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Back Issues: 2006



Issue #53
Know Thy Straw Bales: What have we learned? Research and Testing Update
Straw-bale Construction - What Have We Learned?
Straw-bale Sound Insolation & Acoustics
Straw Bale Cousins
Moisture Basics & Straw-Bale Moisture Basics
Straw Samples Tested by Delmhost Company for Accuracy of Moisture Meter
Another Evolution of Moisture Sensors
Seismic-resistant Straw-bale Walls
Plaster Testing
Quick In-Quick Out Concept
etc.


Issue #54
The Status of Straw Bale Codes and Permitting Worldwide
The Status of Straw Bale Codes and Permitting Worldwide
Primary U.S./International Sources ad Quotes from Sources
Links for Straw-bale Codes, Guidelines, and Documentation
Table of Straw-bale Building Codes, Guidelines, and Mandates in the United States
New Mexico and The Evolution of a Straw-bale Code
A Tale of Two Straw-bale Codes -- New Mexico and Arizona
Straw-bale Codes and Testing in Germany
Funding for German SB Testing Program
Excerpts from the Belarusian SB Codes
McCook, Nebraska
Ten Years Later: Straw-bale in the Building Codes
Newsflash! Straw-bale Infill Meets U.S. Building Codes
Update - 2006 TLS Resource Guide
Product Reviews
Common Straw-bale Mistakes
etc.


Issue #55
Natural Materials and Building II
Earthbag building
Cordwood Masonry
Bousillage
Straw-bale Panel Walls
Garden Walls
Fire Test report
Natural Building Materials Showrooms
SB over wood frame floors
etc.


Issue #56
Ecovillages, Communities and Cohousing
Housing Our Society: Options for
Cohousing
Ecovillages and Cohousing: Aldinga & Rosneath - Australia, Dancing Rabbit - Missouri, Emerald Earth, Forty Oaks & Two Acre Wood - California, The Farm - Tennessee, Ithaca - New York
Cohousing and Communities: Sustainable Living Solutions
The Need to Connect
Cordwood How-To
The China Trip
Strawbale in Pakistan
ISBBC Canada 2006
etc.



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