[Strawbale] [SB-r-us] First Congressional Briefing on Straw Bale

[Bill Christensen]

Hey all,

Laura also was looking at the Straw Bale Registry to see how many 
states and countries SBs have been built in.  Turns out we've got 
them in all but 4 states:

New Jersey
Rhode Island
Delaware
Hawaii

But that doesn't mean there aren't any there.  I'm sure the Registry 
is underreporting.

If any of you know of any SBs in any of those states, please let 
Laura know and encourage the owners/architects/builders of those SBs 
to list them in the Registry:

<http://sbregistry.greenbuilder.com>

You can remain anonymous by setting your listing to "no visitors" and 
your info will only be used for aggregated analyses and such.  Though 
of course if you're open to visitors, we'd love to know.



At 2:34 PM -0400 5/29/08, Robert Tom wrote:
>SB Yahoos and REPP SBers would qualify as "beyond" I would guess.
>
>
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>Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 17:45:17 -0600
>From: Laura Bartels
>Subject: [GSBN] First Congressional Briefing on Straw Bale
>
>Dear GSBN family and beyond,
>
>I am quite excited to get to share that the first Congressional
>briefing on straw bale building is being organized for June 20th.
>
>We will be addressing the benefits, growth,and future of straw bale
>and other natural materials and related national policy implications
>and potential areas of federal funding. I would strongly encourage any
>of you who would like to offer thoughts on national policy
>recommendations to share them immediately. A briefing summary is being
>prepared right now and we are working to come up with the "ask".
>
>My head is still swimming from the very quick development of this. And
>believe me, I never quite imagined being one to speak to such a crowd.
>But while in DC working just a week ago with Builders Without Borders
>on the Straw Bale Eco House exhibit at the US Botanic Garden (directly
>across from the Capitol), I was introduced by a colleague to the
>executive director of the Environmental and Energy Study Institute
>that is a non-profit policy research institute that regularly sets up
>briefings. She was very impressed with the technology and immediately
>saw the many values. After discussion of possible topic areas and many
>suggestions of panel members, they chose to include myself, David
>Eisenberg to address what else but codes and regulations, Bob Gough of
>the Intertribal Council on Utility Policy, to speak to the use of
>straw bale in tribal communities and the relationships to housing,
>utility costs, green jobs, health, and more, and Sandy Wiggins, the
>immediate past chair of the US Green Building Council who has been
>involved in straw bale projects and can speak to many issues relating
>to the future of natural materials in green building, the business
>case for such, etc.
>
>Also, if there are any photos of US projects that you think would be
>helpful to include as examples, please let me know by email.
>
>I am sure that this wouldn't be happening if this crowd and the whole
>sb community worldwide was not plugging away doing what we are doing
>on the whole and in detail. I am feeling quite a bit of gratitude for
>all that has gone before to get to this point.
>
>Blessings,
>Laura
>
>Laura Bartels
>www.greenweaverinc.com
>
>
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>Rob Tom
>Kanata, Ontario, Canada
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