Well insulated.
Sheep's wool is a versatile insulating material that shows its strengths in the thermal and acoustic insulation of a wide variety of projects. As we like to say: sheep's wool insulation can be found in the best houses - from apartment blocks and company buildings to yurts and tiny houses, this healthy natural insulating material provides the best service.
The Taborama residential building has it all in the truest sense of the word: it's the first high-rise building in Austria to use natural sheep's wool as ecological interior insulation. 29,000 m² of ISOLENA insulation provides insulation, good air quality and a favourable CO2 balance.
Client: STRABAG Real Estate, Architects: querkraft
The Green Earth World impressively demonstrates how nature and sustainability come together harmoniously in architecture. By using natural building materials - such as ISOLENA sheep's wool insulation - a climate-neutral project was realised and an oasis of well-being created.
Client: Grüne Erde GmbH, Planning: ARKADE ZT GmbH
Where the old gardener's house once stood, a state-of-the-art lecture theatre centre is being built - with interior walls insulated with ISOLENA Optimal Plus sheep's wool insulation and constructed from a variety of sustainable, regional materials. A place where sustainability is not only taught, but also lived.
Client: University for Agricultural and Environmental Education, AT
The "humanum" medical and therapy centre in Alkoven combines sustainability with modern healthcare: Natural sheep's wool was used as interior insulation. The insulation ensures a pleasant indoor climate and excellent energy efficiency. Client: Raiffeisenbank Region Eferding, Arch
Client: Raiffeisenbank Region Eferding, Architects: Kraus Georg Architekt ZT GmbH
The Kita am Wald in Hedendorf offers 100 children a natural space to play and discover. The kindergarten village consists of five LivingCircles with 20 "star points" (bedrooms, kitchen, office, etc.), 16 of which (~2,000 m²) are insulated with ISOLENA Premium. The use of sheep's wool creates a healthy indoor climate and saves 37,045.4 kg CO2-eq. compared to glass wool insulation.
Client: Hanseatic City of Buxtehude, DE
The Atzenbrugg kindergarten impresses with its sustainable architecture and flexible use. With ISOLENA sheep's wool insulation as external insulation, the building offers high resilience and energy efficiency, even in extreme flooding conditions.
Client: Atzenbrugg market town, architect: Elisabeth Schuh
A green roof, trees for natural cooling and a garden that is a real gem: when building his timber house, Lower Austrian gardening professional Reinhard Kittenberger placed great value on nature. For the window connections, the Dorn company therefore consistently used chemical-free ISOLENA window filler.
Window installation: Dorn Fenster u. Türen GmbH
An old tobacco barn has been transformed into a sustainable living space that preserves history and enables modern, healthy living - insulated with natural fibre. Sheep's wool and in harmony with the surroundings.
Property developer: Suhm - Naturally build
The Havelländer Ring daycare centre in Berlin was realised as a modern new timber building and equipped with natural sheep's wool insulation in ceilings, interior and exterior walls as well as in the acoustic ceiling. This ecological construction method creates a healthy environment in which the children can feel completely at ease.
Client: District of Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Architect: Daniel Gräschke, DE
As part of the refurbishment of an old residential building into a large communal house with nine residential units, natural materials were specifically used for an ecological construction method. Around 350 m² ISOLENA sheep's wool were used in the roof and interior walls to promote a healthy indoor climate.
Client: Cooperative Herzetappe 10, Architect: Energetic Homes Beat Feurer, CH
In the classrooms of the Dante Grammar School, ISOLENA Optimal Plus behind 600 m² of expanded metal ceiling ensures a pleasantly natural indoor climate and a calm, concentrated learning atmosphere - so that nature can also be felt inside.
Client: LH Munich, Building Department H5, Planning: Klaus Friedrich, Dipl. Ing., DE
As part of the general refurbishment, Maria Electa House was fitted with 849m² Optimal Plus sheep's wool insulation in the suspended acoustic ceilings. The building offers space for six classrooms and guarantees an excellent indoor climate thanks to the natural insulation.
Client: Diocese of Feldkirch, Planning: Fink Thurnher Architekten
With natural materials such as wood and 450 m² of sheep's wool in the partition walls, the Fahr kindergarten fulfils the highest ecological standards and creates a harmonious indoor climate. The pavilion building blends in perfectly with its surroundings, offering the children space to experience nature and a flexible learning environment.
Client: Municipality of St. Margrethen, Planning: Hutter Nüesch Architekten AG, CH
A sustainable and forward-looking building has been created with the TEAM 7 brand world. ISOLENA and Silentum products provide sound insulation and sound absorption.
