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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=984011222-02042009><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Congratulations from AUSBALE</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,<BR>Bohdan Dorniak</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#009900 size=2><B><SPAN class=984011222-02042009>Past
President AUSBALE</SPAN></B></FONT></P><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> GSBN-bounces@greenbuilder.com
[mailto:GSBN-bounces@greenbuilder.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Darcey
Donovan<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 2 April 2009 5:52 PM<BR><B>To:</B> '(private,
with public archives) Global Straw Building Network'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[GSBN] PAKSBAB Straw Bale House Shake Table Tests - Friday,March 27, 2009 - A
Great Success!<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Dear GSBN friends,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I'm pleased to report that our straw bale house performed
exceptionally well during the shake table tests at the University of Nevada,
Reno, last Friday. <SPAN lang=EN>The input motion was the Canoga Park
Topanga Canyon record of the 1994 Northridge, California earthquake, Mw
6.7. The house was subjected to increasing levels of seismic shaking,
beginning at 25% of the recorded ground acceleration and increasing at 25%
increments until failure. </SPAN>The house survived 0.82g (0.82 times the
acceleration of gravity), twice the acceleration of the Canoga Park
record. The Geological Survey of Pakistan estimates the 2005 Kashmir
earthquake, Mw 7.6, to have had peak ground accelerations in the range of 0.3 to
0.6g. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I am extremely grateful to EERI, NEES and UNR for their
generous support, and to all the hardworking volunteers who dedicated countless
hours to this project.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>To view the abstract and download a handout please go to
<SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><A
href="http://nees.unr.edu/projects/straw_bale_house.html">http://nees.unr.edu/projects/straw_bale_house.html</A></SPAN>.
See<SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"> </SPAN><A
href="http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/42035847.html">http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/42035847.html#</A>
for publicity we’ve received regarding the test. <SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">For
more information about PAKSBAB please visit <A
href="http://www.paksbab.org/">www.paksbab.org</A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">More
videos and test report to come…</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Darcey<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><BR>Darcey Donovan,
P.E., C.E.O.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Pakistan Straw Bale
and Appropriate Building (PAKSBAB)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">P.O. Box
1083<BR>Truckee, CA 96160 USA<BR>(530) 902-5516 cell<BR>(530) 582-4965
fax<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">0344-9455664
PAK<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><A href="mailto:ecoengr@sbcglobal.net"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">ecoengineering@gmail.com</SPAN></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><A href="http://www.paksbab.org/"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">www.paksbab.org</SPAN></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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