Cob: RE: Re: INSULATION FACTS

[John Schinnerer]

Aloha,

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From: DoNegard at aol.com [mailto:DoNegard at aol.com]
> 1. A list of the insulation quality of many different materials, including

>fiberglass and shredded newspapers.
 
The Greenstone site:

http://www.greenstone.com/index.html

Has some good info on factors affecting quoted and actual R--value,
especially their cellulose compared to fiberglass.  Keeping in mind that
it's a commercial site promoting a particular product, some of the negatives
of fiberglass (besides health hazards) are reasonably well presented and
could apply to some "natural" materials (like too loosely packed straw,
home-shredded paper, etc.), and some of the benefits of a loose fill
insulation apply to less manufactured forms of cellulose (like sawdust, wood
shavings and well-placed straw).

John Schinnerer