Design for Mold Resistance and Resilience

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Basics

Aspects

Mold Resistance

  • Ie “Prevention”

Moisture

Material Biodegradability / Mold Vulnerability

  • Paper Backed Drywall vs other options
    • Need to investigate this more
  • Additives akin to Pressure Treated Wood may address this sufficiently
  • Could write it out as “Intrinsically Mold Resistant” vs “Anti-Mold Treated” maybe?

Ventilation

  • May be able to (especially in leu of full on “tight” building + Humidity Exchange Ventilation , having a Positive Pressure (even if “leaky” ) indoor areas, with a NEGATIVE pressure ullage space / some way of circulating non-air conditioned, but non-stagnant (or even Solar Chimney style hot/dry air) through the framing/siding such that it remains dry even if built imperfectly may be worth investigating

Mold Detection

Design for Inspection

  • Granted OSE / OBI’s modular construction+well defined documentation (such that a Stud Detector etc may not even be needed due to “dead reckoning” based of the prints working fine) allows for this BUT:

Mold Remediation

  • Due to Modular Section+THUROUGH Documentation, this should be easy (at least as easy as it CAN be) in OBI/OSE Builds
  • Also no concerns with Asbestos / Lead Paint in the process etc
    • Tearing down OLD walls/buildings can be difficult due to this
  • Design for Chemical Compatibility such that surfaces can be doused in various cleaners/anti-microbials/anti-mold agents may be worth it as well

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