WALL TEXTURES AND SEALANTS SOY GLUE

Better Bonding with Beans (Development of Soy glue)

Durable Soy-based Adhesived: http://www.forestprod.org/adhesives05wescott.pdf

StratSoy Wood adhesive: http://www.stratsoy.uiuc.edu/commproducts.html#wood

Foaming Soy Adhesive: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/jan01/soy0101.htm

Biobased insulation http://www.biobased.net/

BioBased Technologies: http://www.biobasedtechnologies.com/

MSDS: http://biobasedpolyol.com/resources/MSDSAgrol1070NorthAmericaEnglishAUG292006.pdf

News and Media Agrol® Inside products making the news! June 13, 2008 BioBased Technologies® will present a new, highly reactive NOP in Sept CPI Conference

May 28, 2008 BioBased® 1701S Earns GREENGUARD Certification
May 27, 2008 BioCel® Outlines LEED Certification Qualifiers

Pioneering Soy Protein Companies: I. F. Laucks, The Glidden Co., Rich Products, Gunther Products, Griffith Laboratories A Special Exhibit - The History of Soy Pioneers Around the World - Unpublished Manuscript
by William Shurtleff and Akiko Aoyagi
©Copyright 2004 Soyinfo Center, Lafayette, California



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Albemarle will announce the development of a halogen-free, high-efficiency, low-scorch flame retardant for flexible PU foams during the Flame Resistance and Combustibility session. Another Albemarle colleague will present an update of the regulatory situation for flame retardants in Europe and North America. During the Chemistry and Fundamentals session, Dow Chemical will present a paper offering insights into the role of cellular architecture, pneumatic contributions and polymer
microstructure in the viscoelastic foam recovery process. http://www.polyurethane.org/s_api/bin.asp?CID=845&DID=7552&DOC=FILE.PDF

BioBased® 1701s Insulation is the first spray polyurethane foam insulation to meet the stringent GREENGUARD Certification guidelines for indoor air quality. The GREENGUARD Certification ProgramSM is an industry-independent, third-party testing program for low-emitting products and materials. The first GREENGUARD Certification was awarded in the fall of 2002. In 2005, the GREENGUARD Children & SchoolsSM standard was added, which evaluates the sensitive nature of school populations combined with the unique building characteristics found in schools, and presents the most rigorous product emissions criteria to date. BioBased® Insulation’s soy-based, water-blown, closed cell insulation product earned both the GREENGUARD Certification and the GREENGUARD Certification for Children & SchoolsSM. “Our company is focused on developing insulation products that are more sustainable than traditional products,” said Mike Muccio, chief operating officer of BioBased® Insulation. http://www.pu2pu.com/KNOWLEDGE/Featured_Docs/Featured_Docs_Details.aspx?ID=518

BioCel® Outlines LEED Certification Qualifiers
May 2008

In recent years, demand has grown rapidly for building materials that fulfill the requirements of LEED, the benchmark certification program for green building projects sponsored by the non-profit U.S. Green Building Council. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, and buildings that carry its seal of approval are demonstrating advantages not only in public relations appeal, but studies show that energy-efficient LEED buildings cost less to operate, have higher occupancy rates, enhance occupant health and well-being and increase investment returns compared to their non-LEED counterparts. Though desirable, the LEED certification process, with its complex formulas and calculations, takes considerable commitment and planning on the part of architects and designers. Understandably, green product manufacturers strive to provide accurate and concise information to the building community about their products' LEED-worthy attributes.
One common misconception about LEED is that building materials themselves qualify for LEED certification, when in fact it is only a project's total LEED point score that determines whether the project qualifies for LEED, and if so, which of the three levels of certification it will achieve. Out of a possible 69 elective points, buildings that earn 26 qualify for the standard LEED certification. Silver level requires 33 points, 39 are needed for Gold, and Platinum projects must earn at least 52 points.

