EBAA Earth Building Conference Talks - 23 & 24 Feb 2024

EBAA's annual earth building conference talks, held on the 23rd and 24th of February 2024, at the Hawkesbury EarthCare Centre, University of Western Sydney - Hawkesbury Campus, Richmond NSW, Australia This year’s theme: “Optimising Earth Wall Materials to Achieve NatHERS 7-star Rating” CHAPTERS: Feb 23 0:00 Event details 0:57 Welcome Address, by Susan George 2:31 Introduction to the theme: Optimising earth wall materials to achieve NatHERS 7-star rating, by Peter Hickson 28:40 Keynote: Thermal testing of medium-density Cob blocks to comply with current NatHERS ratings, by Dr Jim Carfrae 1:01:27 Q & A Feb 24 1:33:45 NCC Update: Passive Low Energy assessment, by Marci Webster-Mannison 1:48:54 Passive low-energy earth architecture & Lower density earth materials - meeting the new energy efficiency requirements, by Peter Hickson 2:24:25 Q & A 2:39:29 Adobe Innovation: Structural low-density adobe for temperate climates, by Verena Maeder 3:16:15 Q & A 3:29:47 Lightweight expanded clay aggregate: Increasing the thermal ratings of earth walls, by Ryan Strating 3:53:37 Q & A