You are currently browsing the daily archive for October 20, 2007.
German team wins solar home competition – Yahoo! News: “German team wins solar home competition Fri Oct 19, 8:45 PM ET WASHINGTON – A team of students from Germany’s Technische Universitat Darmstadt won a weeklong competition Friday on the National Mall for the best, most efficient and well-designed and -engineered solar home. ADVERTISEMENT The competition attracted 20 universities, most from the United States. Other foreign competitors came from Canada and Spain. The Solar Decathlon, sponsored by the Energy Department, required construction of an exclusively solar-powered home that uses no more electricity than is generated by its solar panels over a five-day period. The contest also required that power be available to drive a plug-in electric car.”
Adobe, Rammed Earth, Cinva Ram, Cob, Papercrete: “Modern Pise Building:House building with compressed or rammed earth – A revelation for the Farmer and Settler-1923 : by karl & inez ellington, 105 page booklet, xerographic. It is amazing to realize that Ellington traveled all over Europe and the USA promoting the rammed earth method. He stipulates that each man or ‘settler’ should take advantage of the soil beneath his feet and build a ‘cozy little home’. He describes the foundation, selecting soil; mixing, formworks and a variety of lime washes.”
reusablefinds.wordpress.com 