[Strawbale] Master's Theses

[energyi at mccabe.net]

Yes, JoE is here, listening to all the moderator climate change 
haggles. Hail to the SB moderator, Hail.

Thermal Resistivity depends on material (oat, wheat, rice...), 
orientation (heat flow with or against the grain), density, moisture 
content and religious persuasion (do you believe in SB). 

The file you are looking for is straw_insul.html which seems to be 
lost on crest.org

Anyone have it handy? I'll post it if not seen in the next few days. 
BTW, where is a good repository for archiving such files?

JoE
VP Ascent Solar Business Development
CIGS PV (for anyone who knows those letters)


On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:32:53 -0500, Matt Chase <mattchase at canoemail.
com>  
wrote:

> Does anyone know how to get a hold of a copy of Joseph McCabe's and
> Ghailene Bou-Ali's master's theses from the University of Arizona?

> both completed in 1993-1994.



Last I heard, old JoE "Septic-fed" McCabe is still alive and kicking 
and  
was ensconced in the Sacramento Home for Ancient BaleHeads and was  
spending his days in the common room wandering about aimlessly, 
accosting  
innocent bystanders, grabbing them by the shoulders, shaking them 
and  
screaming wide-eyed into their startled faces (with what's left of 
his  
raspy voice):

   "The actual thermal resistivity depend upon density and moisture  
content!"

So you can probably contact JoE directly and ask him for a copy of 
his  
thesis. (I've copied him on this message. We'll just have to see if 
he's  
still lucid enough to use email).

Or, if that's too scary a proposition for you,  I'm almost certain 
that  
the Canadian Housing Information Centre (CHIC) library at CMHC still 
has  
copies of both and if you email CHIC, they could likely fix you up 
with  
what you need.

I just checked the DCAT website and I didn't see any indication that 
DE  
and the boys carried those papers anymore.


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