Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Green construction materials

[John Sechrest (sechrest]

             We have a Straw Bale house that was built to 
             code in Benton County Oregon. And this
             is nothing if it is not humid...

             We have a group locally called the 
             NW Eco-building guild. They help
             outline some of those issues for us.

             For example:

From: Kathy Ging <kging [at] efn.org>
To: Kathy Ging <kging [at] efn.org>
Subject: NWEB Guild: Wed.,Dec.1: A PATTERN LANGUAGE: Thallon & McDonald
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1999 - 2000  FREE PRESENTATIONS:
NORTHWEST EcoBUILDING GUILD, Eugene Chapter
Guild public presentations are free and open to the public held
on the first Wed. of every month at 7 pm     McNail-Riley House,
601 W. 13 (13th & Jefferson), Eugene
*****
Wed., Dec. 1, 1999   A PATTERN LANGUAGE
Architect Rob Thallon and builder James McDonald discuss A Pattern
Language, seminal Architecture design book that allows even novices
to design buildings of timeless beauty.
*****
Wed., Jan. 5, 2000
THE ARCHITECTURE OF HOPE
An architectural, millennial and spiritual extravaganza is planned!
*****
Wed., Feb. 2, 2000

Feb. through Dec., 2000
Look forward to a year of special discussions on building from site 
preparation to foundation, structure, sheathing, finish materials.

For further information, to be added to mailing or e-mail list,
or to make a presentation, contact:  Kathy Ging, Realtor,
541-342-8461;     e-mail: kging [at] efn.org
or Robert Bolman, builder 541-344-7196   e-mail: robtb [at] efn.org
A calendar of events is at our web site: www.ecobuilding.org/eugene/
Robert Bolman has a web site at: www.efn.org/~robtb/

REGIONAL GUILD WEB ADDRESS:    http://www.ecobuilding.org

~`-`~        ~`-`~       ~`-`~       ~`-`~       ~`-`~
Kathy Ging  M.A., G.R.I. Realtor with an ORGANIC Vision
Milestone Realty  kging [at] efn.org   541-342-8461; 1-800-944-0130
Working for energy, food, shelter and economic self-reliance




"Marya S. Tipton" <sundog [at] gburgtimes.com> writes:

 % 
 % We are about to enter the wonderful world of home and site design.
 % Our aim is to build affordable, environmentally friendly homes. Åffordable
 % is the operating word at this juncture because we have just purchased a very
 % expensive piece of property. I personally am on a low budget, but I just
 % can't envision a home with aluminum siding and fiberglass insulation, for
 % environmental reasons as well as the lethal fumes given off in the event of
 % fire.
 % We have looked into things like straw bale and cob, but we live in a very
 % humid climate and I don't believe it is suitable. Cob is also very labor
 % intensive, and therefore very expensive. I spoke with Chuck Durrett about it
 % at the cohousing conference last year in Philly, and he also agrees that
 % straw bale is not for the East Coast.
 % We are now looking at getting Deltec round-house kits. But there is still
 % the  question of siding, insulation and wall infill.
 % Does anyone have any ideas out there about "green" insulation and wall
 % infill that won't break the environment, or our budget? Please keep in mind
 % that we are in a very conservative area and we will be the fist cohousing
 % community in Pennsylvania, so I don't want to get into anything that will
 % hang us up at the zoning board any more than we have to. But I am willing to
 % put up a good fight if I can keep the Pink Panther at bay.
 % Peace,
 % Marya Tipton
 % Hundredfold Farm
 % Orrtanna, PA
 % A Place to Grow!
 % ----------
 % >From: Lynn Nadeau <welcome [at] olympus.net>
 % >To: Multiple recipients of list <cohousing-l [at] freedom2.mtn.org>
 % >Subject: Telephone in the common house?
 % >Date: Tue, Nov 30, 1999, 2:46 AM
 % >
 % 
 % > I took a telephone in the common house as a given, in our programming,
 % > and imagine a lot of ways it might be useful. (Some of our 22 homes are
 % > as much as three blocks from the common house, and several are out of
 % > sight of it.) ( I assume long-distance blocking would not be a problem
 % > and would preclude any financial abuse of the system.)
 % >
 % > But some people are now questioning whether we should install a phone,
 % > when we get to that point in the construction process.
 % >
 % > Have some of you actual experience of having a common house with or
 % > without a telephone? With or without a computer that can go on line?
 % > (another use for a phone line)
 % >
 % > Thanks,
 % > Lynn at RoseWind
 % > 

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