<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">HI Carol<div><br></div><div>Been reading your blog and website, great stuff well done!! I'm also doing the CAT Msc and just finishing off my 7th module essay on "is Finance slowing the growth of straw" specifically looking at mainstream solutions for using straw in build and how the banks view it as a material. Interesting stuff and some varied but obvious findings. The thesis scares me though especially now having read yours and feeling like there's no way i can do that!! But one step at a time i guess</div><div><br></div><div>I havent been able to find a case in the UK where a SB house has been built for sale on the open market - thereby testing the principles of mortgageability. Wonder if you are aware of any? </div><div><br></div><div>I'm thinking of a dry build using a timber frame to provide the structure and dry enclosure with the straw being inserted from the inside (in the dry) timber cladding outside, plasterboard inside. I know it dosnt stack up with the purist principles but will provide substantial Co2 savings by omitting brick, block and insulation and obviously sand and cement.</div><div><br></div><div>I presume i'd need a breathable vapour barrier between the timber structure and the cladding which would allow the straw to breathe. Do you know if any one has done any U value calcs for this type of build or do you forsee any problems?</div><div><br></div><div>Do you have any open days coming up, i'd love to pop up and see what youve done.</div><div><br></div><div>Keep up the good work</div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Neale</div><div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:neale.brickwood@googlemail.com">neale.brickwood@googlemail.com</a></div><div>07798854867</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.ikonland.com">www.ikonland.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>Ikon Land and New Homes Limited</div><div>The coach House</div><div>2 hereford Road</div><div>Southsea</div><div>Portsmouth</div><div>PO5 2DH</div></div></div></span> </div><br><div><div>On 10 Jul 2010, at 21:03, <a href="mailto:carolatkn@aol.com">carolatkn@aol.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="black" size="2" face="arial"> <div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hi Burkhard</font></div> <div>I'm not sure if you have had any response from the UK yet. My quick list got to 22 sb houses (there are many other kinds of building too). I'll keep checking and let you know if I find more</div> <div>It was a great chart you produced. Many thanks</div> <div>Carol</div> <div><a href="http://www.strawcottage.co.uk">www.strawcottage.co.uk</a></div> <div> </div> <div style="CLEAR: both"></div> <br> <br> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<br> From: nora kasanicka <<a href="mailto:thegentlebuilder@googlemail.com">thegentlebuilder@googlemail.com</a>><br> To: <a href="mailto:strawbale@amper.ped.muni.cz">strawbale@amper.ped.muni.cz</a><br> Sent: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 10:44<br> Subject: [Strawbale] results of sb houses across europe pls<br> <br> <div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12px" id="AOLMsgPart_0_691d873f-6cc6-48ac-8249-00587b6d4c2a"><pre style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><tt>hello burkard,
would it be possible to post to the list the information you compiled
from your research into how many houses we have across europe? im sure
everyone would like to see it.
this would be also quite good infromation to post on eu sb website, if
you dont mind.
cheers
norak
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