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Clifton Schooley is a green building professional specializing in insulated rammed earth construction and architectural design in Canada and worldwide. His vision is to create environments that are beautiful, artistic, sustainable and have a positive social impact. Clifton believes that both design and construction of a building must be intimately connected to bring maximum benefit to both people and the environment. Beyond rammed earth his ambition is to become an eco-developer and influence society on a larger scale. For more information, visit:  www.rammedearth.info

Q: I am a Spanish woman making my Ph D Thesis about earth construction regulations. I am very interested in knowing which are existing nowadays USA normative documents about adobe, rammed earth, compressed blocks... And It would be very helpful if you could tell me something about other countries too.

A: Here is a great website to track down current earthen building codes & practices: fawebster.com .

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