This document limits itself to credit categories listed in the LEED for New Construction & Major Renovations protocol, version, 2.2. Other LEED protocols, such as LEED CI for Commercial Interiors, and the still developing LEED for Homes differ somewhat in their requirements for credit.
Many flooring manufacturers were early adopters of green technology. A prime example of this environmental initiative is found in BioCel® high-performance polyurethane backing systems for commercial carpets. Developed by Dalton, Georgia-based Universal Textile Technologies, BioCel backings contain Celceram™, a highly-refined mineral compound recovered from electric utility power plants, combined with Agrol® polymers created from domestically grown soybeans, a rapidly renewable resource. BioCel laminate and BioCel attached cushion backings contain recycled, recovered, and renewable materials, and are third-party certified by Scientific Certification Systems to be 60% to 70% green by weight.
http://www.universal-textile.net/news_LEED_may2007.htm

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SURFACE TEXTURING OF CLAY STUCCO WALLS

USING CLAY STUCCO/PLASTER FOR STRAW BALE BED AND BREAKFASTS

Here's a really neat design (exterior only) for the B and B:

http://www.libaudie.com/survey/index.htm. They have a Sketch-up 3D model. To see it you will need to install Google Sketchup, launch the application then open the file from its saved location on your harddisk.

Here's a way to emulate individually set stone when using clay stucco.

• Build a section of wall using real field stone, much like the picture. This sample would be about 4' x 4' and have right and left edges which will mate when put to gather on the horizontal. (called the male mold)
• Using a hard plastic, create a female mold off the male mold with mounting brackets.
• Mount the mold on a vertical platform with an air bag (rubber truck inner tube) between the vertical platform and the mold. The connection will be very heavy duty scissors struts.
• Mount the vertical platform on a high reach forklift but without the extended forks.
• Apply about 1.25 inches of mud to the wall, move the forklift so that the mold is just touching the wet mud, then inflate the air bag. We would also need a vibrator to settle the mold well into the mud. We will also use a mold release, Each cell which represents a stone/brick/else, would have a small hole through which compressed air would blow to release the mold from the mud.
• After the mud dries and hardens, the "stones" would be stained with a penetrating soy-based stain and water repellent. We could hire some high school kids to apply different stains to different "stones" and even do faux painting to achieve a realistic imitation stone.

We would need several molds because of the different sizes which need molding. For instance, we could use rounded field stone on the corners and limestone lintels over the doors and windows. Alternatively, we could use keystones as shown in the French B & B over the door of the middle building.



INTERIOR CLAY PLASTER FINISHES

The interior surface of a house can be more than a surface on which to hang paintings and tapistries. By applying clay with soy glue mixed in it can be sculpted into many shapes and forms. For instance, the inteior wall of a house in Germany wer made by extruding one meter "logs' of clay and stacking them on a fresh lay of clay motar. The relaatively unevenness gave the wall some real character. See. p. 30 of David Pearson's book, The New Natural House Book,.

Using the press mold described above, one could create a wide variety of textures to impress on the fresh clay.

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Andrew:

Thanks for the article on straw bale protection from rain. http://www.strawbale.com/lesson11-br.html If there is rain, the air is saturated with moisture which can penetrate small cracks in clay stucco and thus be absorbed by osmosis into the straw. Have you any research on these protections:

• Use Tyvek to wrap the top of the bales and down the outside to just below the bottom bale (staple the "skirt" of the Tyveck to the mud sill.).
• Before placing the bales, spray them with a moisture barrier, such as a soy sealant. See: http://www.newcenturycoatings.com/; http://www.adhesivesmag.com/CDA/Articles/ASI_Blog/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000393558; http://www.biobased.net/
• After placing the bales, spray with soy foam to create a smooth surface and seal the straw. Then spray on a 40 to 60 mil layer of elastomeric color coat on the soy foam. Leave the inside of the rooms without sealant in case moisture needs to exit the bales.
• I plan to build post and beam on a concrete stem wall about 2.5 feet above the ground and cover the ground under the house with pea gravel.
• Use Tyvek strips around the openings and use plenty of soy caulking along where the soyfoam meets the window and door frames.

Best regards,
Jim Miller

Chief O’wax̱a̱laga̱lis of the Kwagu'³ describes the potlatch in his famous speech to anthropologist Franz Boas, "We will dance when our laws command us to dance, and we will feast when our hearts desire to feast. Do we ask the white man, 'Do as the Indian does?' It is a strict law that bids us dance. It is a strict law that bids us distribute our property among our friends and neighbors. It is a good law. Let the white man observe his law; we shall observe ours. And now, if you come to forbid us dance, be gone. If not, you will be welcome to us."

--- On Sun, 8/24/08, The Team at StrawBale.com <Info@StrawBale.com> wrote:

From: The Team at StrawBale.com <Info@StrawBale.com>
Subject: [StrawBale] Straw Bale in High Rain Environments
To: "Jim Miller" <jimmiller5417@yahoo.com>
Date: Sunday, August 24, 2008, 5:21 AM

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