[GSBN] How many strawbale buildings in the USA?

[ejgeorge at riseup.net]

I'd agree with at least a factor of 5. There are 17 listings for NY but I
was able to think of 20 more off the top of my head for central NY alone
(vs only 5 of the 17 on the list) - not to mention any I've forgotten or
don't know about...

For NY at least, not many have been added in the last bunch of years.
Hopefully the newly revived Last Straw  will lead to a newly revived
registry! Looking forward to it!

ej



> Hi Catherine,
>
> Whenever I¹m faced with this question, I go to the International Straw
> Bale
> Registry;  http://sbregistry.sustainablesources.com/search.straw
>
> I take the number of registered SB buildings, for a particular state,
> country, continent, or planet, and multiply it by a reasonable factor.
> That
> factor will vary depending on the state or country.  For California with
> 125
> registered buildings, I¹ve used a factor of 5, assuming for every SB
> building registered there are 4 that aren¹t.  But that factor is an
> educated
> hunch.  It could be too high, but I¹ve also heard people say that for
> every
> one registered there are 10 that aren¹t.
>
> There are 89 registered in Colorado, 741 in the US, 92 in Canada, 29 in
> Australia, 6 in NZ, 7 in the UK, 2 in Pakistan (where I know there are
> over
> 30), 597 in China (I believe Kelly has stated there are now about 1000), 1
> in Haiti (where I know there is 1), so the factor depends on what you
> know,
> or think you know for the region.
>
> For the NY Times inquiry, the enquiring mind (reporter?) could say ³In the
> US there are 741 straw bale buildings registered on the International
> Straw
> Bale Registry.  Many practitioners believe there are at least 4 times that
> many in the US that are not registered, suggesting a total of over 3500
> straw bale buildings in the US.²   And similarly for Europe and the world.
> Pick your numbers.
>
> Glad you¹re safe and sound at the Black Range Lodge.
>
> Martin
>
>
> On 9/16/13 12:44 PM, "Catherine Wanek" <mail at builderswithoutborders.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I know that this topic has been on this list before....but I haven't
>> seen a
>> compilation of how many strawbale buildings there are in the USA.   
>>
>> ...An enquiring mind from the NY Times would like a rough estimate.
>>
>> Is there an estimate of how many in Europe?  The World?
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Catherine Wanek
>> Co-director
>> Builders Without Borders
>> www.builderswithoutborders.org <http://www.builderswithoutborders.org/>
>>
>> Ecological builders working together for a sustainable future.
>>
>>
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