<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Great, what a paradise:-)<div>I always thought, Europe tends to have a unique building-law...</div><div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-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; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Med vennlig hilsen</div><div>Herbert</div><div>-----------------</div><div>asbn - austrian strawbale network</div><div>3720 Ravelsbach, Baierdorf 6</div><div>Tel. 02958-83640</div><div><a href="mailto:asbn@baubiologie.at">asbn@baubiologie.at</a></div><div><a href="http://www.baubiologie.at">www.baubiologie.at</a></div></div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br><div><div>Am 04.03.2013 um 21:23 schrieb Piet Jensen:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <div dir="ltr" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <div dir="ltr"> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <div>Herbert, in Norway there are no special rules for SB. If you follow the tec-standards and you take the responsibility for the result, you can allmost build whatever you want. All the best Piet </div> <div style="FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"> <div style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"> <div> </div> <div style="BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <div style="font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a title="sebastien.hubert@mc2000.be" href="mailto:sebastien.hubert@mc2000.be">Sebastien Hubert</a> </div> <div><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 04, 2013 8:32 PM</div> <div><b>To:</b> <a title="strawbale@amper.ped.muni.cz" href="mailto:strawbale@amper.ped.muni.cz">strawbale@amper.ped.muni.cz</a> </div> <div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Strawbale] certification of straw bales</div></div></div> <div> </div></div> <div style="FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none">Hello Herbert,<br><br>Here is an answer for belgium :<br><br>1. We are allowed to build one family houses with normal uncertified straw bales. Altough in the future it will be more difficult because the insulating standards are getting better and better.<br><br>2. I don't know the status for public buildings...<br><br>3. It is also possible to insulate existing buildings with uncertified bales. The insulating standards for existing houses are lower than those for new houses.<br><br>Hope this can help you.<br><br>Cheers<br><br>Sebastien Hubert<br>Belgium<br><br> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/03/13 20:11, asbn wrote:<br></div> <blockquote cite="mid:A40D1D07-7088-4CB6-810F-9DB98A2261B7@baubiologie.at" type="cite"> <div apple-content-edited="true">Dear Balers in Europe <div> </div> <div>As we have troubles with building officials (esp. in Lower Austria), who want only certified building-balles in buildings,</div> <div>even when you insulate a roof or ceiling to a roof in an existing building (without any funding or banque-credits),</div> <div>I would like to know, what the actual situation is in your country:</div> <div> </div> <div>So I have only 3 short questions (your answer would help me very much):</div> <div> </div> <div>1) Is it allowed to build one-family-houses with normal uncertified straw bales in your country?</div> <div> </div> <div>2) Is it allowed to build official buildings (e.g. museums, schools,...) with non-certified bales?</div> <div> </div> <div>3) Is it allowed to insulate an existing building (without an official plan) with non-certified bales in your country?</div> <div> <div> </div> <div><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium verdana; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); 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" class="Apple-style-span"> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium verdana; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); 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" class="Apple-style-span"> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium verdana; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); 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" class="Apple-style-span"> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium verdana; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); 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" class="Apple-style-span"> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <div> <div>all the best / thank you for answers:-)</div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div></div> <div apple-content-edited="true"><span style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium verdana; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); 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" class="Apple-style-span"> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <div> <div>Herbert Gruber</div> <div>-----------------</div> <div>asbn - austrian strawbale network</div> <div>3720 Ravelsbach, Baierdorf 6</div> <div>Tel. 02958-83640</div> <div><a href="mailto:asbn@baubiologie.at" moz-do-not-send="true">asbn@baubiologie.at</a></div> <div><a href="http://www.baubiologie.at" moz-do-not-send="true">www.baubiologie.at</a></div></div> <div> </div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br><br> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> <br><pre wrap="">____________________________________________________
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