If the construction of the truss is matched to the bale size, a straw house is also insulated in a very short time.
Roland Narr: Die Kombination von Holz, Stroh und Lehm ergänzt sich glänzend in seinen Eigenschaften miteinander. Und wenn die Konstruktion des Fachwerks auf die Ballengröße abgestimmt wird, so ist ein Strohhaus auch in kürzester Zeit gedämmt.
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.
