
GBE E72 CobBauge Jargon Buster
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GBE Jargon Buster
Words & Phrases:
- Bauge (French for Cob)
- Bespoke Recipe Materials
- Biobased
- Breathing wall
- Cob
- CobBauge
- Cob wall systems
- Earth Building UK and Ireland (EBUKI)
- Generic materials
- Insulating Cob
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- Materials
- Methods of Construction,
- Mineral
- Moisture Management
- Moisture mass
- Moisture transport
- Monolithic wall systems
- Recipes
- Self-build
- Slip
- Solid Earth Systems
- Structural Cob
- Thermal Comfort
- Thermal Mass
- Wall & Barrier Systems
Elements:
- External Walls
- Plinth
- Foundation
- Floor abutment
- Internal partitions
Links:
Terran Robotics,
Australian Earth Building Association
Cop Research Institute in Berkeley
GBE Jargon Buster Theme
- #Earth Construction
GBE Jargon Buster Initials, Abbreviations & Acronyms
- EBUKI See: Earth Building UK and Ireland
- ESITC Caen See: (French Laboratories)
- IPPC See: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- L1A See: Building Regulations Approved Document L1A
- PnrMCB See: (French Training providers)
- RT 2018 See: (French Regulations)
- UoP See: University of Plymouth (UK Laboratories
GBE Jargon Buster Classification
- (2-) Structure, Primary Elements, Carcass (CI/SfB ’87)
- (21) External Vertical division
- (21) Walls, External Walls
- (41) Wall finishes external
- (42) Wall finishes, internal
- E Cast insitu work,
- H Section work,
- J Wire work, Mesh work;
- P Thick coating work;
- g Claywork (Dried, Fired),
- j vegetable or animal materials,
- y Composite materials;
- g1 Dried Clay e.g.: Adobe, cob, pisc de terra;
- j3 Vegetable fibres other than wood eg: grasses (bamboo. eelgrass. seagrass, reeds, rushes, straw, strawboard); stem fibres (hemp, jute, flax, linen, flaxboard, hessian); leaf fibres (sisal); seed hairs (cotton, coir)
- E72 Cob Walls (NGS CAWS+ BRM ’22)
- 25 Wall & Barrier Systems; (Uniclass 2 ‘12)
- 25 00 Monolithic wall systems; (Uniclass 2 ‘12)
- 25 00 10 Cob wall systems (Uniclass 2 ‘12)
- Systems Ss_25_11_13 Cob Wall Systems (Uniclass 3 ’15)
- Ss_25_11_13/____ (No NBS clause yet)
GBE Jargon Buster Numbers
- (2-) Structure, Primary Elements, Carcass (CI/SfB ’87)
- (21) External Vertical division (CI/SfB ’87)
- (21) Walls, External Walls (CI/SfB ’87)
- (22) Walls, Internal Walls (CI/SfB ’87)
- (41) Wall finishes external (CI/SfB ’87)
- (42) Wall finishes, internal (CI/SfB ’87)
- 25 Wall & Barrier Systems; (Uniclass 2 ‘12)
- 25 00 Monolithic wall systems; (Uniclass 2 ‘12)
- 25 00 10 Cob wall systems (Uniclass 2 ‘12)
- Ss_25_11_13 Cob Wall Systems (Systems Uniclass 3 ’15)
- Ss_25_11_13/____ (No NBS clause yet)
GBE Jargon Buster Words & Phrases
GBE Slogans
GBE #Hashtags
GBE Information
Relevance to Environmental Construction:
- Healthy
- Environmental
- Resourceful
- Appropriate
- Competent
- Effective
- Yardstick
GBE Opinion
Examples:
Notes:
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18th October 2025
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18th October 2025 – 25th February 2026
See Also:
GBE Jargon Buster
Jargon Buster Themes
- Air Wind Tightness (Jargon Buster Theme) G#1420 N#1391
- BIM (Jargon Buster Theme) G#1409 N#1382
- BioBased (Jargon Buster Theme)
- Biodiversity (Jargon Buster Theme) G#645 N#667
- Carbon (Jargon Buster Theme)
- Classification (Jargon Buster Theme)
- Climate (Jargon Buster Theme)
- Construction (Jargon Buster Theme)
- Earth Construction (Jargon Buster Theme)
- Energy (Jargon Buster Theme)
- External Solid Wall Insulation Thermal Bridges
- Environmental (Jargon Buster Theme) G#1891 N#1748
- Footprint (Jargon Buster Theme)
- Flood (Jargon Buster Theme) G#1357 N#1341
- GBE (Jargon Buster Theme)
- HERACEY™ (Jargon Buster Theme) G#1429 N#1399
- Issues (Jargon Buster Theme)
- LCA Life Cycle Analysis/Assessment (Jargon Buster Theme) G#1338 N#1325
- Materials (Jargon Buster Theme)
- Methods of Construction (Jargon Buster Theme)
- NGS (Jargon Buster Theme)
- Overheating (Jargon Buster Theme) G#
- Primitive (Jargon Buster Theme)
- Products (Jargon Buster Theme)
- Refurbishment (Jargon Buster Theme)
- Resource Efficiency (Jargon Buster Theme)
- Timber (Jargon Buster Theme) G#1511 N#1462
- Urban Design (Jargon Buster Theme) G#1392 N#1366
- Waste (Jargon Buster Theme) G#1334 N#1321
- Water (Jargon Buster Theme)
- Wind/Air tightness (Jargon Buster Theme) G#1420 N#1391
GBE Guest Post
- CobBauge (Guest Post) G#42743
GBE Project
GBE Projects Information Case Studies
- CobBauge (Project) G#25445
GBE Events
- GBE CobBauge 2 Launch (Event) G#26335
GBE Links
- Terran Robotics,
- Australian Earth Building Association
- Cop Research Institute in Berkeley
- #Earth Construction
- EBUKI See: Earth Building UK and Ireland
- ESITC Caen See: (French Laboratories)
- IPPC See: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- L1A See: Building Regulations Approved Document L1A
- PnrMCB See: (French Training providers)
- RT 2018 See: (French Regulations)
- UoP See: University of Plymouth (UK Laboratories
GBE Jargon Buster Sources
GBE Podcast
- SLAVO Reclamation Hour (Event) G#40562
GBE CPD
- Jargon Buster Carbon Dioxide (CPD) G#291 N#292
© GBE GBC GRC GIC GGC GBL NGS ASWS Brian Murphy aka BrianSpecMan ******
18th October 2025 – 25th February 2026
