[GBlist] Strawbale Hands-On Workshop (Alberta)

[Alex Joseph <ajoseph@smednet.com>]

For those of you that may be Alberta and interested in a new project here.
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> re: small Municipal Strawbale Office Building
>       two "Hands-On One-Day Stucco Workshops", Saturday Sept. 29 & Oct.
> 6,  2001, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
>       You may forward this message to other interested parties
> 
> For those in the Calgary area who would like to gain some practical
> experience applying stucco on an innovative strawbale project, this
> one-day workshop may be useful for planning your future strawbale home,
> commercial building or other structure. Several resource people will be
> on-site.
> 
> This small self-sufficient municipal office building (as described
> below) will be using our "tilt-up wall" system in which the top plate,
> the bottom plate and window/door bucks are tilted into place  (with
> bales added later) for a Nebraska style strawbale wall. 
> 
> Future home owners, industry and government officials, professionals and
> laypeople will get an opportunity to ask questions on  stucco
> applications, strawbale buildings, healthy housing, sustainable homes,
> green products, construction challenges, building code issues, past test
> results (structural testing, blower door  tests) from those who have
> been in the field for a long time, and open-minded builders widening
> their scope of work.
> 
> Cost for the workshop is $50.00 + GST/person, except for employees of
> participating companies, or by special arrangement. All funds raised
> will go back into the project. Those interested should call the office
> of ASH-Inc. at 239-1882 to sign up and get details and instructions. 
> 
> Please bring: work gloves, warm clothes, coveralls, hawk and trowel (If
> you have them), safety glasses, hat, and a happy constitution.
> 
> This "Municipal Environmental Education Centre" is meant to promote and
> demonstrate the use of sustainable design and construction through
> healthy materials, environmental stewardship, green products,
> appropriate technology, the many "R"s, resource conservation, and
> renewable energy for government, industry and the general public. It is
> our fourth ecohome demonstration project for the public since 1976.
> 
> This project is believed to be the first municipal project of its type
> in Canada. Some of the unique features of this small but integrated
> self-sufficient office building include:  airtight straw bale  wall
> construction, shallow foundation (rubble trench), "Solarwall" solar
> preheat panels, partial seasonal solar storage, a high efficiency
> "Lifebreath" HRV, passive solar heating,  solar hot water collectors,
> solar heated Wirsbo radiant floor heating system, high performance (i.e.
> R-17) fiberglass Duxton windows, rainwater harvesting,  a photovoltaic
> (solar electric) grid-intertie system, and reused materials. A future
> alternative  treatment system for all greywater and blackwater ("Watson
> Wick") is being planned. 
> 
> Other partners of this project include: Home Depot, LaFarge Canada,
> ZyTeck Building Systems, Plasti-Fab, Pedersen Engineering, Conserval
> Engineering, NuTech Energy Energy Systems, Soleno, Tim's ReUsables,
> National Concrete, Xpex Chemical Corporation,  Wirsbo Canada, and
> Can-Cell Industries. 
> 
> Since the madate of this project is environmental education, there are
> opportunities for individual learning, career changes and skill
> acquisition. If any professional building contractors, construction
> workers, subtrades, company employees, product suppliers or
> representatives, wish to gain more experience on, or contribute to, this
> innovative strawbale commercial project  and wish to join others in the
> construction of this project on a volunteer part-time basis, please
> contact me by e-mail or phone and we will try to integrate your goals,
> experience and contribution. The walls should be up on Monday Sept. 24.
> The straw bales should be installed on Tuesday and Wednesday Sept. 25
> and 26. Roof trusses and sheathing should go up on Wednesday or Thursday
> Sept. 26 or 27. It is important to remember that there may be delays.
> Further details and updates are available for qualified and serious
> workers.
> 
> Jorg Ostrowski, for
> ASH-Autonomous & Sustainable Housing Inc., ph: 239-1882 
>
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> SIGNATURE:
> Jorg-Dietram Ostrowski, M. Arch. A.S. (MIT), B. Arch. (Toronto),
> Partner,
> - in full-time professional practice since 1976 (Straw Bale since 1978),
>    environmental/architectural design, ecological planning, consulting
>    on sustainable  buildings/communities. Lectures, seminars, workshops.
> - 3 residential demonstration projects completed, +100,000 visitors
> - recipient of 5 (national & international) awards and citations
> -10,000 SF urban strawbale commercial project completed
> - college retrofit (73% energy reduction) & office tower retrofit
> complete
> - worked on "EcoVillage 1": a small self-sufficient sustainable
> community 
> - trying to lead a conserver lifestyle in a sustainable home & office
> ACE, ARE, ACT, ASH-Incs., Phone: (403) 239-1882, Fax: (403) 547-2671
> 9211 Scurfield Dr. NW, Calgary  AB, Canada T3L 1V9,
> E-mail: <jdo@ecobuildings.net>,<jdo@ecodeveloper.com>
> Web Site [under reconstruction]  http://www.ecobuildings.net,
> http://www.ecodeveloper.com
>
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Alex Joseph

*Master's candidate Environmental Design, University of Calgary
(403)248-1835 josepha@ucalgary.ca
*Developer of the "http://www.YourHomePlanet.com"; Environmental Design &
Construction Searchable Web Directory
*eClass Instructor - "Sustainable Building Design"
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~josepha

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