Client: TEAM 7 Natürlich Wohnen GmbH, Architect: Matulik, Realisation: Wiehag Bau
As part of the refurbishment of Clonbeg Church in Tipperary, built in 1837-38, ISOLENA Premium sheep's wool insulation was used in the roof area. The natural material provides breathable, high-performance thermal insulation while remaining particularly sensitive to the historic building.
Client: RD Builders, IE
The Jazz Campus Basel is a place where music comes alive. From the practice room to the recording hall - the rooms are realised at the highest level in terms of acoustics and design. In line with the requirements, ISOLENA clamping felt was installed in the acoustic ceilings, providing excellent sound insulation and natural room sound.
Client: Habitat Foundation, Levedo Foundation: Georg Hasler, Planning: BUOL & ZÜND, CH
Every year, Zeltwelt produces 20 to 30 natural yurts with diameters of 4 to 9 metres and relies on the ISOLENA Optimal Plus sheep's wool insulation. This is the perfect complement for sustainable yurts and ensures excellent breathability, moisture equalisation and a pleasant living climate - properties that even make it particularly suitable for sauna yurts.
Planning: Zeltwelt GmbH, CH
This stationary Tiny House with around 50 m² of living space impresses with its generous sense of space. Timber construction and ISOLENA sheep's wool insulation in Roof, wall and floor provide excellent insulation and a naturally pleasant living climate.
Realisation: Tiny House Koopmann, DE
The products Optimal Plus and Premium were used as acoustic absorbers in the ceiling and walls of the Weigl break room. "The result is impressive: these measures have created a pleasant room climate that makes a noticeable contribution to the feel-good atmosphere," reports Anton Sageder.
Client: Weigl Aufzüge Ges.m.b.H & Co. KG, AT
The information building of the District Chamber of Agriculture and the FIH Ried sends a clear signal in favour of regional value creation. Through the use of wood and 250 m³ sheep's wool .
Client: District Chamber of Agriculture & FIH Ried, Architects: Fink Thurnher ZT GmbH
Coopershill House, which has been a listed building since the 18th century, is a place full of history and nostalgic charm. In the course of the refurbishment, the roof area was ISOLENA sheep's wool insulation used. The project impressively demonstrates how natural insulating materials can fulfil today's requirements without compromising the historic building fabric.
Client: Simon O'Hara, IE
The municipality of Bludesch favours low-emission, resource-conserving and energy-efficient construction. The children's campus, one of the most sustainable municipal buildings in Vorarlberg, was built according to the highest ecological criteria and uses 970 m² of sheep's wool insulation in the acoustic ceilings.
Client: Municipality of Bludesch, Planning: gruber locher architekten zt gmbh, AT
Modern teaching meets natural materials at Egg secondary school. ISOLENA Optimal sheep's wool insulation in the suspended acoustic ceilings ensures the best acoustics and a pleasant room climate - ideal conditions for learning in a natural environment.
Client: market town of Egg, planning: xander architektur zt gmbh, AT
An acoustically optimised room guarantees that the participants hear all the important messages and that they are heard. In this meeting room, the Acoustic panels also used as optical elements.
Order and planning: Baustoffplus GmbH
The Green Cube, a seven-storey building comprising around 319 serviced studios, is being built in Vienna's trendy Nordbahn district. The interior walls will contain 7,080 square metres of Optimal sheep's wool insulation integrated, which provides excellent thermal insulation and helps to minimise DGNB Gold pre-certification to obtain.
Client: STRABAG Real Estate, Execution: Böhm BiB GmbH, AT
The third construction phase of the Silo Offices office complex is currently being realised in the south of Vienna, where ISOLENA Optimal sheep's wool insulation is also being used in the interior walls. The project is scheduled for completion in 2025.
Client: STRABAG Real Estate, Execution: Böhm BiB GmbH, AT
For Raiffeisenlandesbank NÖ-Wien AG, we have created ESG letters (European Sustainability Goals) from Silentum felt which will be used at future events and also visualise the concept of sustainability in an aesthetic way.
Client: Raiffeisenlandesbank NÖ-Wien AG, AT
The mobile learning spaces w∞d.iis show how compact construction and sustainability harmonise perfectly. In the walls ISOLENA Optimal 80 mm for efficient insulation, Moisture equalisation and a healthy indoor climate.
Installation: Hauptsache Tiny, DE; Client: Wooden Valley GmbH, DE
With 20 classes, VS Reininghaus is one of the largest schools in Styria and also a place that combines sustainability and well-being - certified with the klimaaktiv Gold Standard. As part of the innovative educational campus, 2,300 m² of acoustic ceiling with Sheep's wool insulation for an ideal room and school climate.
