On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:45:51 -0400, Mark Bigland-Pritchard
<mark@lowenergydesign...> wrote:
So how about an international monitoring programme specifically for
temperate maritime climates, using a standardised methodology. And
we also need a lot more pinning down of straw properties -
mycological growth thresholds, thermal capacity, enthalpy of sorption,
vapour permeability, air permeability, etc.
Hmmm... didn't we try this before when you were doing your thesis and
the response was pathetically non-existent ?
Notwithstanding what they say about people who repeat the same
actions over and over again expecting a different result each time
(insane) I'd love to see an international monitoring program and I
don't care what sort of sensors are used, or if sensors are used at
all (ie the weighed sample method would be perfectly acceptable).
I wouldn't limit it just to maritime climates though.
They may be one of the more interesting climates (from a moisture
perspective) but it would be useful to potential SBH owners to see
data relating to their own climes, maritime or not.
And I'd like to see the data posted at a website on an on-going basis
with the homeowners putting up the monitoring data on their own, in
a predetermined standard format (ie spreadsheet) so as to make
collation and analysis quick and easy.
This would seem to suggest that a Yahoogroups site would be
well-suited to the task.
I would offer the SB-r-us site for the project but I think that we
are already stretching the allotted memory so I have just created a
new site at:
Group name: SB_Nerds-r-Us
Group home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB_Nerds-r-Us
Group email: SB_Nerds-r-Us@yahoogroups...
and I will make you (Mark) one of the group owners (but you'll have
to subscribe yourself first) and once that is done, I will step aside
and let you run the day-to-day operations and let you decide how the
group works.
I would suggest that discussions on the monitoring project be kept on
the main SB Lists (except perhaps for the most nerdy technical
development details) and use the SB_Nerds-r-Us site mainly for data
storage and display.
One of the first things that should probably go up at the Nerds site
are detailed descriptions of what the sensors are, the advantages of
each, step-by-step detailed fabrication (if applicable), supply
sources and costs,installation instructions and
data-gathering/reporting protocols etc. Okay that was more than one
but I think you get the idea.
I would also like to see energy use (for space cooling/heating)
monitoring data at the same site.
If such a time comes when the interest in such a project outgrows the
resources provided by the Yahoogroups format, perhaps the monitoring
participants would spring for a few dineros to pay for and maintain a
real website ?
S'awright ? S'awright.
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Rob Tom
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
<archilogic at chaffyahoo dot ca>
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