<div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>New Frameworks has been developing the StrawCell system over the last few years, and have done a series of build-outs with a few different approaches. There are some considerations at play regarding moisture management/vapor control given the high level of insulation, and detailing will vary based on use case/interior environment, climate, etc. to ensure low- or moderate-risk design, but we've been very happy with the system thus far. Happy to discuss further, we consult on this system with builders and designers, be in touch if you'd like to chat more.</div><div><br></div><div>Best of luck,</div><div>Jacob Racusin</div><div>New Frameworks Natural Design/Build</div><div>Burlington/Montpelier, Vermont</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 12:16 PM, Bruce EBNet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bruce@ecobuildnetwork.org" target="_blank">bruce@ecobuildnetwork.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><br></div>Thanks, Tom! And Howdy from Murrica!<div><span class=""><br><div>
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<br></span><div><div class="h5"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On May 14, 2018, at 8:48 AM, Tom Woolley <<a href="mailto:tom.woolley@btconnect.com" target="_blank">tom.woolley@btconnect.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_1147189242458811403Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>See Chris Magwood article</div><div><br></div><a href="http://thelaststraw.org/a-straw-cell-wall-system/" target="_blank">http://thelaststraw.org/a-<wbr>straw-cell-wall-system/</a><br><div><br class="m_1147189242458811403webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="m_1147189242458811403webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="m_1147189242458811403webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="m_1147189242458811403webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>
<div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Tom Woolley</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><a href="mailto:tom.woolley@btconnect.com" target="_blank">tom.woolley@btconnect.com</a></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><a href="http://www.bevanarchitects.com" target="_blank">www.bevanarchitects.com</a></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">80 Church Road</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Crossgar</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Downpatrick</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">BT30 9HR</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Tel: 028 44 831164</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br></div><br class="m_1147189242458811403Apple-interchange-newline">
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<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 14 May 2018, at 16:43, Bruce EBNet <<a href="mailto:bruce@ecobuildnetwork.org" target="_blank">bruce@ecobuildnetwork.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_1147189242458811403Apple-interchange-newline"><div>
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<div style="letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div style="letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div style="letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div style="letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Bruce King</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">(415) 987-7271</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important"><a href="mailto:bruce@ecobuildnetwork.org" target="_blank">bruce@ecobuildnetwork.org</a></span></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><i>Reducing emissions is essential</i></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><i>Reversing emissions is even better:</i></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><a href="http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/projects/new-carbon-architecture" target="_blank">The New Carbon Architecture</a></div></span></div></div></div></div></div>
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<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On May 14, 2018, at 8:03 AM, douglas nichols <<a href="mailto:douglasnichols@hotmail.com" target="_blank">douglasnichols@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_1147189242458811403Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div id="m_1147189242458811403divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">Hello All</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">I'm consulting with a non-profit (<a href="http://www.yinnovations.org/" class="m_1147189242458811403OWAAutoLink" id="m_1147189242458811403LPlnk322821" target="_blank">http://www.yinnovations.org/</a>) to build an affordable straw home for a low income family. Their current engineering was provided by someone unfamiliar with straw bale building and is coming up pretty short of being a low carbon, sustainable, or natural design. So we are moving to a straw cell design to help ease any engineering and building official concerns about the straw bale part. My question is-- does anyone have a good straw cell wall detail drawing they can point me to or donate to the effort?</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><br></div><div id="m_1147189242458811403LPBorder_GT_15263097944910.5564285532514952" style="margin-bottom:20px;overflow:auto;width:762px;text-indent:0px"><table id="m_1147189242458811403LPContainer_15263097944870.836238527995915" cellspacing="0" style="width:685px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);overflow:auto;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;margin-top:20px;border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:dotted;border-top-color:rgb(200,200,200);border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(200,200,200)"><tbody><tr valign="top" style="border-spacing:0px"><td id="m_1147189242458811403TextCell_15263097944880.8753185716893734" colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;padding:0px;display:table-cell"><div id="m_1147189242458811403LPRemovePreviewContainer_15263097944890.1517676308285829"></div><div 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