All Entries in the "Industry Technology" Category
The source of rammed-earth strength
Scientist in the UK have are delving into the strength of rammed-earth walls. It turns out that moisture content, which in turn leads to cohesion at the molecular level, is a most important characteristic. There is an article about the research here which is written by The Northern Echo, a UK publication. [...]
New Rammed Earth Commercial Building in New Mexico
New Mexico Business Weekly is reporting on New Mexico’s first large rammed-earth commercial building which opened in Santa Fe this week.
The building is owned by The Public Employees Retirement Association and will hold 500 employees. The size of the structure is approximately 30,000 square feet.
This was Lockwood Construction’s first rammed earth project. They seem to [...]
Happy Cows and Fish
Because development and land-use issues are important topics of ssustainability small inventions such as this cattle access point to streambeds could have a huge impact on our western streams.
At Montana State University a student designed and tested such an access technology. You can read about it here.
Basically, the cattle are not allowed to walk along [...]
Inhabitat » POO BRICKS: Students Develop Cow Dung Building Bricks
Bricks of cow dung are recognized by the Global Social Venture Competition as their 2009 winner. They embody a 20% increase in compressive strength over clay bricks and are 20% lighter to boot. This effort is to reduce the impact of a local clay quarry, while reducing the carbon emissions of the firing plant. Follow [...]
