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ing the indoor air temperature, sufficient

loam for balancing the indoor air humidity

and sufficient noise insulation as well.

Designs E and F are for load-bearing walls,

while the others are not. The outer thermal

insulation panels, shown in G and H, can be

used as a lost formwork for pouring the

lightweight loam, while also acting as a

ground for the external lime plaster. The

simplest and best performing solutions are J

and K, which are formed with monolithic

low-density lightweight loam walls.

In climates prone to driving rain, designs

A to F are preferable because they have

separated outer leaves, which act as protec-

tion from the weather.

Earth-filled tyre walls

A possible method of using hollow blocks

filled with lightweight loam for walls has

been described in chapter 10, p. 89. If the

insulation requirements are not very high,

these walls can be filled with plain clayey

soil.

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