[Greenbuilding] embodied energy was Polyiso strength on roof (ErgoDesk)

[Norbert Senf]

I like Chris Magwood's transportation metric of gallons of diesel per
ton-mile.
Hopping on a plane to Cancun works out to roughly 250 gallons of diesel per
person, if the greenhouse effect of the high altitude water vapor is taken
into account.

On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 6:43 AM, Frank Tettemer <frank at livingsol.com> wrote:

> Chris Magwood, from the Endeavour Centre, *endeavour*centre.org/,
> has written a comprehensive article that was just published in Home Power
> magazine which creates a viable summary of assessment of building
> materials. It is definitely worthy of our discussion group.
>
> He also has a fine book, Making Better Buildings, that eshautively lists
> and annalyzes embodied energy,"from harvesting raw ingredients to
> manufacture, transport, and use, to waste and disposal issues."  If you
> can't buy the book, then the five page magazine article sums it up quite
> well:
>
>
> http://www.homepower.com/articles/home-efficiency/equipment-products/assessing-green-building-materials
>
-- 
Norbert Senf
Masonry Stove Builders
25 Brouse Road, RR 5
Shawville Québec J0X 2Y0
819.647.5092
www.heatkit.com
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