<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif;font-size:large">Funny dude, you can't build that same 250-year-old house from today's OSB crap, nor can you find a 250 year old house that energy efficient.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><a href="http://about.me/StyroHome" target="_blank"><font><span></span><span></span>http://about.me/StyroHome</font></a><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Topher <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:topher@greenfret.com" target="_blank">topher@greenfret.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 12/8/2014 7:20 PM, ErgoDesk wrote:<br>
> Wood house needs rebuilding every 34 years<br>
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</span>Funny, I audited a 250 year old house just the other day.  Can you point<br>
me at a 250 year old EPS building.<br>
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The big trouble with EPS is the global warming potential, it requires<br>
multiplying that embodied energy by roughly 1000.<br>
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Thank You Kindly,<br>
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Topher<br>
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