[Greenbuilding] clay in buildings (was bio char)

Reuben Deumling 9watts at gmail.com
Tue Jul 7 15:43:34 CDT 2015


Sounds perhaps like a relative of wattle and daub?

On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Koehn Chris <chris at koehn.com> wrote:

> Lots of history of clay-based buildings dating back hundreds of years in
> Europe particularly Germany; Minke speaks of these.
> In North America, we have followed the work of the Laport’s Econest
> system, with many installations in a variety of climactic conditions. Their
> system evolved largely from German examples.
> Here on the wild and wet - and dry- west coast, our climate seems to be
> ideal for a breathing wall system that has the ability to temper and
> effectively deal with seasonal fluctuations in RH.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris Koehn
> TimberGuides
> Vancouver Island
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