[Strawbale] International Code Council (ICC) on Straw Bale, Log Homes, Green Building.

[Chris Green]

My apologies for cross posting today, but the following links will be of 
interest to many of the members of the green- and strawbale building 
lists, especially the newer members.

The International Code Council recently  released a set of standards for 
log homes an other log structures, which may interest some of you. The 
announcement of  these guidelines is here:
http://www.iccsafe.org/news/nr/2007/0228log.html

A page with links to numerous articles about Green Building here:
http://www.iccsafe.org/news/green/index.html

Their website also has an article by Bruce King, C.E., published in the 
Building Safety Journal of May-June, 2004, about straw bale houses. 
Under the topic of fire safety, Mr. King uses the interesting analogy of 
comparing burning straw bales to burning telephone books.
http://www.iccsafe.org/news/green/0504BSJ38.pdf

And just who is the ICC?
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>       About ICC: Introduction to the ICC
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> The International Code Council, a membership association dedicated to 
> building safety and fire prevention, develops the codes used to 
> construct residential and commercial buildings, including homes and 
> schools. Most U.S. cities, counties and states that adopt codes choose 
> the International Codes developed by the International Code Council.
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To be honest, I haven't read all the material here, other than the DB 
article, but this site seems to be another source for a lot of useful 
information and worth bookmarking. Especially if you're going to be 
dealing with building inspectors... :-)

Cheers,

Chris Green.