Green Solutions Awards 2020-21
Posted onOn Monday, June 28, Construction 21 Belgium announced the Belgian winners of the 2020-2021 edition of the Green Solutions Awards. Read More
Action & Activity
540 m2 straw walls plastered with clay in German monastery
Posted onIn this interview the Managing Director of Berschneider GmbH - responsible for plastering the largest wood-straw building in southern Germany - talks about this construction phase and the experiences of his team plastering the straw-insulated house St. Wunibald. Read More
German monastery insulates new straw building with thermal hemp
Posted onThe Benedictine Abbey of Plankstetten also pays attention to ecologically sustainable building materials when it comes to interior finishing of their wood-straw-house. With Thermo Hemp Premium the monks provide thermal insulation and soundproofing in the new rooms of Haus St. Wunibald. Read More
Wooden cladding of straw-insulated House St. Wunibald is installed
Posted onAbout 900 m2 of wooden boarding is being installed on the straw-insulated new building. Architect Elke Kirst-Haas from the office hirner & riehl Architekten gives insights into this construction phase. The Munich office is responsible for the planning and design of the new building. Read More
Design & Build public procurement procedure (BE)
Posted onThe Eco-construction Cluster will have a new straw-built, office building in 2021. What was the technical and legal process for this project? What conclusions should be drawn? Read More
𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙚: 𝙎𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙬-𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 (1)
Posted onAs part of the Interreg project UP STRAW, building acoustics measurements could be carried out in a straw-insulated building for the first time. 👍The sound test shows that professional straw construction can keep up with other construction methods also in the area of sound insulation. Read More
A MOOC on straw construction
Posted onTraining is crucial to developing straw building. The UP STRAW partners have introduced a distance learning course in both French and English : "Building for Change - Naturally". Read More
Benedictine Abbey Plankstetten (DE)
Posted onInterview with Brother Andreas Schmidt, OSB, project manager and representative of the builder. Read More
Straw professional networks
Posted onThere is a strong network of straw bale construction, nationally and internationally. Read More
2 UP STRAW investments in an international building contest
Posted onHastings Bourough Council and Cluster Eco-construction Office are candidates at the Green Solutions Awards. Read More