Searched for "insulation" at appropedia, and found
http://www.appropedia.org/Thermal_insulation and
http://www.appropedia.org/House_insulation
I know nothing about this subject, but if someone collects links etc I can
then add them to appropedia.
Unless someone does it faster, of course.
("some play the music, some scrible to catch up" - a non-written booklet on
the art of documentation)
Lucas
2012/3/26 Christopher Fraser <[email protected]>
> On 19/03/12 23:56, Christopher Fraser wrote:
>
>> On 13/03/12 15:39, [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>> We*think* that polyiso + ferrocement is the way to go - extremely
>>> durable,
>>> multi-decade buildings for very little money, fully insulated, long-term
>>> waterproof, rotentproof, sun-proof, bug-proof etc. so rather than
>>> building
>>> a temporary thing and recycling it, you build a permanent thing which is
>>> *very* light on materials (the cement is only 1cm thick or so!) while we
>>> evolve a good soy-based insulation foam (it's coming, lots of people are
>>> working on it.)
>>>
>>
> A variation on the above idea without the use of polyiso or cement is an
> OSB hexayurt, covered in insulation (shredded newspaper, rockwool etc) and
> then a layer of lime and aggregate to seal it.
>
> I came across a material called Secil ecoCORK Lime, which is a Natural
> Hydraulic lime mixed with cork aggregate. It's made by Secil Argamassas
> over the border in Portugal so not so far from where our project is. It's
> cheaper and more insulating than straight lime, so might be an ideal choice.
>
> Christopher.
>
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