Client: City of Graz, Architect: dreiplus Architekten ZT GmbH, AT
This ecologically sustainable passive house in solid timber construction is located in the Lower Austrian market town of Türnitz. At the Installation of modern wood-aluminium windows with triple glazing, the Dorn company relied on the ISOLENA window filler.
Architect: DI Horst Zauner, AT
Window installation: Dorn Fenster u. Türen GmbH
Photo: Andreas Buchberger
The ERDEN factory building is a pilot project for the prefabrication of rammed earth elements, including an office wing, in which a timber construction with rammed earth walls supports the architecture for the first time on this scale. The use of regional raw materials, solar energy and ISOLENA Optimal & Premium in the façade emphasises the sustainable concept.
Client: Lehm Ton Erde Baukunst GmbH, Planning: Martin Rauch, Lehm Ton Erde Baukunst GmbH
At the EXPO Real trade fair, the STRABAG Real Estate and Züblin GmbH exhibition stands were equipped with our products: ISOLENA Optimal at the counter and Silentum acoustic panels in light grey on the ceiling. STRABAG focuses specifically on sustainability, which is why we are delighted to realise both the trade fair stand and joint projects.
Realisation: Atelier Damböck
The "Green Little Circle" project illustrates the circular economy in the construction industry through a mobile learning workshop developed by international students. ISOLENA sheep's wool insulation was integrated into the roof, floor, exterior walls and windows.
Client: Jade University of Applied Sciences Oldenburg, Planning & realisation: International students (DE,AT,FIN)
In the regional kindergarten project, ISOLENA Premium, Optimal & Optimal Plus were used both in the attic, in the transom walls and in the acoustic ceiling. To optimise the acoustics, Silentum panels were installed in the group rooms.
Client: Municipality of Waizenkirchen, Architect: former architectural office Englmair, Realisation: Swietelsky AG, Thallermayr Gesellschaft m.b.H.
The city of Munich has enshrined in law that the city's building stock should be as climate-neutral as possible. ISOLENA Optimal Plus sheep's wool insulation makes a contribution to this in this Munich primary school as an insulating layer in the suspended acoustic ceilings.
Client: City of Munich, Planning & realisation: Behnisch Architekten
At Guntamatic, the Austrian manufacturer of biomass heating systems, responsibility and environmental awareness are very important. It is therefore also important to the company to create a sustainable and healthy indoor climate in the office and technology centre and to ensure balanced room acoustics.
Client/Customer: Guntamatic GmbH
At the foot of the Gonzen in Sarganserland lies this log cabin, built with a love of craftsmanship and attention to detail, insulated with our natural sheep's wool.
Planning and realisation: Brädäx GmbH, Gonten, CH
As part of the "Thomastik-Infeld listening room" project, the test room for the acoustic evaluation of strings for stringed instruments was redesigned. To optimise the room acoustics and ensure precise sound reproduction, ISOLENA Premium sheep's wool insulation was used to backfill the ceiling elements and in the wall box.
Client: Thomastik-Infeld, acoustician: Thomas Mayer
The nature kindergarten in Schwäbisch Gmünd was established in 2020. It is a place for playing, learning and living together. The LivingCircle is insulated with healthy ISOLENA sheep's wool.
Realisation: LivingCircles GmbH, Schwäbisch Gmünd
What is Martin Schwarz insulating here with Isolena Optimal? A 100m² wooden house made of silver fir in the middle of the city forest of Pforzheim! It is used for educational forest events for kindergartens, schools and co.
Client: City of Pforzheim, Planning & realisation: Blockhausbau Martin Schwarz, DE
Sandra and Joriën talk about their van life at @travelwildtobefree. In this interview, they talk about the conversion, what they think of sheep's wool as van insulation and more.
DIY project @travelwildtobefree
Talented artists and an acoustic ceiling with ISOLENA sheep's wool insulation ensure harmonious sounds at the Festspielhaus Bregenz.
Client: Office of the City of Bregenz | Architect: Architekten ZT GmbH | Realisation: Trockenbau GmbH Munich
Converting a free gallery space at the end of the stairs into office space was also a major acoustic task. Bordeaux red acoustic felt now ensures good basic vibrations in the new offices.
Owner and client: Guschlbauer Backwaren GmbH | Architect: Bruckner Architektur
In keeping with the branding colours of the Fröling company, our Silentum acoustic felt as a visual and acoustic interior façade in the new training centre.
Client and building owner: Fröhling GmbH
Wohnwagon is a pioneer in the planning and production of self-sufficient, mobile tiny houses. A healthy living environment and sustainability are at the centre of their vision, which is why they work with natural building materials such as our sheep's wool insulation.
