Straw bale house in Molln, Upper Austria

Straw bale house in Molln, Upper Austria
Written by Herbert Gruber

Generation house in timber frame construction with straw bale insulation, moon-phase cut timber on strip foundation.

Project Data

Place:Molln Completion:2009 Construction:infill construction Design:Planungs büro Spreitzer Straw Builder:Erich Spreitzer Carpenter:Zimmerei Hurth Visitable:No Press photos:No
U-Value (Wall):W/m2K U-Value (Roof):W/m2K Categories: Projects Austria,

GenerationenHaus in Holzriegelbausweise mit Strohballendämmung, mondphasengeschlägertem Holz auf Streifenfundament; Boden, Wand, Decken strohballengedämmt; Gründach mit Kautschukfolie.

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.