<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello all and congretulations for all the inspiring news... <br><br>About 3 years ago I was figuring out if it might be possible to declare straw-bale housing (in this case with big bales) as CO2 sink, as the natural materials like straw, wood and clay compensate the CO2-consuming material like electric equipment, tyles etc. more than needed. UN FCCC and UN ECE-CLRTAP however do not consider wood and straw as a CO2 storage. I talked with the responsable manager of the Oeko-Institut in Darmstadt who is advisor for the German government on this issue and he said, he would not accept wood and straw as compensation. <br>
<br></div><div>Of course there are window frames of wood who are not that durable, but all depends on the quality of the wood, its protection and the design. Most of the wood used in a house never will touch moisture and as such the straw.<br>
<br></div><div>Anybody more news on this topic, possibly within the last three years insights on this have changed?<br><br></div><div>Greetings from the Netherlands at the moment,<br><br></div><div>Martin Oehlmann<br></div>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hi GSBN:<div><br></div><div>Our CASBA mini-bale pal 'Baley' and I rode the Xtracycle (±65 lbs. (29.5kg)) 320 miles (515 km), raising awareness and a bit of hay-ll!</div><div><br></div>
<div>See our rig below (he's wearing a music player hat) and more fun pics on my Facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/david.arkintilt?ref=tn_tnmn" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/david.arkintilt?ref=tn_tnmn</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Team CASBA raised at least $6000, much of it going to support the code effort. However, we won't see those funds until the end of the year, so if anyone else is feeling inspired to support this effort please make your contribution directly to CASBA: <a href="http://www.strawbuilding.org/sbweb/content/donate" target="_blank">http://www.strawbuilding.org/sbweb/content/donate</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>David</div><div><br></div><div><div><img height="664" width="885"></div><div><div style="text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-variant:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-transform:none;font-size:medium;white-space:normal;font-family:Helvetica;word-wrap:break-word;word-spacing:0px">
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<br>* * * * *<br>Arkin Tilt Architects<br>Ecological Planning & Design<br><br><div style="font-size:12px"><div>Please Support my 2013 CA Climate Ride (320 mile bicycle ride from Eureka to San<span> </span>Francisco, May 19-23, with a fundraising goal of $3,000 to support Straw-Bale outreach) </div>
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<div>Thank you!</div></div><br>David Arkin, AIA, Architect<br>LEED Accredited Professional<br>CA #C22459/NV #5030<br><br>1101 8th St. #180, Berkeley, CA 94710<br><a href="tel:510%2F528-9830%20ext.%202%23" value="+15105289830" target="_blank">510/528-9830 ext. 2#</a><br>
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