TECHNOLOGY
Sheep’s Wool Sheep wool, which is a natural product, is an alternative insulation material. Due to the hygroscopic nature of sheep wool, it provides a natural insulation by controlling the condensation levels inside the building. It absorbs more than 35 percent of its weight as moisture and does not affect its thermal performance. U Value: 0.20W/m²K at 200mm [108] Image 94: Production of wool [108]
Image 95: Application of Sheep’s wool [108]
Image 96: Harvesting - Storage [109]
Image 97: Cork Studio, Studio Bark [110]
Image 98: lime technology [111]
Image 99: Kensington Hempcrete Home [111]
Expanded Cork Cork is an all-natural, renewable, recyclable and biodegradable material made from the bark of the oak tree. With cork insulation, energy consumption is greatly reduced and energy saving is achieved. Its features continue for many years. Cork is a very ecological material with its high insulation range, stability and reducing thermal bridging. [109]
Traditional Hemcrete Hemcrete is a bio-composite building material made from a combination of hemp shive and a lime-based binder. It is usually casted in-situ around a timber frame to form the walls of buildings, but is also particularly well suited to renovation projects. U-value : 0.19W/m²K at 300mm [111]
WATERTIGHT SPECIES Locked Species of lock-joint standing seam metal cladding, each with a different articulation, sometimes subtle and sometimes very drastic. [28]
Figure 62: Watertight Species [28]
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