Raised concrete foundation with 70 cm musselshells as isolation. Wooden construction with KERTO beams, and big bales 50cm x 100 cm x 200 cm in between. 40 cm paper granulate under thatched roof. Heatpump with 1000 meters in the ground and under floor heating. Fulfills the toughest Danish 2020 regulation in energy efficiency. Partly in 2 stories (south wing).
Straagaarden, Gilleleje has the form of a traditional Danish farmhouse, a square house with a courtyard in the middle.
The European Straw Building Association is an independent European association, devoid of any profit making motive. The object of the Association is to promote and develop the use of straw, as a sustainable way of building in all the senses of the term “sustainable”: renewable, ecological, healthy, energy and climate efficient, social and economic.
The Association is a federation composed of organisations and people particularly concerned with the use of straw in buildings.
