Courses
STEP U6: Building Physics
Content: Heat Transfer, Fire Protection, Moisture Transfer and Sound Insulation as well as Healthy Room Climates, Energy Efficiency and common mistakes and solutions in connection with Thermal Bridges, the lack of Airtightness and Windproofness. We show Energy Standards in different countries and how to achieve the standards in Straw Bale Building.
STEP U5: Finishes – Clay, Lime, Cladding
Skills/Competence After completing this course, trainees can LINK to the handbook (PDF) / All dates and details
STEP U7: Architecture and Planning of Straw Bale Buildings
If you want to register, please look here for possibilities how to join the STEP Training. Dieser Kurs ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar. Skills/Competence After completing this course, trainees can understand the general principles of solar design find national building laws and apply them in practice evaluate and choose suitable building materials estimate the costs …
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Sustainable (Straw) House – a Case Study
This is a good example of a small family house in the city Bratislava, built by architects and members of NGO ArTUR for their almost reatired colleague. Therfore the therequirements were modesty, no barriers and low operational costs.The house was designed as passive house with as much as possible natural materials, low impact foundations, green …
Straw Bale Maze: how to build
If you think that children and grown ups would use the maze for walking and finding the way from start to a goal, you are wrong. Straw bales are very much inviting for jumping, climbing, getting wild and being happy. In this course we offer you some rules or guidance how to proceed and what …
Straw Panels & Prefabrication
To insulate with straw is one of sustainable solutions, because it functions well, it grows every year, it is a bi-product of growing a wheat, it is (or can be) local and does not produce waste. Prefabrication of straw walls is one of the ways how to fast and comfortably use straw in mainstream building …
Sustainable – Basics of Thermal Solar and Solar Cooling
The technology of solar thermal energy can be used to heat residential buildings or industrial applications. The functionality of a solar thermal system is explained, the components of a solar system are described in detail, different collector types, storage tanks and system types are compared. Solar cooling as a special application uses solar energy to …
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Sustainable – Basics of Photovoltaics
This learning field offers an introduction to the application of photovoltaics in buildings. It shows how much solar energy is available and how much of it can be used. The learning field explains how different types of solar cells and solar modules are manufactured and what design options they offer in the building sector. In …
STEP U4: Straw Bale Wrapping & Renovation
This course is already available. If you want to register, please look here for possibilities how to join the STEP Training. Content: checklist existing constructions, planning your project, different wrapping and insulation methods (full bale with hybrid construction, binding, compressing; straw flakes with battens, planks, pallets, boards; prefab), finishing, inside insulation
STEP U3: Load Bearing Straw Bale Construction
Content: Ioad bearing construction methods, resizing, compressing and fixing bales, construction of window boxes, base- and top plates, connection to roofs and ceilings, selecting good quality straw bales, structural behaviour, innovative examples of load bearing construction.
STEP U2: INFILL & PREFABRICATION
If you want to register, please look here for possibilities how to join the STEP Training. This course is also available in German. Content: handling tools, plan & construct INFILL double post walls, HYBRID constructions (CUT, OrganiCUT, GREB), execute different infill construction methods, know about PREFAB straw bale elements and advantages and disadvantages of the …