[GSBN] Where are we at? - From your corner of the world. + Your favorite research / presentation on moisture transport

Tue May 15 14:20:59 UTC 2018

Hi Caroline,

Here is a link to a very small research study
<https://www.newframeworks.com/products-resources/> we did on 7 straw bale
buildings in the US Northeast region in 2010 (available as a free download
on our website). And a link to our presentation that explains the data
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/8x39k9yljwb30xm/BBD13.ppt?dl=0> & talks about
high performance strategies (including understanding moisture, air
tightness, etc) for straw bale buildings in our region.

And here is a link to a copy of a "State of the Art"
<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1e-gt1bsH164-l59S3xCAUH_JCLJR2l0UhvR2UJ7_3fg/edit?usp=sharing>
presentation that myself and my business partners Jacob Deva Racusin and
Ben Graham gave in 2017 at the Northeastern Sustainable Energy
Association's Building Energy conference.

Our real excitement these days is following the work of many in the
Embodied Carbon Network - Kate Simonen and many others, our colleague and
friend Chris Magwood's research and the work of Bruce King and all who
contributed to *The New Carbon Architecture*, and many others - working on
shifting the conversation from an industry focus on operational carbon to
(or along with) embodied carbon. Here is a link to a presentation that
Jacob Deva Racusin and Chris Magwood and I gave this year at several
conferences on embodied carbon and carbon storage in buildings
<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gRC0fOL7H1HNitpBNle_jvdx3b_GgGaZ5azJ9MeM8KI/edit?usp=sharing>
as a necessary and immediate shift in our thinking as practitioners in the
built environment. I also wrote an article you can find here
<http://www.greenenergytimes.org/2017/06/23/sequestering-carbon-in-buildings/>
on
Carbon Storage in buildings - which is very strong with straw bale
buildings as you likely are aware.

So many great things to look forward to and work on! I wish you the best of
luck with your talk.

All the best,

Ace

Ace McArleton - *pronouns he/him*
Managing Partner
New Frameworks
1 Mill Street, Suite 161, Burlington VT 05401
802 917 4059
www.newframeworks.com
info at newframeworks.com

Co-author of:
The Natural Building Companion:  A Comprehensive Guide to Integrative
Design and Construction
<https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/the-natural-building-companion/>

Instructor
Yestermorrow Design/Build School
Warren, VT
*Natural Building Certificate Program
<http://www.yestermorrow.org/programs/certificate-programs/natural-building-certificate/>*

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 6:23 AM, Fran Bradshaw <
fran at annethornearchitects.co.uk> wrote:

> Dear Caroline
> Just to reply on the moisture question, I now have 4.5years monitoring
> data with the AECB distributed Osmosis data recording system, of my nearly
> passivhaus timber primary frame / strawbale house in Norfolk UK (for
> project details see passivhaus plus magazine Jan17).
>
> Monitors recording moisture and temperature are in the walls in various
> positions and readings recorded hourly. Data describes a long period of
> drying out and gradually settled and safe figures, however the intention is
> to take physical samples on completion of 5 years of data and compare
> results, when it will be published.
>
> If you want more info about the current data, do contact me directly,
>
> best wishes
> yours
> Fran
>
>
> Frances Bradshaw
> AECB Deputy Chair
>
> Partner
> Anne Thorne Architects LLP
> *020 7749 6931/ 32*
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>
>
> On 15 May 2018, at 05:17, Bill Christensen <lists at sustainablesources.com>
> wrote:
>
> Sorry for the delayed reply - just catching up on GSBN mail today.
>
> There are around 230 subscribers to GSBN.
>
> The StrawBale Building Registry which we put together in 2001 is still out
> there, though it's gotten pretty long in the tooth and nobody has added any
> buildings in a good number of years:  http://sbregistry.
> sustainablesources.com .  I keep meaning to find time to re-do it and
> expand its scope, but haven't gotten to it yet.
>
>
>
> On 4/25/18 2:51 AM, Caroline Meyer White wrote:
>
> Hi everyone.
>
> I am going to present about strawbalebuilding at the Danish national
> research Institute's day on building physics. (Denmark is really quite a
> third world country when it comes to the established institutions
> recognizing any type of diffusion-open building envelope).
>
> I was wondering if somebody out there have a vague idea, how spread out
> straw building is now a days?
> - How many countries are there bale buildings in?
> Perhaps impossible questions - but anything will do :)
>
> Something that shows the "state-of-the art" from your perspective, you are
> most welcome to send my way.
>
> If you may have a rough count of what is in your
> region/organistion/country, I would be excited to know.
>
> Regarding the all-time-present moisture question: I have Kuba's thesis -
> which is great! :). But if you have a favorite presentation / research
> document.... anything, that presents the moisture migration issue in a way
> that really works for you, I would also be thrilled!!
>
> Bill: Can you share how many are on this list currently? - if that is a
> number you have.
>
> All my Best to all of you,
> Caroline
>
> hojtpaastraa at gmail.com
> or
> kontakt at glarbowhite.dk
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