CEBs in a Humid Climate

Basics

• This page aims to determine how CEBs will work in a Humid Climate
• The definition of humid is relitively loose as of now
• NEEDS MORE RESEARCH
• As we expand into different classifications of climates (Areas with monsoons, rainforests etc) this data will be needed and/or gained by work there
• User:Eric lives currently in Florida which is sort of a mix between areas with "4 seasons" and areas with "Wet/Dry Seasons"
• Alvaro lives currently in Guadalajara

Existing Research

• This paper states that high humidity may swell and eventually degrade unstabilized CEBs. That has not been our experience in Missouri , where unstabilized structures built in 2011 show zero erosion due to humidity - for example the HabLab interior walls and the Workshop interior and exterior walls where they are protected from rain by overhangs. [1]
• Paper also says that stabilization addresses such degradation (sCEBs)
• To cure properly, moist environment is helpful - so a wetter climate is more suitable for producing stabilized CEBs than a dry climate.

OSE Tests

• Make bricks/a wall etc, leave in the enviroment of choice
• Perhaps test material properties destructively over time