Earth improves hygrothermal comfort

Written by esba

Raw earth does not insulate, but its thermo-physical properties make it a temperature and humidity regulator, which allows it to be used as an insulator.

La terre crue n’isole pas, mais ses propriétés thermophysiques en font une régulatrice de la température et de l’hygrométrie qui lui permettent de… – Dossier

Author: Bâtiment (CTB) Cahiers Technique

Link: https://www.cahiers-techniques-batiment.fr/article/2-thermique-la-terre-crue-ameliore-le-confort-hygrothermique.27319

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esba

The European Straw Building Association is an independent European association, devoid of any profit making motive. The object of the Association is to promote and develop the use of straw, as a sustainable way of building in all the senses of the term “sustainable”: renewable, ecological, healthy, energy and climate efficient, social and economic.
The Association is a federation composed of organisations and people particularly concerned with the use of straw in buildings.