[GSBN] US strawbale farmworker housing

[Laura Bartels]

ej,

I presented both for USDA folks in Moab in connections with Community Rebuilds (www.communityrebuilds.org) and in Murdo, SD who both support and have been involved in funding sb projects. I will send their contacts to you off list. I hope this will be helpful. 

Cheers,
Laura


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On Jun 14, 2011, at 6:29 PM, ejgeorge at riseup.net wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> We are working with a local agency to help a farmer who wants to build a small  farmworker housing unit - potentially as a prototype for additional units. They are looking at funding via the USDA Rural Development program and recently received an email stating that while Rural Development has done a few straw bale houses previously, it is still considered "new technology". As such  the project requires additional review to support the suitability of the material.
> 
> Much of this is standard info we provide for all our projects (ASTM standards for fire ratings, R-values, etc), but there was a new one for us:
> "One concern that will need to be considered is how susceptible to insects/pests is this material."
> 
> Has anyone on this list been involved with the straw bales that were already approved by the Rural Development program? We're wondering what sort of documentation others submitted on this point. It seems published information on this is largely anecdotal - even Bruce King's chapter on this is mostly theoretical with some field observations.
> 
> Or anyone know of any studies or other data relating to this??
> 
> 
> Thanks much!
> 
> ej
> 
> 
> 
> ej George, CSBA
> 
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