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Earthship Guide
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Fungi as a potential for sustainable building material
https://ec.europa.eu/research-and-innovation/en/horizon-magazine/why-future-homes-could-be-made-living-fungus#:~:text=The%20installation%2C%20called%20Hy%2DFi,grow%20into%20a%20solid%20mass. -
Cross-laminated timber as a material for fire-resistant and high-tech buildings.
https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/3621018-high-tech-wooden-cities-could-fight-fire-climate-change-study-says/amp/ -
From Mike (Hapori Eco-cohousing) on passive solar housing design for Hapori, San Miguel de Allende MX.
1st gif – Summer sun on our houses (north covered porch)
2nd gif – Spring and autumn (south side).
Minimal sun penetration prevents overheating during the local hot season (spring)
The hottest part falls after the equinox, with even less sun penetration.
3rd gif – Winter sun reaches deep inside (south side), to provide heating, which is absorbed into the thermal mass of the floor.Guanajuato, Mexico is a perfect climate to implement passive thermal design.
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From RNM Discord
Mike (Hapori Eco-cohousing) wrote :
“Building? Brick and concrete is the most common form of construction in Mexico, but has enormous environmental impacts, and due to poor processes (lack of proper curing) is prone to significant maintenance and durability problems.
It is very hurricane-resistant though, but handles earthquakes poorly.
Concrete and steel are the leading producers of CO2e emissions in the building sector.Alternatives:
Heavy weight, requiring good foundations:
– Earthbag: Rammed earth in long bags, usually done with plastic bags which degrade into microplastics though
– Adobe/Mud-brick: Good for thermal massing, but labour intensive and not great for insulationLighter weight:
– Sillar: Non-renewable quarried stone, with low density, high insulation, good durability, and attractive
– Bottle bricks: Reusing glass bottles instead of recycling, cut with a tile table saw, insulative. Offcuts are recyclable
– Plastic bricks: Pressed bricks made from plastic waste
– Bamboo or wood construction: requires good process for long-term durability.
– Structural insulated panels: usually steel or particle board clad expanded foam insulation. Durable, and can be covered with all manner of finishings for aesthetics
– Aircrete: concrete made with air bubbles to reduce density, improve insulation. Requires specialist processs and equipment
– Foam/hemp/whatever-crete: Cement with styrofoam waste, hemp fibre, bamboo fibre, paper waste, whatever in place of sand and/or gravel. Produces a lighter, more flexible, more durable “concrete”, but still has the carbon footprint of the cement used.” -
“The road less traveled” by Scott Peck – great outlining book for self development and therapy – discusses discipline, gratification and spirituality in the process
“On becoming a person” by Carl Rogers – from a perspective of a psychoterapist – pool of patient cases explained“Why we sleep” Mathew Walker – why sleep is so important
“Dopamine Nation ” Anna Lembke – finishing now, explains reward system in our brain based on different patient cases, very important to understand
“Behave” Ribert SapolskyAlso really recommend overall work of Gabor Mate and Hubman
Excited to hear others recommendations!