ᐅ Minergie: Yes or No?

Dämmunsinn schrieb:
Hi GiBi-1

Minergie: I can’t hear that word anymore. It’s just a money-making scheme.

All insulated houses might achieve an energy rating of F, maybe even an E. That’s why we won’t be hearing much about this energy certificate for buildings soon.

Structural engineering: four bricks would be enough to carry the weight of a single-family house.

Dämmunsinn

What kind of bricks…
Your posts are interesting because they are provocative, but quite superficial.
It’s about thermal conductivity and heat storage capacity. Not every brick can do that, so you need one with many air chambers, which limits its structural load capacity.
I know this because I built such a house myself. Can you accept that, or can you provide evidence to the contrary?

All insulated houses will get xyz.
This is also not entirely correct.
There are significant differences between types of insulation.
Which insulation (all of them? Link?) are you referring to?
Wood construction systems nowadays mostly use insulation made from wood, such as soft fiber boards, Flumroc or other cellulose insulation materials, etc.
In log construction, insulation is needed, among other things, to prevent wind penetration.
Straw houses are also an insulation material.
Hemp – why should hemp not be an ecological insulation material? That makes me curious. Part of the anti-propaganda against hemp?
etc.
I would like to know more details if you make specific claims…

CU then 🙂

Hello Gibi,

I mean just regular solid bricks, BN. Only when building higher than four stories do you need BH bricks, which are high-quality bricks. Four BN bricks would be enough to support the weight of a single-family house.

If I were to build a house for myself, I would use only small solid bricks, about 12/6/25 cm (5/2.5/10 inches). And exterior walls about 50 cm (20 inches) thick. (Easier on the mason’s back.) This, combined with a high mortar content, creates a nicely brittle masonry. This means much fewer cracks. And if you also use trass mortar, there is nothing better! The Romans already built with trass mortar, and those buildings still stand today.

Since everyone is talking about climate change, we should have been building like they do south of the Mediterranean long ago: thick walls and small windows.

So, we don’t actually need insulation—although there is always lots of advertising about it. They say you can save 80% of energy by insulating with their materials! I asked for a written guarantee for that 80% energy saving. Unfortunately, there isn’t one. Why do you think that is?

If I were building, I would do it without insulation—always! But with radiant heating!! 🙂