<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=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>You go, Mayor Emily!<div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div style=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 6, 2018, at 10:10 AM, emily niehaus <<a href="mailto:emily@communityrebuilds.org" class="">emily@communityrebuilds.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div 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="">All - We recently experienced a human-caused fire here in Moab, UT. The event took 10 homes. As it would happen, we had a project under construction in the line of fire. Our project was 2 weeks from completion. We had yet to install the doors and windows, however our metal roof was installed and our bales were covered in base plaster and finished with Permatint (a silica-based paint). <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Straight to the punchline - homes surrounding the project burned to the ground. Our project was unharmed. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here is a link to an article showing aftermath photos and footage from a drone: <a href="https://kutv.com/news/local/eight-homes-destroyed-in-moab-fire" class="">https://kutv.com/news/local/eight-homes-destroyed-in-moab-fire</a></div><div class="">*the CR home has a bright blue roof</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">When I walked by the site with Utah’s Lt. Governor Cox, he noticed that the home still standing was a Community Rebuilds home…and straw bale! I didn’t even have to speak. The Utah Wildfire expert addressed him and the rest of the crowd by explaining why this home was so fire resistant. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Two things: </div><div class="">I am so proud that my team kept a clean job site. Kudos to Melissa Graciosa and Bea Denham for their leadership on this front. This could have had a different outcome if there was unkept loose straw. Second, I am proud of our housing typology. Straw bale continues to perform better on every metric. Every. Single. Metric.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">And if affordability is what you are seeking for straw bale construction, then change the economics of the construction industry (or shift it within your business model). Don’t blame the typology. The materials are dirt cheap.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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