CobBauge

The CobBauge project is part of the European Union to reduce carbon emissions of the FCE area by 2020 by 20% (2012/27 / EU). The energy consumed for the building sector currently represents 40% of the total energy produced (UE2010), 60% of which is used by occupants to heat buildings.

The cob houses are commonly found in the Channel Regions of France and Great Britain. So the objective of the CobBauge project is to create new techniques and methods for the preservation of buildings.

The INTERREG VA France (Channel) – co-funded by the ERDF and involves 6 French and British partners.

 

 

Duration of the project : 07/2017 – 06/2023

Total budget : € 4,097,365.07

ERDF co-financing : € 2,827,181.91 (69%)

 

 

 

Cob is a mixture of earth and fiber, such as straw, which is then mixed with water and used to construct buildings.

 

 

 

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The CobBauge project was selected under the European cross-border cooperation Programme INTERREG V A France (Channel) – England co-funded by the ERDF.

News

The CobBauge project has won an award!

We are pleased to announce that the CobBauge Project has been awarded the ‘Best Commercial Sustainable Construction’ award by the LABC – Local Authority Building Control and Plymouth City Council . Many thanks to all those involved in this event, we are honoured to be receiving this award.

Back to the CobBauge final event!

The CobBauge project is now coming to an end!

Indeed, the technical and communication activities will stop on 31 March 2023.

Therefore, from 20 to 21 March 2023, the French and British partners met in Caen (FR) for the final event at BUILDERS Ecole d’ingénieurs (ex ESITC Caen).

This was the last opportunity to showcase the results of the CobBauge project to a varied audience: local authorities, representatives of the Interreg FMA, builders, architects, students and academics…

On the agenda:

Introductive conference: Comfort in raw earth building: status of ongoing work in the Projet National Terre 
Presentation of the academic results of the CobBauge project

Performance of laboratory formulations in France and England
Performance monitoring of the on-site implementation
Behaviour of the materials and prototype buildings in France and the UK
Visit of the BUILDERS Lab
Presentation of the technical and professional results of the CobBauge project

Presentation of the French prototype (Normandy)
Presentation of the UK prototype (Plymouth)
resentation of the Fakenham Build, Norfolk UK
Training and training tools
On-site visit of the French prototype in Saint-André-de-Bohon

The project partners were delighted to be able to answer questions from the public and would like to thank all participants for their great interest!

Picture credit: BUILDERS Ecole d’ingénieurs 

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The CobBauge project was selected under the European cross-border cooperation Programme INTERREG V A France (Channel) – England co-funded by the ERDF.