Planning and realisation: WW Wohnwagon GmbH
The well-being of the children takes centre stage at the Montessori forest kindergarten. Built in 2008, the new building is completely insulated with healthy ISOLENA sheep's wool insulation.
Client: Montessori Waldkindergarten St. Lorenz | Architect DI David Ebner| Realisation: Jakob Ebner BauGmbH
Several generations can breathe easy here: Exterior walls, installation levels, partition walls, floors and ceilings are insulated with sheep's wool.
Client: Spicher Moosmann family | Architect: Bellevue Studio | Contractor: Strabag AG, timber construction
In the modern timber construction in Zullwil in Switzerland, sheep's wool insulation is used in exterior walls, installation levels, partition walls, floors and ceilings.
Client: Stais family | Architect: Bellevue Studio | Executing: Stamm AG, Arlesheim
In the course of optimising the acoustics in the restaurant and seminar area, hotel director Margarete Durstberger deliberately set out to find a natural, healthy and regional solution and came across our acoustic felts made from natural sheep's wool.
Owner and client: Wesenufer Hotel & Seminarkultur an der Donau
The Q-busPlus house shines with a positive energy balance, not least thanks to the sheep's wool insulation in the inner shell of the exterior walls.
Client and architect: arento ag | Executing: Robert Romer Holzbau
The sophisticated 5* hotel with its noble brick façade has a history dating back almost 200 years. During the refurbishment of the exclusive hotel, the ceiling and attic were insulated with sheep's wool.
Client: Kennedy Wilson | Architect: Lindsay Conservation Architects | Contractor: Acol Ltd - Specialised Building Restoration
The light-flooded, modern bungalow in timber construction features sheep's wool insulation in the ceiling, walls, floor and roof. The impressive house was honoured with the Lower Austrian Timber Construction Award 2016.
Client: Elisabeth and Thomas Harreither | Architect: Philipp Berkthold
This wooden house in the Czech Republic was built in nature and with nature. All wood elements are insulated with sheep's wool.
Client: Ing. Igor Fait | Executing: fy JP Konstrukce, www.jpkonstrukce.cz
After the new school building went into operation, the bad discovery followed: far too high formaldehyde levels in the interior rooms! Sheep's wool made it possible to avoid dismantling or demolition.
Client: Frauenfeld Felben-Wellhausen schools; refurbishment consultancy: Bau- und Umweltchemie AG
The modern detached house was designed with lots of wood and natural light. Sheep's wool insulation was used for the roof, floor, ceiling and sauna.
Client: Helmut Stockinger | Architect: resch engineering | Executing: Holzbau Buchner GmbH
The natural log house in the Prague area is rustic and modern at the same time. The heat insulation in the ceilings, walls and floor is made of sheep's wool.
Client: Oto Dolezal | Architect: Ing. Sihelník Zdenêk | Realisation: Oto Dolezal, Monvet s.r.o.
In order to offer the pupils a good living and learning environment, the management of the Dachsberg private grammar school also worked on acoustic optimisation in the course of conversion and renovation work.
Owner and client: Dachsberg Grammar School | Architect: Matulik Architekten
These detached houses near Vienna have a modern look. The wall insulation and ceiling insulation of the passive houses were carried out using sheep's wool.
Client: Aichholzer family | Architect: MAGK Architektur Aichholzer klein ZT OG | Carpentry Proksch - Weilguni OEG
The modern detached house in Neumarkt im Mühlkreis shines with sustainability both inside and out. High-quality sheep's wool insulation was used for the roof and walls.
Client: Miesenberger family | Architect: Schneider & Lengauer Architekten GmbH | Executing: Böhmerwald-Holz reg. GenmbH
Vogl has over 50 years of experience in the development of ceiling systems and also offers acoustic panels with ISOLENA sheep's wool insulation in its range.
Development and realisation: Vogl Deckensysteme GmbH
Whether modern, angled or classic, whether as a bungalow or multi-storey: the 'Scandinavian Blockhaus' team produces log houses for every taste, well insulated with ISOLENA sheep's wool insulation.
Planning and realisation: Scandinavian Blockhaus BauGmbH
At Lake Idro, surfpoint.it takes care of everything to do with surfing and biking. The base station for this is the completely insulated mobile tiny house with ISOLENA Optimal.
Client: Surfpoint.it | Architect: Lisa Posch | Executing: Florian Radner, radner.org
With its climate protection stores, the long-established Spar company has set new standards in the construction of its supermarket branches. The shop in Linz-Froschberg is characterised, among other things, by the Wall insulation with healthy sheep's wool and is DGNB Platinum certified
Client: Spar Österreichische Warenhandesls-AG | Architect: DI Reihnhold Kroh | Realisation: Secco Construct GmbH
This traditional yurt is located on the edge of a quiet forest. The natural building materials include our sheep's wool as an insulation material.
