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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Fellow straw bale enthusiasts,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I'm happy to announce that the executive summary and experimental report for PAKSBAB's in-plane cyclic wall experiments and the house shake table experiment are available in the BuildWell Library! There's also a video of shake table trials 4 and 8 of the house. <a href="http://www.buildwelllibrary.org/building-materials/fibers/straw/strawbale">http://www.buildwelllibrary.org/building-materials/fibers/straw/strawbale</a> (scroll down)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For the hardcore, the whole shebang, including the data, graphs, drawings, photos and videos, are available to view and download in the NEEShub Project Warehouse at<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:blue'><a href="https://nees.org/warehouse/project/666">https://nees.org/warehouse/project/666</a></span>. The executive summary is near the top of the page; scroll down to Documentation and click on "view" to access the experimental report.<span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A heartfelt thank you to all who helped make this research possible!<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Darcey<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Darcey Donovan, P.E., C.E.O.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Pakistan Straw Bale and Appropriate Building (PAKSBAB)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>P.O. Box 1083<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Truckee, CA 96160 USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>+1-530-902-5516 Ph<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>darceydonovan Skype<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><a href="mailto:darcey@paksbab.org">darcey@paksbab.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><a href="www.paksbab.org"><span style='color:blue'>www.paksbab.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>