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What is a “straw cell wall”?

Bruce King
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> On May 14, 2018, at 8:03 AM, douglas nichols <douglasnichols at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello All
> 
> I'm consulting with a non-profit (http://www.yinnovations.org/ <http://www.yinnovations.org/>) to  build an affordable straw home for a low income family.  Their current engineering was provided by someone unfamiliar with straw bale building and is coming up pretty short of being a low carbon, sustainable, or natural design.  So we are moving to a straw cell design to help ease any engineering and building official concerns about the straw bale part.  My question is-- does anyone have a good straw cell wall detail drawing they can point me to or donate to the effort?
> 
> Y Innovations, Inc. <http://www.yinnovations.org/>
> www.yinnovations.org <http://www.yinnovations.org/>
> 2903 North Jefferson Street 2903 North Jefferson Street is a 4500 square foot vacant lot in the city of Wilmington, where Y Innovations will be completing a 630 square foot naturally-built straw bale home in 2018.
> Thanks
> 
> Doug Nichols
> 
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