<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">While working in Haiti I desperately wanted to test ways to create local roof insulation, to alleviate the infra red oven created by a tin roof. My principal concern wasn’t rot, but critters nesting in it. My first notion was to mix the local fibers with quicklime, but I didn't have a chance to field test it. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But we DO have a 2010 field test of straw bale construction there: Martin Hammer, what do you hear from the little cottage?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bob</div><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 11, 2017, at 11:49 AM, Derek Stearns Roff <<a href="mailto:derek@unm.edu" class="">derek@unm.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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I don’t have the experience in a very humid, continuously warm tropical environment, to propose a natural building solution. Looking at the current local solutions is always a good place to start. There is also the question of what materials are available.
But starting from a place of ignorance about the place, if I wanted to include lots of insulation where mold and moisture are a big concern, then I would consider blown-in fiberglass (NOT fiberglass batts), which has several moisture/mold advantages.
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Am still looking for advices on that topic because I have more request for building with bale in hot and humid climate like Guadeloupe, Benin, Sénégal.<br class="">
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<blockquote type="cite" class="">Le 29 juin 2017 à 08:17, Noé Solsona <<a href="mailto:noe@anarchitecture.org" class="">noe@anarchitecture.org</a>> a écrit :<br class="">
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Thanks for your returns, and advice regarding analyzing the moisture effect.<br class="">
I definitely agree with you Bill, that’s why I wrote to the GSBN to ask how to do and if it’s possible or suitable to build with straw in tropical climate ? Because I don’t want to be dependent and risk the failure of the air conditioning.<br class="">
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So am very wondering if it’s possible to build with straw ??<br class="">
Would it be better with light straw ?<br class="">
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<blockquote type="cite" class="">Le 28 juin 2017 à 19:47, Bill Christensen <<a href="mailto:lists@sustainablesources.com" class="">lists@sustainablesources.com</a>> a écrit :<br class="">
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Over the years I've become a fan of the concept of passive sustainability: specifically, what happens to the building when power and mechanical systems such as air conditioning fail?<br class="">
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In the wall described below, you're creating a dependence on the air conditioning system, and therefore setting yourself up for potential wall failure if the A/C goes down for an extended period, whether due to something as simple as financial constraints or
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<blockquote type="cite" class="">But I also hear that it could be possible if we have a vapor block membrane in the outside, and clay plastering in the inside with a good and strong air conditioning system.<br class="">
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