Not straw bales but chopped straw is blown into the Lopas prefabricated houses, thus also achieving fire safety and passive house quality.
Nicht Strohballen sondern gehäckseltes Stroh wird in die Lopas-Fertighäuser eingeblasen, und damit ebenfalls Brandsicherheit und Passivhausqualität erreicht.
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.
