[GSBN] release of the ASR on Straw Bale, June 8th Victoria BC Canada

[Ian Redfern]

FANTASTICO  !   And a great level of indebtedness to all the participants
and research sources who produced the ASRi  "the Straw Bale  alternative
Solutions Resource"

This resource is long overdue and most welcoming for us here in a wet,
humid, seismic and cyclonic northern New Zealand  THANK YOU ALL ! ! !

I recommend all serious straw balers (architects, designers, builders and
followers to purchase this (for a mere $can 25) as it is so readable and
in plain language too ! ! !
The references are readily accessible for the most studious to use when
supporting an application for consent or permit

My only addition is to expand on the reference to the N Z earthbuilding
Standards for eaves protection - this is a conservative stance which
exceeds those promulgated in the resource by providing ratios of up to 1 :
1 for high exposure and wind zones


WELL  DONE

Regards

Ian 
 
  
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On 6/11/13 8:09 AM, "Bruce King" <bruce at ecobuildnetwork.org> wrote:

>
>Hats off to Dawn Smith, Christina Goodvin, Steve Satow and all the folks
>in Victoria who have put together a really clean and handsome guide to
>great straw building.
>
>Many on this list don't have to contend with maritime climate, extended
>rain, or earthquakes, much less all three.  But if you do, this is a
>resource you want to have!
>
>Congratulations and kudos to all involved.
>
>Bruce
>
>On Jun 9, 2013, at 6:20 PM, Jacob Deva Racusin
><buildnatural at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Bravo Dawn and team!  So excited for our community to have this
>>resource available, my hat is off to you for your tremendous efforts.  I
>>look forward to reading and referencing the final version!
>> 
>> Best,
>> Jacob
>> 
>> Jacob Deva Racusin
>> New Frameworks Natural Building, LLC
>> P.O. Box 15, Montgomery, VT 05470
>> (802) 782-7783 (c)
>> (802) 326-2209 (h)
>> www.newframeworks.com
>> jacob at newframeworks.com
>> 
>> On 6/8/2013 8:39 PM, Frank Tettemer wrote:
>>> This collective of information is a milestone, Dawn.
>>> Thanks for your dilligence and determination!
>>> I'm with you in spirit at your grand opening tonight, in B.C..
>>> 
>>> Reading the ASR is a full belly, of all you-can-eat straw bale
>>>building & plastering,
>>>  plus, probably all you'd-ever-need relevant links to more testing
>>>results, studies, and code-related building information.
>>> 
>>> This is as good as it gets.
>>> 
>>> Well, at least right up there, with Bruce King and his daughter's
>>>physical library, at Build Well.
>>> 
>>> Between these two resources, Build Well and the ASR,
>>> there Will Be an answer to all technical,
>>> mechanical,
>>> and even spiritual queries and quanderies.
>>> 
>>> Thanks for all your hard work.
>>> 
>> 
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