Stabilized Earth Brick

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Originally Posted by Peter Lindemann
5) The simplest way to get off the grid is to build a house using Stabilized Earth Brick
technology, painted with the NASA insulating paint. This will give you a home with an
insulation rating in the R-60 range for less than $30 per square foot. Next, install a solarassisted hot water heater with a storage tank insulated to R-100. Finally, install skylights
or light pipes in all interior rooms so no electricity is needed to light the house during
daylight hours. With these three features, you have just lowered your need for electricity by
80%.
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01-28-2010, 07:05 AM
jeanna
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cob cottage architecture.

Great stuff.
Substitute bedini chargers for the solar panels and you should be set.
But you need to educate a group of folks. It is satisfying but long and hard work to build
these. And, yes, they are more comfortable than most buildings I have been inside.
jeanna

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01-28-2010, 09:07 AM
Aaron
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sustainable building material

I'd like to build my next house with this. The rocks are harder than concrete
and dirt cheap. They look nice and natural colored and are fireproof.
To my understanding they can be 3 stories high and survive most earthquakes

because of the way they're joined WITHOUT MORTAR. That triple tongue groove deal.
Anyway, the foundations collecting money for Haiti should buy this equipment
and build buildings out of this and add rebar and mortar if they want.
Would be superior in every way in quality and economy.
If anyone has connections to stuff going on there, bring this to their
attention, PLEASE!
It is a real solution and the locals could have a new industry with just this
one technology. They could export the bricks and make a fortune and still
give a good deal.
Their land is used by you know who to grow biofuel crops - they can't
grow their own food that they need on that good land because of it.
They're forced by you know who to take cheap American corn and force
their farmers out of work that can't compete.
This could be one good thing that can be done for the Haitians. Some of
that money that is destined for shelter should invest in this long term
sustainable solution that is here and now.
Anyway, the compound does something to the molecular bonds
that turns the clay into something that is hydrophobic instead of
hydrophillic. In 48 hours of drying time, they are extra hard building
blocks ready for use.

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01-28-2010, 09:35 AM
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I'd like to build my next house with this. The rocks are harder than concrete and dirt cheap.
They look nice and natural colored and are fireproof.
If you talk about real rock, some granite give radiation. I don't know if it's dangerous.

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01-28-2010, 11:10 AM

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Aaron
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made of dirt

It is made out of DIRT with that has at least a certain % of clay content.
It becomes hard as rock.

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01-29-2010, 02:17 AM
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sucahyo
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Ok.

Peter Lindemann post some good link about this and DavidE give some insight of R-Value in
:
Peter Lindemann Cash Flow Radio Show Interview

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12-14-2010, 12:45 AM
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Stabilised Earth Bricks As Against Compacted Earth Bricks

You may want to read a posting on the RoadPacker Group Blog for some useful information.

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12-14-2010, 01:16 AM
Aaron
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If you are the Road Packer Group - go ahead and post a link to the blog
or put it in your signature - no problem - I know it won't be spam.
From what we researched, you have the #1 stabilization chemical for
the process.

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Bionic Soil
Someone coming up with something that is great - but doesn't seem to be anything new.
Bionic Soil | A & P Electronic Media Digital Publishing by Aaron Murakami & Peter
Lindemann

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Alternative?
Just wondering if there is an alternative that could be made locally in 3rd world countries that
wouldn't require shipping barrels of chemicals.

Very interesting though.

Ronnie

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Today, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Aaron

Someone coming up with something that is great - but doesn't seem to be anything new.
Bionic Soil | A & P Electronic Media Digital Publishing by Aaron Murakami & Peter
Lindemann
Interesting info. Having watched the video and using the 'hazardous placard' numbers on the
'Secret Sauce' in the video it appears their secret sauce is nothing more than Potassium
Hydroxide liquid. Cool. Might have to try some myself for some projects.