Comments on: The Transformation of Our Urban Home http://permaculture.org.au/2010/05/28/the-transformation-of-our-urban-home/ Permaculture News, Commentary and Worldwide Projects. Tue, 22 May 2012 14:23:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rob Avis http://permaculture.org.au/2010/05/28/the-transformation-of-our-urban-home/#comment-48768 Rob Avis Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:31:22 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3186#comment-48768 BeesKnees, You are dead right! We will be having a conversation this summer! See you soon Elise! BeesKnees,

You are dead right! We will be having a conversation this summer!

See you soon Elise!

]]> By: Rob Avis http://permaculture.org.au/2010/05/28/the-transformation-of-our-urban-home/#comment-48520 Rob Avis Sun, 30 May 2010 14:03:40 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3186#comment-48520 Pete, Thanks for clarifying that. We do actually use RSI, which uses the same units as Australia, but because we are connected to the USA we need to report almost everything in metric and imperial. Sometimes we have get units that are half metric and half imperial. Very confusing! Thanks for the comments! Pete,

Thanks for clarifying that. We do actually use RSI, which uses the same units as Australia, but because we are connected to the USA we need to report almost everything in metric and imperial. Sometimes we have get units that are half metric and half imperial. Very confusing!

Thanks for the comments!

]]> By: Pete http://permaculture.org.au/2010/05/28/the-transformation-of-our-urban-home/#comment-48514 Pete Sun, 30 May 2010 08:55:12 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3186#comment-48514 Hey Jess, thought you might like to have the R value clarified, in the rest of the world SI units are used, but in Nth America they tend to use both BTU's and Fahrenheit scale. The R value they work with there is h·ft²·°F/Btu whereas in NZ and Oz we use Joules(per second=Watt) and Celcius plus metric distance, K·m²/W. To convert between divide Nth American R-value by approx 6 (5.68 if you need accuracy). So his R70 is an R value over 12 in ANZAC units, still great stuff though, should be able to heat that space with a candle!! Hey Jess, thought you might like to have the R value clarified, in the rest of the world SI units are used, but in Nth America they tend to use both BTU’s and Fahrenheit scale. The R value they work with there is h·ft²·°F/Btu whereas in NZ and Oz we use Joules(per second=Watt) and Celcius plus metric distance, K·m²/W.

To convert between divide Nth American R-value by approx 6 (5.68 if you need accuracy). So his R70 is an R value over 12 in ANZAC units, still great stuff though, should be able to heat that space with a candle!!

]]> By: BeesKnees http://permaculture.org.au/2010/05/28/the-transformation-of-our-urban-home/#comment-48495 BeesKnees Sat, 29 May 2010 16:00:57 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3186#comment-48495 Wow Rob. Great story and photo montage! Incredible! Now you just need bees! Wow Rob. Great story and photo montage! Incredible!
Now you just need bees!

]]> By: Rob Avis http://permaculture.org.au/2010/05/28/the-transformation-of-our-urban-home/#comment-48491 Rob Avis Sat, 29 May 2010 14:41:46 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3186#comment-48491 Thanks for all the comments! Øyvind, I will definitely look into "The Ecology of Building Materials" sounds fascinating! Keep your eyes open for part 2 of this blog, coming sometime this summer! Rob Thanks for all the comments! Øyvind, I will definitely look into “The Ecology of Building Materials” sounds fascinating!

Keep your eyes open for part 2 of this blog, coming sometime this summer!

Rob

]]> By: Jess http://permaculture.org.au/2010/05/28/the-transformation-of-our-urban-home/#comment-48484 Jess Sat, 29 May 2010 03:52:08 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3186#comment-48484 Wonderful! Those R values are NUTS! In Australia we only really insulate to R3! Wonderful! Those R values are NUTS! In Australia we only really insulate to R3!

]]> By: Bastou http://permaculture.org.au/2010/05/28/the-transformation-of-our-urban-home/#comment-48456 Bastou Fri, 28 May 2010 12:31:43 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3186#comment-48456 Awesome work! Very inspiring to us folks living in northern climates (we live in eastern Ontario). Keep us updated with everything you can observe. Great pictures too! :) Awesome work! Very inspiring to us folks living in northern climates (we live in eastern Ontario). Keep us updated with everything you can observe. Great pictures too! :)

]]> By: Øyvind Holmstad http://permaculture.org.au/2010/05/28/the-transformation-of-our-urban-home/#comment-48451 Øyvind Holmstad Fri, 28 May 2010 08:43:08 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3186#comment-48451 I'll also recommend the book "The Ecology of Building Materials" by Bjørn Berge. Much of my information in the pdf I have from a further Norwegian issue of this book, but it is now only printed in English language: http://www.elsevierdirect.com/product.jsp?isbn=9781856175371 I’ll also recommend the book “The Ecology of Building Materials” by Bjørn Berge. Much of my information in the pdf I have from a further Norwegian issue of this book, but it is now only printed in English language:

http://www.elsevierdirect.com/product.jsp?isbn=9781856175371

]]> By: Øyvind Holmstad http://permaculture.org.au/2010/05/28/the-transformation-of-our-urban-home/#comment-48450 Øyvind Holmstad Fri, 28 May 2010 08:26:26 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3186#comment-48450 For readers in Scandinavian countries I've gathered some information about different kinds of insulation in a pdf-document. After I made this document I've been tipped about more kinds of insulation alternates, so I'll try to make some updates during next winter. Anyway, hope this can help you to get an overview: http://www.naturligbyggeri.no/tema/ISOLASJON_web.pdf For readers in Scandinavian countries I’ve gathered some information about different kinds of insulation in a pdf-document. After I made this document I’ve been tipped about more kinds of insulation alternates, so I’ll try to make some updates during next winter. Anyway, hope this can help you to get an overview:

http://www.naturligbyggeri.no/tema/ISOLASJON_web.pdf

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