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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Yeah, I'm sorry. I didn't really phrase that question very well. I was hoping somebody might have some representative values for adobe bricks that I could plug in. I've been very surprised at how difficult this
information is to track down. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Another thing that I've always heard of adobe walls is that they absorb moisture during the night and then the walls will cool down as the moisture evaporates during the day. I don't think this is something that
eQUEST models, and was wondering if this effect is even significant enough to worry about. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Dana Etherington [mailto:Dana.Etherington@crbusa.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 15, 2012 7:26 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Cole Hudson; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Adobe/Compressed Earth Construction?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Cole, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The performance of an adobe wall is more related to its thermal capacitance, or ability to store heat, not necessarily the R-Value… You should be able to model this in eQuest by creating a material and defining
its thermal properties. I have never tried it myself though.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The wall basically absorbs heat from the sun throughout the day and transfers some of that heat to the interior once the sun goes down. Good for climates with high temperatures during the day and cooler temperatures
at night.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dana<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'm working on a small building in a coastal environment in South Texas. The Architect is contemplating adobe construction. Unfortunately, my search of the archives did not yield any results, as the archives are full of discussions regarding
Adobe PDFs. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When assembled, the R-Value is only around R-6.0, or even less. If you believe all the propaganda these adobe salesmen are pushing, it would seem that an adobe wall can perform much better than that. Has anybody ever successfully modeled
an adobe wall in eQUEST?<o:p></o:p></p>
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