UP STRAW: Interreg Project
Interreg-Project UP STRAW UP STRAW was the largest EU-funded project to increase the use of straw in the construction sector ever, and …
Earth Building
UP STRAW Reference Buildings
VIDEOS from the straw insulated public buildings that have been constructed with the support of the Interreg project UP STRAW. …
Switzerland’s first straw bale settlement
Photo: Damian Poffet The planned settlement is committed to sustainability in various respects. In addition to thoughts on social and …
Architect’s office in the straw bale hobbit dome building
According to plans by Prof. Gernot Minke and Arch. Zuzana Kierulvova, who is also a networker in Slovakia, this dome was built on 5 load-bearing straw bale vaults.
Ravelsbach – Extension of the “Virtual Building Site” seminar building
On the north side of the barn, which has been converted into a seminar centre, 3 new guest rooms are being built organically using the CUT technique (half vault).
Straw bale house in St. Georgen im Lavanttal
StrohNatur and asbn built this straw bale house with a reciprocal roof in Carinthia with the help of the builder
Straw bale show house in Rußbach, Upper Austria
This straw bale house was built at Lake Wolfgang. The house can be visited as a show house by appointment.
S-House in Böheimkirchen, Lower Austria
An important goal in the S-HOUSE project was to combine ecological and functional advantages and to reduce energy and resource consumption by a factor of 10 through the consistent use of renewable raw materials.
Virtual straw building site for workshops: Revitalisation and extension of a barn
Training centre and permanent exhibition at the same time is the House of the Future project “Virtual Building Site” of the asbn, funded by bm:vit
Straw bale vault in Ravelsbach
Straw construction can be so beautiful: Revitalising the attic of a barn to create living space in the form of a barrel vault.
Load-bearing straw bale house made from big bales
Jumbo straw bales weighing 250 kg, plastered with clay or lime, act as load-bearing elements. The walls of the buildings have a wall thickness of 80 cm.
Straw earth house in Maria Rain / Carinthia
In 1996, the straw and clay house won a prize in the “Sun-supported low-energy house” competition organised by the Vienna University of Technology.
ActEco e-Learning Platform Straw Building, Clay, Training for Change
The Erasmus+ Project ActEco aims at integrating the already existing learning contents of STEP – Straw Bale Training for European …
Passiv House Certificate: Strawbale-Joist Construction Plaster-Plaster Passivhaus Zertifikat: Strohballen-Bohlenständerbau Putz-Putz
Passive House Certification Report Author: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Krick LINK to PDF
Sustainable earth walls to meet the building regulations
The thermal conductivity and diffusivity of un-fired clay bricks, a straw-clay mixture and straw bales have been measured using a …
Clay Passiv Office-Building Tattendorf, AT
The motivation for developing the project “Clay Passiv Office-Building Tattendorf” was the dissatisfaction with the situation of a great difference …
Wood – straw – clay construction for passive house standard / AT
Master’s thesis for the academic degree Master of Advanced Studies (solar architecture) submitted to the Center for Building and Environment …
Sound reduction in samples of environmentally friendly building materials and their compositions
In order to reduce the negative effect on the environment, environmentally friendly materials are being chosen for the construction of …
Moisture absorption, thermal conductivity and noise mitigation of clay based plasters: The influence of mineralogical and textural characteristics
Three pre-mixed clay-based plasters successfully employed in green building practices in several European countries (Spain, France, Germany, and United Kingdom), …
Moisture absorption, thermal conductivity and noise mitigation of clay-based plasters: The influence of mineralogical and textural characteristics
Three pre-mixed clay-based plasters successfully employed in green building practices in several European countries (Spain, France, Germany and the United …
From experimental characterization of the hygrothermal properties of straw-clay mixtures to numerical assessment of their buffering potential
The development of innovative materials has to respond to both environmental and energy concerns. Bio-based materials are relevant because they …
DE Allgemeines bauaufsichtliches Prüfzeugnis – General building authority test certificate
EN: General building authority test certificate Fire resistance classes F30-B or F90-B (straw bale wall plastered on both sides with …
Effect of Plaster Type and Loading Orientation on Compression Behaviour of Straw Bales for Construction
Plastered straw bales are composite building materials used as load-bearing walls in sustainable structures worldwide. Structural testing of the composite …
Hygrothermal properties of earth bricks
The comfort of the occupants and the quality of indoor air are becoming important parameters in the selection of building …
Building with light-clay / DE
At the beginning of the 1980s, a new interest in the environmentally friendly building material clay, which had proved its …
Optimization of ecological construction components for industrial production of prefabricated parts “System clay Passive house Tattendorf” / AT
LOPAS AG planned to implement this construction system by building an industrial production environment at Dobersberg in Austria. Regarding sustainability …
An experimental investigation on the equilibrium moisture content of earth plaster with natural reinforcement fibres for straw bale buildings
This work focuses on the determination of equilibrium moisture content (EMC) of natural plaster materials for straw bale buildings. Earth …
Moisture Movement and Mould Management in Straw Bale Walls for a Cold Climate
There is a growing interest in straw bale construction for its low embodied energy and insulation value. Early studies of …
Moisture Movement and Mould Management in Straw Bale Walls for a Cold Climate
There is a growing interest in straw bale construction for its low embodied energy and insulation value. Early studies of …
Earth improves hygrothermal comfort
Raw earth does not insulate, but its thermo-physical properties make it a temperature and humidity regulator, which allows it to …
Strohbau konkret – establishing the Virtual Building Site for Straw Bale Trainings / AT
Professioneller Strohbau konkret: „Virtuelle Baustelle“, Ausstellung und Schulungsunterlagen The asbn – Austrian Straw Bale Network, a registered society since 2008, …
New building Biohof Achleitner. Building made of wood, straw & clay. / DE
This report documents the results of a commissioned project from the program House of the Future within the framework of …
Compressive Strength Testing of Earthen Plasters for Straw Bale Wall Application
Straw-bale construction is an emerging building method and many builders choose to plaster the straw bales with earthen plaster to …
The Straw Bale House
Imagine building a house with superior seismic stability, fire resistance, and thermal insulation, using an annually renewable resource, for half …