<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">A'accord.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Really unattractive building.<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">When we lived in France in the early 70s we seriously wanted to bring back one of the larger 40s looking Peugeots, but the rules for bringing such back to the US were so stringent vis a vis catalytic controls we gave up our effort. Just too expensive. But now it would be even neater to have a little Deux Chevaux. And today we might have afford it as well. Tant Pis. Such is life.<br>
</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:53 AM, RT <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:archilogic@yahoo.ca" target="_blank">archilogic@yahoo.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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It's a seven-storey, wood-framed (6" thick cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels)structure insulated with 4'x8' x 16" pre-fab modular plywood-encased strawbale panels, designed to meet the PassiveHaus performance standard so that the predicted costs for HVAC & DHWH should not exceed 130 Euros/yr for the 900 sf units (see André's notes below).<br>
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The prefab (modular strawbale) panels are made of Agepan DWD16<br>
rigidified by wood 40X40mm (2x2's) glued and nailed<br>
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Panels:<br>
2500X1250X400mm<br>
98.4"x49.2x15.7"<br>
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Bales<br>
490X380X1200mm<br>
19.2x14.9x47.2"<br>
Density (probably dry) 135kg/m3<br>
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Primary wood structure<br>
KLH-board 150mm (6 inch) cross laminated timber-box<br>
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And a little correction : Acording to Passiv Haus standard (15 kWh/m2)this social housing should NOT exceed 130€ per year for heating,cooling, ventilation and warm water costs for an appartment of 90m²(about 900ft²).<br>
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<a href="http://www.lamaisonenpaille.com//div/projets%20exemplaires/7-etages/7%20etages.html" target="_blank">http://www.lamaisonenpaille.<u></u>com//div/projets%<u></u>20exemplaires/7-etages/7%<u></u>20etages.html</a><br>
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Me ? I'm finding it difficult to like those CLT panels and the plywood-encased SB modules but hey!, I would have said the same thing about the Citroën 2CV "aka "deux chevaux" (two horses) ~40 years ago when we boys liked 440 cu V-8 powered cars but today, older/wiser I'd jump at the chance to own a 2CV. Interestingly enough, the French design for this building strikes me as being more like that old monster 440 c.i. v-8 than an elegantly simple Deux Chevaux.<br>
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