[GSBN] Legalizing Structural Cob

Wed Apr 25 11:43:32 UTC 2018

(Oops—sorry, that last message was meant for Misha.)

Hi Mark—

Awesome! Sounds like this is in the air. I am also working on a legal residential cob village in downtown Santa Barbara.  <http://oasisdesign.net/shelter/safetycottage/>
I love the idea of evolving an an open source code compliance package for people to make cob dwellings all over...

The code framework has a big influence on requirements. Here’s a crack at the precedent list  (this will need corrections,…additions and dates would be nice.):

Done--
Nevada County (Misha 1)—permitted residence, California Low Density Rural Housing Code (more flexibility on both structural and energy)
Berkeley (Anthony Dente/ Massy)—permitted non-residential outbuilding, California Residential Code (?). Same structural requirements as a legal residence, but didn’t have to do energy stuff. Rebar reinforced.
Santa Cruz (Claudine Desiree, Brad Streeter= Engineer)—retrofit to permit non-residential outbuilding after unpermitted construction, California Residential Code? 4x2 x 14 gauge ww mesh reinforced.
Victoria, BC <http://www.ecobuilding.org/code-innovations/case-studies/load-bearing-cob-eco-sense-home> (Gord Baird) permitted residence with a bunch of useful science (example <https://ecosenseliving.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/ecosense_bc_building_code.pdf>). 
New Zealand—a bunch of examples, both historic and modern

Rumored done—
Midland school, SB County?

In Progress—
Nevada County (Misha 2)—two story permitted residence, California Low Density Rural Housing Code?
Shasta County (Anthony Dente)—?
Portland (Mark Lakeman)—?
Santa Barbara (Art Ludwig)—permitted residences, California Residential Code. Five 400 ft2 2 bed 2 bath micro units, 2 stories + full habitable basement in ferrocemnt foundation. Welded wire mesh reinforced.

> Wow! cool. 
> 
> Who is doing your drawings?
> 
> What code is this under?
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Art
> 
>> On Apr 24, 2018, at 11:59 PM, David Eisenberg <strawnet at gmail.com <mailto:strawnet at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> Mark,
>> 
>> I'm going to be in Portland next week for the Living Future Conference. We should try to find a time to get together while I'm there. I'll email you separately to see if we can sort that out, but Anthony, Massey, Misha, and Bruce are a great start for supporting your effort - as you can already see.
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> David
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>> On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 1:12 PM, Mark Lakeman <trout at communitecture.net <mailto:trout at communitecture.net>> wrote:
>> Hi GSBN,
>> 
>> This is Mark Lakeman, a member of both City Repair and communitecture in Portland. We are taking a run at submitting a structural cob proposal to Portland's Alternative Technology Approval Committee, and finally getting this done and into the code. Does anyone in the GSBN have some leads for us that would help with this project?
>> 
>> I've been told that New Zealand may have some good material for us to start with. Any other ideas beyond that?
>> 
>> Thanks all,
>> Mark
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>> 
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>> > On Mar24, 2018, at 15:09, asbn at baubiologie.at <mailto:asbn at baubiologie.at> wrote:
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>> > Dear Rikki
>> > 
>> > A quite extensive database of tests and research is on ESBA-site (at least with English summaries): 
>> > http://www.strawbuilding.eu/category/parent/research/ <http://www.strawbuilding.eu/category/parent/research/> 
>> > 
>> > And a summary of firetests is there http://esbg2015.eu/straw-bale-firetests/ <http://esbg2015.eu/straw-bale-firetests/> 
>> > 
>> > Liebe Grüße / kind regards
>> > Herbert Gruber
>> > asbn – austrian straw bale network
>> > www.baubiologie.at <http://www.baubiologie.at/>
>> > www.strohnatur.at <http://www.strohnatur.at/> (Wir bauen Dein Strohballenhaus)
>> > www.strawbale.training <http://www.strawbale.training/> (STEP Lehrgang)
>> > www.smartcities.at <http://www.smartcities.at/> (FFG Projekt Make Your City Smart)
>> > www.strawbuilding.eu <http://www.strawbuilding.eu/> (ESBA – European Straw Building Association)
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>> > 
>> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> > Von: Gsbn [mailto:gsbn-bounces at sustainablesources.com <mailto:gsbn-bounces at sustainablesources.com>] Im Auftrag von Rikki Nitzkin
>> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. März 2018 11:00
>> > An: Global Straw Building Network
>> > Betreff: [GSBN] Web with test results
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>> > Hi.
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>> > I seem to remember that someone had compiled an (almost) comprehensive list of SB lab tests... but I can’t remember where. 
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>> > Can someone send me the link to the web?
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>> > thanks. Rikki
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