Planning and realisation: Jonatan Verhelst, jonat.at
The climate-neutral family business Multikraft has renovated its company building in the 350-year-old Hausruck-Hof to save energy and used high-quality sheep's wool insulation for the roof, floor and some of the walls.
Client: Multikraft | Architect: Architekturbüro Arkade ZT GmbH | Realisation: Hema Holzbau
The 'Cauma' living box is built using purely natural materials. The Cauma team manufactures the box in different sizes depending on requirements. It is insulated all around with sustainable sheep's wool insulation.
Client: Caumabox AG | Architect: Bellevue s.a.r.l. | Executing: Tarcisi Maissen
The staircase makes it easy to move between floors, while the Acoustic module ensures that the sounds from one room remain in the other.
Planning and realisation: Bruckner Maschinenbau, AT
Thanks to the wall-mounted Silentum module not only makes the dining area more inviting but also improves the acoustics so that conversations go even better.
Planning and realisation: Einrichtungshaus Bruckner, AT
A Romberger house combines the advantages of prefabricated production with the desire for individualised living. In solid construction and exclusively with natural and ecological building materials such as our sheep's wool insulation and our Siltentum acoustic felts, healthy dream homes are created.
Owner and client: Romberger Fertigteile GmbH, Exhibition location: Haid show house park
The house was built as part of the ecological and sustainable "House of the Future" programme. Partition walls and acoustic ceilings are insulated with healthy ISOLENA sheep's wool.
Client: Municipality of Ludesch | Architect: Architekturbüro DI Hermann Kaufmann | Contractor: ARGE Wucher Bauunternehmen GmbH & CO KG and SUTTER Holzbau GesmbH
The 'Pensiun Laresch' in Mathon, Switzerland, has created a charming eye-catcher in the mountains of Bünden with its small TinyHouse. Made from natural building materials, heat-insulated all round with healthy sheep's wool insulation.
Client: Pensiun Laresch | Architect: Bellevue Studio
Thomas Kaiser and his team manufacture customised yurts by hand in the Murtal valley in Austria. Isolena sheep's wool provides healthy thermal insulation.
Planning and realisation: Scandinavian Blockhaus BauGmbH
The spacious offices of food producer efko in Eferding have been upgraded with Silentum acoustic felt: an audible and visible improvement in the working atmosphere.
Owner and client: efko Frischfrucht & Delikatessen GmbH | Architect: Bruckner Architektur | Fabrication partner: Tischlerei Pecherstorfer
Inside the company building of Wögerer GmbH, you can breathe easy: the interior walls are fitted with healthy, sustainable sheep's wool insulation.
Client: Wögerer GmbH | Architect: Hertl Architekten ZT GmbH | Executing: Holzbau Aigner Gesm.b.H.
This yurt has found its ideal location in an idyllic setting in the middle of the Swiss mountains. Insulated for winter with ISOLENA sheep's wool.
Planning and realisation: Jurtenwerkstatt OG
The façade of the renovated detached house contains sheep's wool insulation. Both in the upper timber construction and in the lower plastered storey.
Client: Höfler family | timber façade: Buchner company | rendered façade: Kern company
This natural log house is both traditional and modern. Insulated with high-quality ISOLENA 'Premium' sheep's wool insulation.
Planning and realisation: eb Haus GmbH
This Tiny House made of durable cedar wood is picturesquely embedded in a green environment. Insulated with ISOLENA sheep's wool insulation.
Planning and realisation: Tiny House Diekmann, Heinz Diekmann Schreinerei und Zimmerei GmbH
How could it be otherwise: sheep's wool products are of course particularly popular in our own construction projects. From insulation to carpet and acoustic felt, our Lehner wool centre has it all.
Owner and client: Isolena Naturfaservliese GmbH | Architect: Norbert Bruckner
The rustic look of the tree trunks is rounded off inside the house with a warm, cosy interior style. ISOLENA 'Optimal' sheep's wool insulation provides healthy insulation.
Planning and realisation: Zdeno Pavľák
The cosy detached house in Ennetaach, Switzerland, is not only insulated with sheep's wool between the logs, but also in all other insulation levels.
Realisation: Hans Koster Blockhausbau
The lost formwork in the concrete ribbed ceiling and acoustic panels made of pressboard were the cause of Elevated formaldehyde levels between 111 and 142 µg/m³. The refurbishment with sheep's wool showed a Improvement of the measured values by up to 47 %.