[GSBN] Straw Life Cycle Assessment Information Request

[Frank Tettemer]

Hi David,

Chris's recent book has extensive listings of materials, comparing 
embodied energy, cradle to grave. It's about as good as it gets, really.
He's Canadian, Eh?
We've got so many cold days here, each November to March, to test our 
building envelope. And something good comes from all of that, some of 
which spills out from within his book, in addition to all that compiled 
data around life cycles of materials..
.
My humble opinion.

http://sbdmagazine.ca/book-review-chris-magwoods-new-book-making-better-buildings/

Frank Tettemer
Living Sol ~ Building and Design
www.livingsol.com
613 756 3884

On 28/06/2014 6:06 PM, David Arkin wrote:
> Hello GSBNers:
>
> This student recently contacted CASBA via our website. If anyone has 
> anything specific to life-cycle embodied energy, whether your own 
> research or something you're familiar with, please contact her at: 
> maya.donelson at gmail.com <mailto:maya.donelson at gmail.com>
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Arkin / CASBA
>
>
> On Jun 17, 2014, at 12:44 PM, maya.donelson at gmail.com 
> <mailto:maya.donelson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Maya Donelson sent a message using the contact form at 
>> http://www.strawbuilding.org/contact.
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I am writing because I am a Master's student at HafenCity University 
>> in Hamburg, Germany in Resource Efficiency in Architecture and 
>> Planning and I am writing a paper on the benefits of straw for 
>> insulation purposes. I am trying to assess straw in terms of its 
>> life-cycle including extraction, manufacture, transportation, use, 
>> and demolition. I am hoping to find information regarding the 
>> economic cost, environmental cost, energy consumption, and air and 
>> water pollution at each stage of straw in its life-cycle. Do you have 
>> any information that you could share with me?
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Maya Donelson
>
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