[GSBN] Home Base natural building online library

Mon Nov 12 14:54:13 UTC 2012

Hello Bruce,

Très Bien!
And english not being the only language... If it is possible, it would 
be wonderful if it included 2 multi-lingual options :
- the possibilty for volunteers to translate titles of document to other 
languages
- other language documents to be added

Andre - list geek - de Bouter
France

Le 11/11/2012 19:39, Bruce King a écrit :
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> Thanks, Tom, and your seminar looks great -- is it at CAT?
>
> We will eventually want to gather as many conference proceedings as we 
> can.  There are already so many great research and testing papers, not 
> to mention built and permitted projects, and it's a very different 
> landscape for natural building than 10 or 20 years ago!
>
> It may first take a bit of time to get the site structure worked out, 
> in part to coordinate well with the similar efforts of others.  I'll 
> keep y'all posted.
>
> Bruce King
>
> (415) 987-7271
> Skype: brucekingokok
> Twitter: @brucekinggreen
> *http://www.housetalk.us*
> http://bruce-king.com/
>
>
>
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> On Nov 9, 2012, at 9:06 AM, Tom Woolley <tom.woolley at btconnect.com 
> <mailto:tom.woolley at btconnect.com>> wrote:
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>> Dear Bruce
>>
>> Well done! how did you manage to get that nice man Obama back into 
>> the White House? I assume you had some personal influence in the matter.
>> And even more important Marijuana now legal in Washington and 
>> Colorado!!  (is that Washington DC?)
>>
>> Happy to help with your Home Base Library
>>
>> I can promote it at a European seminar I am running on December 3-5 
>> in North Wales  about research into bio based materials
>> I can try and find a student to compile all the recent research 
>> papers on bio based materials, hemp lime etc.
>>
>> Here is the provisional programme for the seminar
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>> 14.30
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>> Tuesday December 4
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>> 9.30
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>> Black Mountain Insulation
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>> Introduction and welcomes
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>> 9.45
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>> Lime Technology Presentation?
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>> 10.15
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>> Patrick Daly EPA Irish Hemp Lime Desk Study --Material Properties and 
>> Test Data
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>> 10.45
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>> Coffee
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>> 11.15
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>> Rosanne Walker Dublin Overview of the properties of the lime-hemp 
>> composite with pozzolans
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>> 11.45
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>> LHOIST??
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>> 12.15
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>> Natalie Essig Technical University Munich . Low carbon building in 
>> Germany
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>> 13.00
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>> lunch
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>> 14.00
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>> Tom Woolley lessons from the Renewable House programme
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>> 14.30
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>> Ceri Loxton Bio insulation Materials TSB Research
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>> 15.00
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>> Gary Newman ASBP and other developments
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>> 15.30
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>> Andrew Evans Black Mountain
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>> 16.00
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>> Factory Visit
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>> 18.00
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>> Drinks and Dinner at Hotel
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>> Wednesday December 5
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>> 9.30
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>> Neal Holcroft Current Research atBath
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>> 10.00
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>> Jim Carfrae Plymouth, Analysis of the long term moisture monitoring 
>> of straw bale houses in the UK.
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>> 10.30
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>> F Collet Rennes Effect of rendering on moisture buffering of hemp 
>> concrete
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>> 11.00
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>> Coffee
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>> 11.30
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>> J. Knol , Hemp Building in Holland
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>> 12.00
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>> Myles Yallop hempcrete experiences in UK
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>> Final discussion
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>> Also I am now on the Board of Natureplus and will be at their next 
>> meeting on December 6 and 7 so can mention it there also
>> http://www.natureplus.org/en/current-news/home/
>>
>> I will forward your notice to the UK Alliance for Sustainable 
>> Building Products www.asbp.org.uk <http://www.asbp.org.uk/>
>> and to EBUK...(speaking at their annual conference in February)
>> http://www.ebuk.uk.com/
>>
>> Natural Building taking off here at last
>>
>> all the best
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>> On 9 Nov 2012, at 16:35, Bruce King wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Greetings, Baleheads --
>>>
>>> Some of you may have heard that we had an election here in the USA. 
>>>  Fair to say that, at least for once, America said no to shrieking 
>>> anger, and yes to compassion.  It's a fine moment.  The shrieking 
>>> anger is still very much here, of course, but it won't quite be 
>>> running the show in Washington for a while.
>>>
>>> That's not why I write, but I had to start with that little Yippee.
>>>
>>> Ecological Building Network is starting the Home Base Library -- a 
>>> place where we can host and make accessible an online 
>>> nexus connecting users with the technical information they 
>>> need.  Engineering tests, white papers, field reports, codes, and 
>>> standards will all be made available either as downloadable PDF 
>>> documents, or by link to the authors' websites.  We will also launch 
>>> a collection of free, wiki-based guides to natural 
>>> building techniques, and ultimately establish a physical library and 
>>> conference facility tied to affiliate universities.
>>>
>>> *I ask for help! *This is a big project, and I'm not yet sure how it 
>>> will be funded, but right off we need help expanding the Joomla 
>>> website of EBNet, and then also guidance in setting up a wiki-based 
>>> forum where, we hope, folks like you might be willing to post up 
>>> simple guides like "earthen floor basics", "choosing straw bales", 
>>> "bamboo joinery", etc.
>>>
>>> I'll be glad to share more about the concept if you write me offline 
>>> at  <bruce at ecobuildnetwork.org <mailto:bruce at ecobuildnetwork.org>>. 
>>>  If you can help with Joomla or wiki, please let me know.  The 
>>> beginning of the Home Base Library can be seen here 
>>> <http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/strawbale-construction-code-supporting-documentation> -- 
>>> support for Martin Hammer's straw bale code work.
>>>
>>> Thank you from a slightly less annoying US of A,
>>>
>>> Bruce King
>>>
>>> (415) 987-7271
>>> Skype: brucekingokok
>>> Twitter: @brucekinggreen
>>> *http://www.housetalk.us <http://www.housetalk.us/>*
>>> http://bruce-king.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Categories*
>>>
>>> *1. Industrial*-- /by-products of factories and industry/
>>>
>>> _1a Pozzolans_
>>>
>>> slag
>>>
>>> fly ash
>>>
>>> _1b Fabrications_
>>>
>>> shipping containers
>>>
>>> _1c Concrete_
>>>
>>> rubble
>>>
>>> cast elements
>>>
>>> _1d Fibers_
>>>
>>> wood
>>>
>>> "waswood" -- castoffs of plywood, OSB, etc
>>>
>>> paper
>>>
>>> straw bales
>>>
>>> _1e Polymers_
>>>
>>> tires
>>>
>>> plastic bags
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *2. Rural*-- /by-products of site, farms & landscapes  aka "natural 
>>> building"///
>>>
>>> _2a Earth_
>>>
>>> clay
>>>
>>> natural pozzolans
>>>
>>> _2b Fibers_
>>>
>>> straw, straw bales
>>>
>>> wood
>>>
>>> bamboo
>>>
>>> hemp
>>>
>>>
>>> *3. Manufactured*-- /new products in or entering the marketplace/
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> Tom Woolley
>>
>> Rachel Bevan Architects
>> 80 Church Road
>> Crossgar
>> Downpatrick
>> BT30 9HR
>> tom.woolley at btconnect.com <mailto:tom.woolley at btconnect.com>
>> 028 44 830988
>> www.bevanarchitects.com <http://www.bevanarchitects.com/>
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