<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear all<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I have been following the discussion of seismic issues with interest.</DIV><DIV>Our work on hemp and lime has made me convinced that hemp has great possibilities in terms of coping with seismic activity. </DIV><DIV>This is because of the fantastic flexibility it seems to have. </DIV><DIV>However as far as I know very little research (if any ) has been done on hempcrete walls in earthquakes.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">Some of our post grad students at the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales have been doing research on mixing hemp with <B>earth </B>instead of lime, but results so far have been inconclusive. </SPAN></DIV><DIV>However I would encourage anyone interested in this area to look at the addition of hemp fibres and/or shiv with adobe type construction.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>If you are interested to know more about hempcrete you can view a video on youtube of the hemp house we have been constructing in County Down. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcctSvVFheA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcctSvVFheA</A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6eMdqJbQI4&feature=channel_page">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6eMdqJbQI4&feature=channel_page</A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Tom Woolley</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV> <BR><DIV></DIV> <BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Tom Woolley</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Rachel Bevan Architects</DIV><DIV>17A Main Street</DIV><DIV>Saintfield</DIV><DIV>Ballynahinch</DIV><DIV>BT24 7AA</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:tom.woolley@btconnect.com">tom.woolley@btconnect.com</A></DIV><DIV>028 44 830988</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>