Cob cob / ceramics

[John Schinnerer]

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Aloha,

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From:	David DeFauw [SMTP:davidde at hevanet.com]
<...Any permitted cob building will need to
pass the energy code.  Cob houses are beautiful but it is not clear how
energy efficient they are.  Many say they are comfortable.  Bring on the
>scientific proof so everyone will believe it.

...or better yet, the "energy code" will need to expand its =
understandings to encompass the properties of cob and other thermal mass =
materials.  Most "energy codes" I've seen only talk about insulation =
values and have no clauses for consideration of (nor any understanding =
of) thermal mass.  I think it is silly to try and force a thermal mass =
structure into an insulation-based set of codes.

Also, as Gregory Bateson so eloquently clarifies, "science" never proves =
anything...:-)

John Schinnerer
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