Thermal performance summary of four rammed earth walls in Canadian climates

Three further examples are described in this paper. The first is in located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, at the eastern edge of the Canadian Prairies. The central Manitoba climate has average winter lows of minus 20 ºC and average summer highs of plus 25 ºC. The other three are located in southeastern Ontario, which has typical average winter lows of minus 10 ºC and average summer highs of plus 27 ºC. Selected monitoring data from these structures is discussed. This is, to the authors’ knowledge, the first quantified evidence of the thermal performance of earth-based construction in Canadian climates.