<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hey Rob,<div>I took off 1" stucco on each side (at R 0.2/inch) on both sides and came up with R 1.75/inch for the bales themselves. Still better than the R 1.25/inch that is listed in the 2007 PHPP. </div><div><br></div><div>Kelly</div><div><br><div><div>On Apr 30, 2010, at 10:46 AM, RT wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:19:14 +0100<br>"Pete Walker" <<a href="mailto:abspw@bath.ac.uk">abspw@bath.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">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<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">rather than resistance) was 0.19 W/m2k. An R value of 5.3 m2k/W.<br></blockquote><br><br>For the benefit of our non-SIU Murrican listmembers, the above translates to a thermal resistivity of R-1.9<br>per inch (in imperial units of ft^2*hr*degF/Btu*inch), which is a bit more flattering for SB than the value that the Californians have promoted as a result of their "certified" testing.<br><br>So Peter, I'm wondering if you could share with us, a bit about the testing set-up and procedure that was used in the UK testing program (or provide a link to a site that describes it) ?<br><br>-- <br>=== * ===<br>Rob Tom<br>Kanata, Ontario, Canada<br>< A r c h i L o g i c at Y a h o o dot c a ><br>(manually winnow the chaff from my edress if you hit "reply"<br>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection <a href="aroundhttp://mail.yahoo.com">aroundhttp://mail.yahoo.com</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>GSBN mailing list<br><a href="mailto:GSBN@greenbuilder.com">GSBN@greenbuilder.com</a><br>http://greenbuilder.com/mailman/listinfo/GSBN<br><br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>
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