Johannes Erlinger Carpenter:Roland Narr with support of Johannes Erlinger Visitable:No Press photos:No
Self Building:Strohballen einbringen
U-Value (Wall):W/m2K U-Value (Roof):W/m2K Categories: Projects Austria, Straw Bale Roof,

Die Strohballen wurden aus Brandschutzgründen mit einer Lehmschicht abgedeckt. Bilder: Roland Narr, www.glasholzlehm.at

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.