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Sheep's wool insulation in timber construction
Timber construction is becoming increasingly popular. The traditional, renewable raw material wood ensures a first-class indoor climate and high thermal insulation. Sheep's wool also boasts the same positive properties. Sheep's wool insulation in timber constructions is the icing on the cake of healthy house building.
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
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
The information building of the District Chamber of Agriculture and the FIH Ried sends a clear signal in favour of regional value creation. By using wood and 250 cubic metres of sheep's wool - processed in acoustic ceilings and walls - the building stands for sustainable and future-oriented construction through and through.
Client: District Chamber of Agriculture & FIH Ried, Planning: Josef Fink DI, AT
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 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
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
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
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 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
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.
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
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
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
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 natural log house is both traditional and modern. Insulated with high-quality ISOLENA 'Premium' sheep's wool insulation.
Planning and realisation: eb Haus GmbH
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
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