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EARTHEN BUILDING REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

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EARTH BUILDING (Compressed Earth Block, Adobe & Rammed Earth)

ADOBE/ MOISTURE ABSORPTION & TEMPERATURE CONTROL

Earth construction/ Moisture absorption & temperature control field research data compiled by Prof. John J. Morony, Biology Department South West Texas Junior College Del Rio, Texas









ADOBE AND LATENT HEAT; A CRITICAL CONNECTION

Earth construction/ Latent Heat field research data compiled by Prof. John J. Morony, Adobe Association of the Southwest. Northern New Mexico Community College El Rito, New Mexico









ADOBE AS PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM)

Earth construction/ Adobe phase change material field research data compiled by Prof. John J. Morony, Adobe Association of the Southwest. Northern New Mexico Community College El Rito, New Mexico









COMPRESSED EARTH BLOCK- SOIL & MOISTURE

Earth construction/ CEB field research data compiled by Lawrence Jetter, Advanced Earthen Construction Technologies, Inc. San Antonio, Texas









SOIL BLOCK HOME CONSTRUCTION

Earth construction/ BTEC Sustainable Building Conference field research data compiled by Charles W. Graham, Ph.D., AIA and Richard Burt, Ph.D, MCIOB








MOVEMENT COEFFICIENTS OF COMPRESSED EARTH MASONRY UNITS

Earth construction/ Canadian Masonry Symposium, Banff, Alberta

by Charles W. Graham, Ph.D., Architect, Mitchell Endowed Professor of Residential Construction and Visualization, Department of Construction Science, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

M.L. Cloody, Ph.D, Structural Engineer and Associate Professor, Department of Construction Science, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

Richard Burt, Ph.D, MCIOB, Assistant Professor, Department of Construction Science, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

D. Beniwal, Graduate Student, Department of Construction Science, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas







Adobe Moisture Absorption & Tempriture Control.PDF Adobe; Latent Heat a critical connection.PDF Adobe as a Phase change Material.PDF Compressed Earth blocks Soil & Moisture.PDF Soil Block Home Construction.PDF Movement Coefficients of Compressed Earth Masonry Units.PDF

PH TESTING FOR LIME STABILIZATION

By: Jill Hancock








PH testing procedure for Lime stabilization.PDF

LOGGED DATA FOR HEAT WAVE/ MORONY TESTING

Prof. John Morony, Biology Department Southwest Texas Junior College Del Rio, Texas








Logged Data for Heat Wave.PDF

FORMULA FOR LIME PLASTER

Earth construction/ CEB field research data compiled by Lawrence Jetter, Advanced Earthen Construction Technologies, Inc. San Antonio, Texas








Formular for Lime Plaster.PDF

THERMAL MASS & R-VALUE

Oak ridge National Laboratory. Joaquin Karcher, Ph.D., Barry Sullivan, Agriboard Industries, L. C., Portland cement Association, Bruce Wilcox, P.E. , Berkeley Solar Group








R-Values & Thermal Mass.PDF

Updated 8/11/2004

Updated 5/21/2005

Updated 5/18/2007

Updated 1/19/2009

Updated 10/18/2001

Updated 6/12/2005

Updated 1/9/2004

Updated 6/2/2004

Updated 1/2/2010

Updated 1/8/2008

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