Rammed Earth Education at Phinney Neighborhood Center

Northwest EcoBuilding Guild is hosting a presentation on rammed earth construction at their October meeting at Phinney Neighborhood Center.  From their newsletter:

Meror Krayenhoff will present Rammed Earth V3.0, Transformation to a resilient, high performance wall system

• Introduce and provide history on Rammed Earth that has been used in construction for centuries.
• Explain that most of the myths about constraints and flaws are characteristics of rammed earth V1.0 and introduce V3.0 as the state of the art rammed earth system.
• Show how there is not yet a common language when building with earth or any shared standards across the industry.
• Present that wide adoption of rammed earth is feasible today, but will depend on how modern applications are constructed in different climates.

Where: Phinney Neighborhood Center Lower Building Basement, 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103 When: October 24th, 2012, 7:00 - 9:00 PM

The presentation is open to the general public. Free for members and $10 suggested donation for non-members. This presentation is likely oriented towards residential construction.