Thermal renovation with straw bale hipped roof

Thermal renovation with straw bale hipped roof
Written by Herbert Gruber

An old building with an energy standard of originally 254 kWh/m2.a was energetically improved by 96% through this thermal refurbishment to a passive house.

Project Data

Place:Moosbrunn Completion:2012 Construction:straw bale roof Design:Baumeister Ing. Jürgen Höller GmbH Straw Builder:Baumeister Ing. Jürgen Höller GmbH Master Builder:Baumeister Ing. Jürgen Höller GmbH Visitable:No Press photos:No
Heat Consumptionf:9 OIB U-Value (Wall):W/m2K U-Value (Roof):W/m2K House Technique:Wohnraumlüftung sowie Direktverdampfer-Wärmepumpe Categories: Projects Austria, Renovation Refurbishment,

Ein Altbau mit einer EKZ von ursprünglich 254 kWh/m2.a wurde durch diese thermische Sanierung zum Passivhaus energetisch um 96% verbessert. Der Massivbau wurde mit 26 cm Vollwärmeschutz ummantelt, das Walmdach wurde mit Strohballen gedämmt.

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.