[GSBN] How many strawbale buildings in the USA?

[Timok33]

My experience would suggest 10x for permitted plus another 20x for unpermitted in California.

Tim

Please excuse brevity and typos as I use my mobile device


On Sep 17, 2013, at 12:56 AM, Tom Woolley <tom.woolley at btconnect.com> wrote:

> 7 registered in the Uk  whereas there must be about 200-300 SB buildings
> 4 registered in Ireland where there are at least 100 -150
> so a factor of 5 is quite modest!!
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> Tom
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> On 16 Sep 2013, at 20:16, martin hammer wrote:
> 
>> Hi Catherine,
>> 
>> Whenever I’m 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, I’ve used a factor of 5, assuming for every SB building registered there are 4 that aren’t.  But that factor is an educated hunch.  It could be too high, but I’ve also heard people say that for every one registered there are 10 that aren’t.
>> 
>> 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 “In 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.”   And similarly for Europe and the world. Pick your numbers.
>> 
>> Glad you’re 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
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>>> Builders Without Borders
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