Cob RE: cob codes

[Bob Bolles]

Hola

> As I understand it from David Eisenburg, there is considerable reason to
> worry. Certain U.S. officials are in the process of writing "The
International
> Building Code." He says they intend to enforce it everywhere. I can't
imagine
> it being successful at anything but making things more difficult.  
~~howard

The current effort is to consolidate the 4 building codes in the US into
one.
Albeit 25-35% (or somewhere in there) of the homes/structures in the world
are made of earth and fibers. At this point there is less than 2 pages in
the proposed new code devoted to these materials.

David is fighting to get the code officials to understand that NONE of the
conventional building materials (wood, steel, aluminum, cement, glass, &
plastic) are sustainable.

Our code system is geared to these non-sustainable materials and the ways
that they are assembled.

We face a huge challange

Bob