SB: Re: House for testing

["Darren Lesperance or Cathy Bell" <dlesper@telusplanet.net>]

A couple of moisture sensors buried in the bales would be nice - say one on
the south face and another on the north...

Darren

> I had a call today from an Ontario builder with his own straw bale house,
> under construction, who is interested in research aspects. If anyone was
> looking for a test house for (inexpensive) experiments on the performance
> of straw bale walls, this might be a good opportunity. Among the tests
that
> occurred to me was a house temperature decay during winter. Basically, you
> pull the plug on whatever heating system is in operation, and record the
> temperature decline over time. Well insulated, high mass houses should
take
> days to drop to uncomfortable levels. I am going to ask him to try that.
>
> Does anyone else have a test they have been interested in doing that might
> be undertaken by this builder?
>
> Don Fugler
> CMHC Research
>
>
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