[GSBN] New website: Straw Bale Buildings of Ontario

[ejgeorge at riseup.net]

Hi Kelly,

Just curious, what values does PHIUS use?
Thanks.

ej

Quoting "Kelly Lerner" <klerner at one-world-design.com>:

> Hi Peter,
> I'm currently taking the Passive House Consultant training in the US  
> and I was just looking at the SB values in their certification tool  
> (PHPP) and thinking that they seemed a little low. Could you please  
> send me copy of or link to your certified test so that I can pass  
> that along to PHI US? Thanks,
>
> Kelly
> On Apr 30, 2010, at 1:19 AM, Pete Walker wrote:
>
>> Dear Bohdan
>>
>> We have completed a certified thermal conductivity test on a rendered 3.5 x
>> 3.5 m x 0.49 m thick straw bale panel. The U-value (thermal transmittance
>> rather than resistance) was 0.19 W/m2k. An R value of 5.3 m2k/W. This is of
>> course dependent on straw density and render thickness amongst other things,
>> but I believe is a reliable indication of general performance.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Pete
>>
>> Prof. Pete Walker,
>> Director BRE Centre for Innovative Construction Materials,
>> Dept. Architecture & Civil Engineering,
>> University of Bath,
>> Bath BA2 7AY,
>> UK.
>> Tel: 01225 386646
>> Fax: 01225 386691
>> http://www.bath.ac.uk/bre
>>
>
> Kelly Lerner, Architect
> One World Design Architecture
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> www.one-world-design.com
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