[Greenbuilding] Year-round thermal comfort & insulation

[ErgoDesk]

Sounds like you all would like the EPS Concrete Composite Building System,
It has it all, including low cost and extream lifespans.
http://www.greenbuildershawaii.net/photos/gallery1.htm The entire house is
framed with INSULATION then rendered in Concrete.


[image: Styrohome]

*George Hawirko*
Product Designer | Styrohome
,
 Insulated Building

Envelopes
Phone: 604-477-7897
Site: about.me/StyroHome <http://about.me/styrohome>
Email: ergodesk at gmail.com
Skype: ergodesk
Address: #971 12151 224 St.
                 Maple Ridge, BC   V2X 7N5
                 CANADA
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On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 7:41 AM RWT via Greenbuilding <
greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org> wrote:

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> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2018 14:39:58 +0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Year-round thermal comfort & insulation
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> On Saturday, July 14, 2018, 10:44:29 a.m. EDT, Reuben Deumling <
> 9watts at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Thermal mass (such as a brick or stone wall) would I think do a much
> better job producing comfortably cool summer evenings, but would not
> accomplish much in the winter. Are there hybrid wall assemblies I'm not
> aware for? What am I missing?
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> Some of the typical details utilised to take advantage of passive cooling :
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> - light coloured metal roofing on purlins
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> - overhangs and brise de soleil on all equator-facing glazing scaled to
> allow full sun penetration in winter and shading in summer  ...or movable
> reflective shading devices where building geometry can't be provided
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> - as Mike O'Brien has mentioned, lots of thermal mass on the interior of
> the well-insulated/sealed envelope  --  ie heavy floor slab over crushed
> stone over insulation on main floor level, thin mass over wood-framed
> floors,  masonry or earthen constructions on the interior (ie wood stove
> surrounds, partitions where possible ... or thick plaster or doubled
> sheetrock or stud cavities filled with TM material where not ,   rainwater
> storage cisterns
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> -- deciduous trees to provide shading of the building and the ground in
> the vicinity of the building
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> -operable (awning type preferably)windows or vents at highest points of
> building interior that work in conjunction with vents or windows opening
> onto shaded areas to exhaust heat at night , kept closed during hot daytime
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> (gotta go --- a Cardinal outside window calling vigorously telling me to
> "Shut the window, it's going to be friggin' hot  ! " (40's with the
> humidex))
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