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Actually, you’re right. I’ve always wanted to model my projects after the advanced technologies in Afghanistan.<BR>
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On 12/10/14 6:11 PM, "ErgoDesk" <<a href="ergodesk@gmail.com">ergodesk@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Arial Narrow"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.5pt'>Admit that you are afraid of becoming irrelevant in the industry because of being afraid of better technologies that give you a better product for half the price.<BR>
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The Passive House enthusiasts are now using EPS for their Foundation Insulation because it's the BEST Choice.<BR>
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On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn <<a href="info@ecobrooklyn.com">info@ecobrooklyn.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>George when I "get all the pieces fitting together" I'll realize the value of EPS buildings? What do you mean? Like when I become enlightened beyond my current state of ignorance?<BR>
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Show me the facts. The facts I've seen so far is that EPS has an embodied energy that does not justify the life of the building. Compared to stick and cellulose, or rammed earth, or cob or straw bale. Am I wrong anyone?<BR>
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George did you mention on this list that you were selling EPS houses?<BR>
To me that's pretty important.<BR>
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On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn <<a href="info@ecobrooklyn.com">info@ecobrooklyn.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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Gennaro Brooks-Church<BR>
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On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 3:29 PM, ErgoDesk <<a href="ergodesk@gmail.com">ergodesk@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Arial Narrow"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18pt'>When you get all the pieces fitting together you start to realize that EPS is an excellent product for Quality and Energy Efficient Buildings. Quality Wood will be impossible to fine as a regular construction material so alternatives must be found if the industry wants to stay relevant. Watch this sequence of a 2 story EPS Composite house being constructed, to better understand the process. Mold and Rotting Structural components will be a distant past allowing structures to last 100's of year's rather than a few. </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><a href="http://goo.gl/bpmmmJ">http://goo.gl/bpmmmJ</a> -george<BR>
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On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Reuben Deumling <<a href="9watts@gmail.com">9watts@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>"However, fiberglass and cellulose are not air barriers."<BR>
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Really? I thought dense pack cellulose was de facto also an air barrier. <BR>
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On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 7:25 AM, conservation architect <<a href="elitalking@rockbridge.net">elitalking@rockbridge.net</a>> wrote:<BR>
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This source from Ergo’s link seems pretty authoritative. I was disappointed not the see eps on the list. It does have xps which I expect to be much higher carbon footprint than eps because of the price. Still looking for this comparison. I am surprised that fiberglass is so high. I am not surprised that cellulose is so low. They compared these based on R20 square foot. This is fair for conduction performance. However, fiberglass and cellulose are not air barriers. Therefore, the improved energy performance from this characteristic of the foam products is not recognized in this evaluation. <BR>
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I was impressed by fire video of plaster eps room. The plaster installation surely was the major factor in that result. It was still in place after the fire. <BR>
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I can see the potential for eps plaster panels that could lend itself to reconfiguration and long life. This is the Lego model. <BR>
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<B>From:</B> ErgoDesk <<a href="mailto:ergodesk@gmail.com">mailto:ergodesk@gmail.com</a>> <BR>
<B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 09, 2014 6:05 PM<BR>
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<B>Subject:</B> Re: [Greenbuilding] embodied energy was Polyiso strength on roof<BR>
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Ok you got me on this one, besides I'm busy trying to save the world, but if you want to waste time nickel and dimming yourselves on the constant changing numbers here they are. <a href="http://goo.gl/FMnYUz">http://goo.gl/FMnYUz</a><BR>
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-enjoy the info, just warning you upfront <BR>
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On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 11:33 AM, JOHN SALMEN <<a href="terrain@shaw.ca">terrain@shaw.ca</a>> wrote:<BR>
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Except the density thing and the economic politics that don't set recycling requirements for paper in na<BR>
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Realistically cellulose insul is like 3%? Of insul sakes. If that rose it would be more forests<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <B>From: </B>Alan Abrams<BR>
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John...assuming your assessment is accurate, and that any batch of cellulose has had at least one go-round as Krauthammer columns, then shouldn't the EE value be halved? If so, then it's still high, but more competitive against EPS.<BR>
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