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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">It might be important to remember that this is a
<b>newspaper</b> reporter, and remember who her/his audience is. The reporter is likely looking for a sweeping,
<i>usually </i>and <i>generally</i> accurate, estimate. While the nuances of “compared to what?”, and “in what climate?”, are important for builders, energy geeks, and clients who are considering their immediate home-building options, for a newspaper article,
those details are in the weeds. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I suggest that you give her/him a range, like “between 20% and 50%.” You should tell the reporter that there are a lot of variables that can affect
how big that percentage is, but unless this reporter <u>also</u> writes for a more technical journal, s/he is not likely to want to get into that level of detail.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#76923C">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Mistral;color:#76923C">Nehemiah Stone</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Mistral;color:#76923C"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#76923C">Stone Energy Associates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">(916) 663-1225 (office)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060"><a href="http://www.stoneenergyassc.com/">www.StoneEnergyAssc.com</a> (not yet live)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#17365D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">“The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Gsbn [mailto:gsbn-bounces@sustainablesources.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>asbn@baubiologie.at<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 12, 2017 8:38 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Global Straw Building Network' <gsbn@sustainablesources.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [GSBN] energy efficiency.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear Rikki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The question is energy saving compared to what?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We can build straw bale houses in low energy standard (according to the minimum energy standards)<br>
or even as passive house. So the energy saving in this case compared to a conventionally insulated house is zero.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">If you build with big bales, this may result (theoretically, without including windows) in half the energy consumption of a passive house.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Important is the saving of preliminary energy compared to conventional insulations and the CO2-storage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">According to Werner Schmidt: „Straw Bale Houses need only 10-15% of the preliminary energy of a conventinal house”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Compared to a concrete house a straw bale house needs 50 times less energy in production (source: GrAT, TU Vienna)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Liebe Grüße / kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Herbert Gruber<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">asbn – austrian straw bale network<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ph: 0043 2958 83640<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">mobile: 0043 650 22 16 812<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:asbn@baubiologie.at">asbn@baubiologie.at</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.baubiologie.at/">www.baubiologie.at</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.strawbuilding.eu"><span lang="EN-GB">www.strawbuilding.eu</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
(ESBA – European Straw Building Association)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Von:</span></b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> Gsbn [<a href="mailto:gsbn-bounces@sustainablesources.com">mailto:gsbn-bounces@sustainablesources.com</a>]
<b>Im Auftrag von </b>Rikki Nitzkin<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Freitag, 12. Mai 2017 13:06<br>
<b>An:</b> Global Straw Building Network<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> [GSBN] energy efficiency.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-AT">Hi, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-AT">A reporter for a National newspaper here in Spain wants to write an article on SB. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-AT">She asks me: what is the % of energy savings in a SB house?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-AT">Can anyone give me a ball-park figure? o a link to somewhere with reliable data?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-AT">I usually compare the centimeters of insulation in a conventional house, to that of SB. But I don’t have the data on what the difference is in real savings…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-AT">thanks, Rikki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:black">Rikki Nitzkin<br>
Strawbale Building and Clay Plaster:<br>
education, consulting, and building<br>
<a href="http://www.tallerconco.org">www.tallerconco.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:tallerconco@gmail.com">tallerconco@gmail.com</a><br>
(+ 34) 657 335 162<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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