[strawbale] European Gathering in Austria

[Herbert Gruber <d.sign@aon...>]

Title: European Gathering in Austria

Dear strawbalers in Europe

Last week Markus Piringer (Global 2000), Astrid and I discussed the next
European Gathering in Austria.

There are two possible dates in early spring:
March, 01.­04.2002
March, 29.­ April, 01.2002 (warmer, so maybe sleeping in a tent is
possible)
PLEASE VOTE FOR ONE AND REPLY TO THIS EMAIL

Our first plans include:
* a 4day-Gathering with a small onsite-workshop (building of  different
strawbale-wall systems)
* a larger workshop later on in building season

The Gathering:

Thursday: strawbale basics, small workshop, primarly for interested
people in the region (Austria, Czech Rep., Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary,
maybe Germany,...)

Thursday evening or Friday morning (until p.m. 9´ clock): arrival of our
international guests

Friday and Saturday:
half day European project-presentations: each national strawbale-
network arranges max. 45 min presentation of the most interesting
projects and experiences in their country
half day exkursions to Austrian strawbale-houses
evening: individual dia-shows of European strawbale-house-projects

Sunday: 5 seperate working groups discuss:
1) new experiences concerning installation (electricity, plumbing) and wall-
systems (incl. plastering bale walls)
2) revitalisation of old houses, barns, halls,... and retrofitting with
strawbales
3) techniques of low-energy-buildings and passive-houses with
strawbale insulation
4) development-cooperation-projects
5) new tests, EU-projects

each working group is started with a short expert-report (15 min)
The results of each group will be presented to all the participants
afterwards

sunday afternoon/evening: departure

More details are following soon.

Best wishes from Austria
Herbert

Astrid & Herbert Gruber (ASBN)
Markus Piringer (Global 2000)