pbctoday<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n Operating as both a classroom and laboratory, the CobBauge\u00a0project is being led by the\u00a0University of Plymouth<\/a>\u00a0with partners across the UK, Ireland and France.<\/p>\n With researchers monitoring the performance of the new walling material, the University of Plymouth will demonstrate it to future building designers,\u00a0contractors<\/a>, housing associations and interested stakeholders.<\/p>\n The researchers began studying a range of different soil and fibre mixes, creating a unique double-layered composite wall that combines a denser mix with a lighter weight version of the material, for a combination of strength and insulation.<\/p>\n Having established that the method met the required standards \u2013 as well as securing the planning permission \u00ad\u2013 construction of the 32 sq m CobBauge project building, located next door to the\u00a0University\u2019s Sustainability Hub<\/a> will begin this month….<\/p>\n Phase two of the project has been funded by Interreg V France (Channel) England, co-funded by the ERDF to a total of \u20ac4,127,365.09.<\/p>\n Principal investigator Steve Goodhew, Professor of Environmental Building, in the School of Art, Design and Architecture, stated:\u00a0\u201cThis is the start of an exciting new applied research phase for CobBauge, where we have an opportunity to put into practice the exciting findings from the laboratory.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will create a living lab and demonstration site that will become the centre of attention for a wide range of people \u2013 from construction professionals to\u00a0built environment<\/a>\u00a0students.\u201d<\/p>\n Professor Will Blake, director of the Sustainable Earth Institute, commented: \u201cStudents and visitors to the site will be able to engage with this potentially industry-influencing ongoing research project, right next door to our green-walled Sustainability Hub, which, as a living lab, is itself at the forefront of the Low Carbon Devon programme.<\/p>\n \u201cIt exemplifies the university\u2019s commitment to an ultra-low-carbon future.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more….<\/a><\/p>\n For more background see www.cobbauge.eu\/en\/<\/a>\u00a0and the Plymouth University website<\/a><\/p>\n Join IHBC\u2019s globally accessible virtual built and historic environment \u2018Conservation Helpdesk+<\/a>\u2019, #IHBCHelpdesk #CultureCOP26 \u2013 open 31\/10 to 12\/11)<\/em><\/p>\n See more on our IHBC@COP26<\/a> #IHBCHelpdesk and \u00a0our \u2018Climate and Conservation\u2019<\/a> Podcasts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Construction has begun on the first-ever building in the country to be made from an upgraded version of the material cob.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31579"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38206,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31579\/revisions\/38206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\u2018The centre of attention for a wide range of people\u2019<\/h2>\n
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