<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; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
<div>
<div>
<div>Hi Mark</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I am involved in a European research project called ‘CobBauge’ looking at optimising cob to comply with UK and French building regulations. The project is in an early stage, so we have no definitive results yet – we are currently testing different mixes
 for their thermal performance. Drop me a line, or follow CobBauge on social media for updates.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Regards</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Jim</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<div id="MAC_OUTLOOK_SIGNATURE">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Arial">Dr Jim Carfrae</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">Research Fellow</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">CobBauge (</font>Interreg VA research project)</font></div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font face="Arial"><br>
</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font face="Arial">Room 302 Roland Levinsky Building<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font face="Arial">School of Art, </font><span style="font-family: Arial;">Design and </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architecture</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font face="Arial">Plymouth University<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font face="Arial">Drake Circus<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font face="Arial">Plymouth PL4 8AA<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font face="Arial">+441752 565176</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font face="Arial">07880 551922<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font face="Arial">jim.carfrae@plymouth.ac.uk</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><img src="cid:3FC5A93C-5C8E-4F23-9E3B-F4A802B2F72B" type="image/png" width="332.160004" height="198.479996"></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION">
<div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:12pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt">
<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Gsbn <<a href="mailto:gsbn-bounces@sustainablesources.com">gsbn-bounces@sustainablesources.com</a>> on behalf of Mark Lakeman <<a href="mailto:trout@communitecture.net">trout@communitecture.net</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span>Global Straw Building Network <<a href="mailto:gsbn@sustainablesources.com">gsbn@sustainablesources.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Tuesday, 24 April 2018 at 21:12<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>Global Straw Building Network <<a href="mailto:gsbn@sustainablesources.com">gsbn@sustainablesources.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[GSBN] Legalizing Structural Cob<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">
<div>
<div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#006600">Hi GSBN,</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#006600"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#006600">This is Mark Lakeman, a member of both City Repair and communitecture in Portland. We are taking a run at submitting a structural cob proposal to Portland's Alternative Technology Approval Committee,
 and finally getting this done and into the code. Does anyone in the GSBN have some leads for us that would help with this project?</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#006600"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#006600">I've been told that New Zealand may have some good material for us to start with. Any other ideas beyond that?</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#006600"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#006600">Thanks all,</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#006600">Mark</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#006600"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all">
<div>
<div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">
<div dir="ltr">
<div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div dir="ltr">
<div style="text-align:left"><font size="1"><br>
</font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font size="4">Mark Lakeman</font>, Principal & Design Lead                                  <font size="4">Mark Lakeman</font>, Co-Founder<br>
</div>
<div style="text-align:left">1421 SE Division St | Portland, OR 97202 | <span><span>t: 503.230.1293</span>               c: 503.381.5885 | <font color="#000000"> <a href="http://www.cityrepair.org" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">www.cityrepair.org</font></a></font></span><br>
c: 503.381.5885 | <a href="mailto:trout@communitecture.net" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">trout@communitecture.net</font></a><font color="#000000"><a href="mailto:moontrout@cityrepair.org" target="_blank"><font color="#000000"></font></a></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><a href="http://communitecture.net/" target="_blank"><font size="1"><br>
</font></a></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:12.7272720336914px"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B7-rE5Cr02J5UzBlZWE0djBWakU&revid=0B7-rE5Cr02J5WG42dC9FcUFsVTNIS3M2d20rckRLUmZLWUNVPQ"></span></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:12.7272720336914px">          </span><span style="font-size:12.7272720336914px">          </span><span style="font-size:12.7272720336914px">          </span><span style="font-size:12.7272720336914px">     
