[Greenbuilding] Helmut Ziehe - Founder of International Institute of Building Biology and Ecology passes away

[Douglas E Lamb]

Gennnaro,

>From what I gathered IBE is a purist philosophy devoted to life, and
buildings in conjunction with how everything can be intra and xtra-relatd to
ecology, environment and electromagnetism. I believe your instincts are
correct regarding what your knowledge base and practices in sustainable
"green" LEED based construction may already be enough to accomplish the same
cognate. Though I must admit I'm tempted to take the Architectural Course
($70.00) just to wrap my head around pushing the envelope in ecological
terms related to building design. I keep thinking of the AJ Lewis Center
facilities @ Oberlin College, located in northwestern Ohio. That place rocks
with ecology. Here is a link to site info about the place.
http://buildingdashboard.net/oberlin/ajlc/#/oberlin/ajlc/,
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy03osti/31516.pdf

I've been there and it is a magnificent example of sustainable (ecological)
design, planning and construction centered around LEED requirements. Not
IBE. Although, what was accomplished could easily be considered in the order
of IBE principals.  It is a complete cognate in purist form of building use,
function and is about as completely self-sustaining as any thing I've ever
seen or been in to date. I spoke to the Project Architect @ McDonough's firm
in Virginia. He was very pleased with the outcome, and the client. The
client, Oberlin School of Environmental Studies is ecstatic about the place.
It truly is a laboratory in the ecological and social sciences.

Regards,
Doug Lamb
614.323.2005
douglaslamb at columbus.rr.com
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Greenbuilding [mailto:greenbuilding-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org]
On Behalf Of Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 12:04 PM
To: Green Building
Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Helmut Ziehe - Founder of International
Institute of Building Biology and Ecology passes away

Hello Stephen,
I was very interested in Building Biology. I looked into it and considered
taking a course. But after looking at the content I decided that although
wonderful material it was not worth the cost and time since most of it was a
little dated and that their techniques are pretty common practice for most
builders nowadays. Am I wrong?
Gennaro Brooks-Church
Director, Eco Brooklyn Inc.
Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
www.EcoBrooklyn.com
22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231


On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Stephen Collette
<stephen at yourhealthyhouse.ca> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I realize that not all on this list know about Building Biology, but 
> many do, and for those folks I wanted to let people know that Helmut 
> Ziehe, the founder of the International Institute for Building Biology 
> and Ecology, the North American version and school for Building 
> Biology, passed away on January 17th.
>
> Helmut was a visionary who brought the knowledge of the German 
> Bau-Biologie to North America, translated the texts into English and 
> taught folks how to create healthy, natural buildings. His knowledge, 
> wisdom, passion and excitement for the field of healthy buildings was 
> incredible and inspiring to many, many people. It is because of his 
> work that I do what I do, and am grateful to have helped my own 
> family, and to help others create natural healthy houses.
>
> For those interested, there is the latest issue of EcoDwell, the 
> online newsletter for the Institute where you can learn more about 
> Helmut, the Institute, and what we do.
>
> http://cdn.e2ma.net/userdata/15927/assets/docs/eco-jan2013.pdf?utm_cam
> paign=EcoDwell%2C%20January%202013&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newslet
> ter&utm_content=%5Bu%27Helmut%27%2C%20u%27Ziehe%27%2C%20u%27Commemorat
> ive%27%2C%20u%27Issue%27%5D
>
> Realizing that is a long link, this will take you to Helmut's page on 
> the Institute's website.
>
> http://hbelc.org/about/our-founder.html
>
> Thank you for reading.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Stephen
>
> Stephen Collette BBEC, LEED AP, BSSO
> Your Healthy House - Indoor Environmental Testing & Building 
> Consulting http://www.yourhealthyhouse.ca stephen at yourhealthyhouse.ca
> 705.652.5159
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