Fritz, I do not understand this dialogue, when you have a whole nation who on average use 1/3 of energy compared to US and 1/4 compared to Canada, based on equivalent to R-2000 from 1978 and R-1000 from 1958. I like log homes and your sales pitch have some values for home buyers, but it is not a nation wide recipe for conserving energy. I really hope that you sell more log homes, but doubt that they alone will have any major impact on the energy use.
A country renew their building stock with between 1 to 2% a year and any serious conservation effort must therefore include much more than new constructions. Methods that can be implemented in refurbishing of buildings are therefore much more important. I doubt that log homes will fit very well in this picture. Hakan At 20:10 05/06/2006, you wrote: >Hi Joe, >you are rigth on with your comment! >Those"Airtigth" Homes need to be serviced by mechanical >Aircontrol,wich create again a energieconsumption by >itself.Considerin lots of fixt Windows and the great ability of >american Windowmakers to trow away all phisical Laws,you end up with >Windows of sometimes very big dimention and ridicule small openings >for Ventilation at the Bottom of the Windows,so the warm,humid air >stays trappet in the upper part of the room or house.It is common >knowledge, it takes more energie to keep humid air warm than to >reheat cold air!Drywallconstructin is creating also a unhaelty >klimat,so you need a humidifier and so on. >Double Loghomes (machined dry Lumber T+G) can be built to Standards >of Low-energie Homes with K-Value of 0,19W/m2k now i havnt been able >to convert this into our R-Value but i am certain,it beats R 2000 by far. >Combined a good craftet double Loghome with my 68mm Windows,you have >there a Energie efficien home. >Fore the Larchwood is to say,Larch is probably the best wood in the >northern Hemisphere but have never beeing commercially used because >it was in the old times to havy to float and it is so darn hard,that >carpenters could not nail it. >But with good machines its a peace of cake!There is an other apect >talking for Larchwood: one dont need to treat the wood chemically >for protection,the most you need to du is applying a coat of >Linseedoil (for esthetics only) >Windows and Doors from Larch are very durable to. >If you consider the Whole Picture: Larch built homes are higly >energyefficient, >made from a readyly availible lowcost Source and for people with >allergies the ideal Home.Combine this with excellent workmanship and >you get a result that stand up for centurys (I know Larchbuilt homes >with up to 800 years of age) > >I have no experiance in rammed eart construction,but would raise >some doubts about such a technique for canadian climate > >Fritz >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
