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I revisited this post from two months ago, and noticed that the link Chris provided for Josh Thornton’s Light Clay Straw research document gives only the short (4 pg) “Research Highlights” version. The full “Research Report” is 148 pages and contains 10 pages on the fire testing (plus page ‘v’ in the Executive Summary). I looked but cannot find the full report on the CMHC website. However I obtained the full report from the author last year. I will send it to anyone who requests it (via YouSendIt)(14MB file size).<BR>
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On 8/14/11 1:43 PM, "Chris Magwood" <<a href="chris@chrismagwood.ca">chris@chrismagwood.ca</a>> wrote:<BR>
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On 11-08-08 2:29 AM, Alex Cicelsky (Kibbutz Lotan) wrote: <BR>
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</SPAN><FONT COLOR="#333333"><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:15pt'><B>#1 How to Build a Geodesic Strawbale Dome - dome manufacture <<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAaAqqRoEKQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAaAqqRoEKQ</a>> </B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><B><FONT COLOR="#0033CC"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>KibbutzLotan</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></FONT><B><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> <<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/KibbutzLotan">http://www.youtube.com/user/KibbutzLotan</a>> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"> 13 videos<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>b. Do any of you know of formal fire rating testing and results for "light straw"? I'd like to have an idea of what to expect before we begin Standards Institute of Israel material testing on 8 and 40 cm light straw wall panels.<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>Alex Cicelsky ~ Director of Research and Development ~ Center for Creative Ecology<BR>
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