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In addition to the links above, DCAT is developing an interface and collecting content for our resource section that will make large amounts of information available easily. We plan to launch this area sometime in the fall of 2002. One of the elements of this section will be information and resource links for alternative building materials and systems, such as those below:

Straw Bale Building Systems

Codes

Austin Straw Bale Code download as Acrobat .pdf (20K)
Boulder Straw Bale Code download as Acrobat .pdf (16K)
California Straw Bale Code download as Acrobat .pdf (20K)
Tucson/Pima County SB Code download as Acrobat .pdf (24K)
Tucson/Pima County Earthen Code download as Acrobat .pdf (52K)

Testing

Pilot Study of Moisture Control in Stuccoed Straw Bale Walls

ASTM E-119 Small Scale Fire Test (New Mexico) (264K)

ASTM E84-98 Surface Burning Characteristics report (452K)

click here if you need to get Adobe Acrobat to read PDFs.)

Earthen Building Systems
Under construction.

Building With Bamboo
Under construction.

Other Building Systems
Under construction.





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