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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Doug, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We’re approaching our 5<sup>th</sup> Straw Cell building. I’m happy to share my experience and learning. Best to call me<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Both Dodson Harper and Jeff Rupert know the systems I’ve been using. Jacob Racusin planted the seed of the original idea in my head during a discussion at the 2012 ISBC and has thought it out in amazing ways<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Straw Cell is using a conventional Framed wall with 2x4’s or 2x6’s (24” O.C.) and stacking Bales to the inside of the framed wall. The Wall cavity get’s Dense packed blown Cellulose against the bales.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Exterior of the wall is Sheathed ( with skip sheathing, homosote, CDX , definitely not osb and pay attention to your Interior vs exterior Vapor Perms). Then a WRB, Strapping and Siding.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This works well for us in the mountain climate where we only have a 60 day frost free window. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wishing you all well!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dusty Sylvanson<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Straw & Timber Craftsmen INC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>115 S. Colorado ST<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gunnison, CO 81230<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>970-641-3898<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>dusty@strawandtimber.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Gsbn <gsbn-bounces@sustainablesources.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jacob Racusin<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 14, 2018 10:35 AM<br><b>To:</b> Global Straw Building Network <gsbn@sustainablesources.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [GSBN] Strawcell wall<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best of luck,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jacob Racusin<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>New Frameworks Natural Design/Build<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Burlington/Montpelier, Vermont<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 12:16 PM, Bruce EBNet <<a href="mailto:bruce@ecobuildnetwork.org" target="_blank">bruce@ecobuildnetwork.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, Tom! And Howdy from Murrica!<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Bruce King<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>(415) 987-7271<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:bruce@ecobuildnetwork.org" target="_blank">bruce@ecobuildnetwork.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Reducing emissions is essential</span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Reversing emissions is even better:</span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/projects/new-carbon-architecture" target="_blank">The New Carbon Architecture</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>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:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>See Chris Magwood article<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://thelaststraw.org/a-straw-cell-wall-system/" target="_blank">http://thelaststraw.org/a-straw-cell-wall-system/</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Tom Woolley<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:tom.woolley@btconnect.com" target="_blank">tom.woolley@btconnect.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.bevanarchitects.com" target="_blank">www.bevanarchitects.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>80 Church Road<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Crossgar<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Downpatrick<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>BT30 9HR<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Tel: 028 44 831164<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 14 May 2018, at 16:43, Bruce EBNet <<a href="mailto:bruce@ecobuildnetwork.org" target="_blank">bruce@ecobuildnetwork.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>What is a “<span style='font-size:12.0pt'>straw cell wall”?</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Bruce King<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>(415) 987-7271<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:bruce@ecobuildnetwork.org" target="_blank">bruce@ecobuildnetwork.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Reducing emissions is essential</span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Reversing emissions is even better:</span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/projects/new-carbon-architecture" target="_blank">The New Carbon Architecture</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On May 14, 2018, at 8:03 AM, douglas nichols <<a href="mailto:douglasnichols@hotmail.com" target="_blank">douglasnichols@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div id="m_1147189242458811403divtagdefaultwrapper"><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hello All<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I'm consulting with a non-profit (<a href="http://www.yinnovations.org/" 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?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;overflow:auto' id="m_1147189242458811403LPBorder_GT_15263097944910.5564285532514952"><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=685 style='width:513.75pt;background:white;border-top:dotted #C8C8C8 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:dotted #C8C8C8 1.0pt;border-right:none'><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div id="m_1147189242458811403LPTitle_15263097944890.4279873513063803"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:15.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:15.75pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Light",sans-serif;color:#432158'><a href="http://www.yinnovations.org/" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'>Y Innovations, Inc.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt' id="m_1147189242458811403LPMetadata_15263097944890.6299215199064863"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:15.0pt;line-height:10.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#666666'><a href="http://www.yinnovations.org/" target="_blank">www.yinnovations.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_1147189242458811403LPDescription_15263097944900.19288822277116613"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:15.0pt;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#666666'>2903 North Jefferson Street 2903 North Jefferson Street is a 4500 square foot vacant lot in the city of Wilmington, where Y Innovations will be completing a 630 square foot naturally-built straw bale home in 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_1147189242458811403Signature"><div id="m_1147189242458811403divtagdefaultwrapper"><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Doug Nichols</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Creating Energy Efficient Homes Since 1995</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Nichols Contracting LLC</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>821 S. 400 E.</span><span 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