Some people think that a non-profit doesn’t have customers. But we very much do, and operate in the marketplace like any other business except that very often our customers—the people to whom we deliver value—are not the same as the sponsors and supporters—the people who pay for the value delivery.
Please meet some of our customers, sponsors and supporters:
 (photo courtesy of Bill Steen / The Canelo Project)
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 In 2001, the State of California asked EBNet to conduct the testing that would bring straw bale construction mainstream. We completed structural, seismic, fire, moisture, and thermal studies, which can be found here [http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/strawbale.htm], or read in summary form in the book Design of Straw Bale Buildings. |
(photo courtesy of Martin Hammer / Builders Without Borders)
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 Architects, engineers, academics, investors, builders and policy makers worldwide who seek to find better ways to build can always draw on the expertise and experience made available through our network. |
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 The Energy Foundation has made a sizeable grant to seed the “straw standards” project, which will foster the use of agricultural by-products in construction; what the farmer throws away can instead become the insulation for warm homes and offices. |
