[GSBN] SB in England journal article

[Tom Woolley]

Dear all
there is a detailed account of this project in BRI Journal, well worth  
reading
Editor Richard Lorch

Sodagar, B., Deepak, R., Jones, B., Wihan, J. and Fieldson, R. (2011)  
The carbon reduction potential of strawbale housing, Building Research  
& Information, Volume 39, Issue 1, January 2011, pp. 51–65, Routledge,  
Taylor & Francis Group, ISSN 0961-3218.
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/rbri

Tom



On 28 Jul 2011, at 09:18, Jim Carfrae wrote:

> Slightly serious answer to your 'silly' question!
> Council houses in the UK are a form of social housing. The local  
> council builds the houses which are then offered at a subsidised  
> rent to people who are unable to afford full rental values. There  
> will be a list of qualifying people waiting for housing, and they  
> may be offered a selection of houses as they become available.
> The article is probably exaggerating the number of people who were  
> offered the the SB houses, and they may have been turned down for  
> different reasons, not necessarily the SB factor (location, size etc.)
> Having said that, the UK public does seem to be extraordinarily  
> conservative when it comes to building materials - SB houses have  
> been slow to take off here compared to most of continental Europe.
>
> Jim
>
> Dr Jim Carfrae
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> On 28 Jul 2011, at 05:37, Darrel DeBoer wrote:
>
> When the Guardian says this sb house was "offered" to this woman by  
> the government, it sounds like it doesn't cost anything.  But even  
> if it costs a nominal amount, how could several people have turned  
> it down before her?  What is the world coming to when people choose  
> drafty uninsulated masonry over straw?  Why am I asking this group  
> such a silly question?
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jul/26/straw-council-houses-fuel-efficiency
>
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