     </span><span style="font-size:12.7272720336914px">          </span><span style="font-size:12.7272720336914px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/communitecture" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B7-rE5Cr02J5RUxJNzNjdGxoeWs&revid=0B7-rE5Cr02J5NFdyNytPM2Y3UjluQ1pGbnE1cS9rcnlEU2pFPQ"></a>  <a href="http://twitter.com/communitecture" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B7-rE5Cr02J5eDVNUDFEcmpubHc&revid=0B7-rE5Cr02J5cHNJVitGckF5M0oxQnFFVXhGaWFHSnJscFFBPQ"></a>  <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/company/communitecture-inc.-architecture---planning" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B7-rE5Cr02J5d1I2Q2FsTWxPdkk&revid=0B7-rE5Cr02J5MjM4VDZCR3V5SHRydkN3MDlCNlIrcjhYUEtRPQ"></a>  <a href="http://plus.google.com/+communitectureARCHITECTUREPLANNINGDESIGNPortland/posts" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B7-rE5Cr02J5Nzc3ajAxUDlKZk0&revid=0B7-rE5Cr02J5VHBKcGYvVkZBSm0vOHJoWmVHTVdkaFVsYnpzPQ"></a>  <a href="mailto:trout@communitecture.net" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B7-rE5Cr02J5RGNaeGtJRVgzT2s&revid=0B7-rE5Cr02J5YlE5TXRuSUpwYU0zTkJMV0ZUU1ljTWFwVkNvPQ"></a></span><span style="font-size:12.7272720336914px"> 
   </span><span style="font-size:12.7272720336914px">         </span><font color="#ff6600" size="4"><b>City Repair</b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><a href="http://www.communitecture.net/" target="_blank"><br>
</a></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 2:02 PM, Rene Dalmeijer <span dir="ltr">
<<a href="mailto:rdalmeij@mac.com" target="_blank">rdalmeij@mac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br>
<br>
<br>
Rene Dalmeijer Proces Advies<br>
Thomas Hoodstraat 2<br>
1086 WE Amsterdam<br>
<br>
06 48955419<br>
<br>
KvK 34243755<br>
BTW NL057444146B01<br>
NL18ASNB0932817343 <br>
new email <a href="mailto:rdalmeij@mac.com">rdalmeij@mac.com</a><br>
<br>
IBAN NL09INGB0004388720<br>
BIC INGBNL2A<br>
<br>
> On Mar24, 2018, at 15:09, <a href="mailto:asbn@baubiologie.at">asbn@baubiologie.at</a> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Dear Rikki<br>
> <br>
> A quite extensive database of tests and research is on ESBA-site (at least with English summaries):
<br>
> <a href="http://www.strawbuilding.eu/category/parent/research/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">
http://www.strawbuilding.eu/<wbr>category/parent/research/</a> <br>
> <br>
> And a summary of firetests is there <a href="http://esbg2015.eu/straw-bale-firetests/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">
http://esbg2015.eu/straw-bale-<wbr>firetests/</a> <br>
> <br>
> Liebe Grüße / kind regards<br>
> Herbert Gruber<br>
> asbn – austrian straw bale network<br>
> <a href="http://www.baubiologie.at" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.baubiologie.at</a><br>
> <a href="http://www.strohnatur.at" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.strohnatur.at</a> (Wir bauen Dein Strohballenhaus)<br>
> www.strawbale.training (STEP Lehrgang)<br>
> <a href="http://www.smartcities.at" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.smartcities.at</a> (FFG Projekt Make Your City Smart)<br>
> <a href="http://www.strawbuilding.eu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.strawbuilding.eu</a> (ESBA – European Straw Building Association)<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----<br>
> Von: Gsbn [mailto:<a href="mailto:gsbn-bounces@sustainablesources.com">gsbn-bounces@<wbr>sustainablesources.com</a>] Im Auftrag von Rikki Nitzkin<br>
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. März 2018 11:00<br>
> An: Global Straw Building Network<br>
> Betreff: [GSBN] Web with test results<br>
> <br>
> Hi.<br>
> <br>
> I seem to remember that someone had compiled an (almost) comprehensive list of SB lab tests... but I can’t remember where.
<br>
> <br>
> Can someone send me the link to the web?<br>
> <br>
> thanks. Rikki<br>
> <br>
> ______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
> Gsbn mailing list<br>
> <a href="mailto:Gsbn@sustainablesources.com">Gsbn@sustainablesources.com</a><br>
> <a href="http://sustainablesources.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/gsbn" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">
http://sustainablesources.com/<wbr>mailman/listinfo.cgi/gsbn</a><br>
<br>
______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
Gsbn mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Gsbn@sustainablesources.com">Gsbn@sustainablesources.com</a><br>
<a href="http://sustainablesources.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/gsbn" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://sustainablesources.com/<wbr>mailman/listinfo.cgi/gsbn</a><br>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</span></span>
<hr>
<a href="http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/worldclass"><img src="http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/images/email_footer.gif"></a><br>
<br>
<font size="smallest" color="gray" face="Calibri">This email and any files with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient then copying, distribution or other use of the
 information contained is strictly prohibited and you should not rely on it. If you have received this email in error please let the sender know immediately and delete it from your system(s). Internet emails are not necessarily secure. While we take every care,
 Plymouth University accepts no responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan emails and their attachments. Plymouth University does not accept responsibility for any changes made after it was sent. Nothing in this email or its attachments
 constitutes an order for goods or services unless accompanied by an official order form.</font>
</body>
</html>