Hesse: Architects call for more sustainability in construction

Wiesbaden (dpa/lhe) - The Hessen Chamber of Architects and Urban Planners (AKH) calls for more sustainable building.

Hesse: Architects call for more sustainability in construction

Wiesbaden (dpa/lhe) - The Hessen Chamber of Architects and Urban Planners (AKH) calls for more sustainable building. "If we really want to be climate-neutral in a few years, we have to rely on renewable building materials," said the Vice President of the AKH, Holger Zimmer. Straw bales are an important component. Manufacturing a straw bale house saves so much energy that it can heat a house for 70 years. "The construction method is wrongly completely underestimated."

The architect attributes this primarily to a lack of awareness of ecological building materials. "We have been introduced to synthetic industrial building materials far too much over the years." You could just as easily build a house with straw, "but the building sector is conservative." There is an urgent need for a rethink in order to conserve resources and become independent of imported materials.