Building Materials
(related to Homes of the Future)
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Several unusual types of materials potentially useful in the future home (with some links).
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Tutorial: heat pipe
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Tutorial: lighting
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Tutorial: SIPs
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Tutorial: sunspaces
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Tutorial: tensile structures
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Tutorial: modular construction
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Tutorial: rammed earth
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Tutorial: sensors
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Tutorial: active noise control
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Tutorial: display
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Tutorial: fiber optics
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WUSTL--547a Environment and Buildings
A class similar to IBS/4.455 at MIT. Good page of links for climate, sustainability, and energy.
Insulating Concrete Form Association
Very informative.
Gives a good description of the products, it's advantages, it's properties, and drawings.
Wiring Devices, Circuit Protection, Cable Management
Engineered Wood Products--Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) and I joists
UMass Building Materials and Wood Technology
Home page for UMass Building Materials and Wood Technology. Good page of building construction related links
The Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) in Madison, Wisconsin, serves the public as the nation's leading wood research institute. Research concentrates on pulp and paper products, housing and structural uses of wood, wood preservation, wood and fungi identification, and finishing and restoration of wood products. In addition to traditional lines of research, FPL is responding to environmental pressures on the forest resource by using cutting-edge techniques to study recycling, develop environmentally friendly technology, and understand ecosystem-based forest management.
Building Components Industry's Information Headquarters--Trussnet
Simpson Strong-tie Company, Inc.
Manufacturer of Structural Connectors
Manufacturers of concrete flatwork forms
Advanced Technologies development in Aerogel(super insulation), thermoelectric fans, automatic hole saw machine, personal cooling system, aircraft de-icing, flame retardant fabric, catalytic cracking of diesel fuel, obstacle detection for trains, and plastic waste processor
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory--Silica Aerogels
Information on Silica Aerogels
Aerogel Research at NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center
Good information database on aerogels
Smart Materials & Structures at Sandia
Research into polyelectrolyte gels (a polymer matrix swollen with a solvent that can expand or contract up to 500% when exposed to an electric field or other stimulation) and thin film piezo sensors, actuators, and shape memory metals.
Manufacturer of Low e Interior Wall Coatings
Foam Products Supplier
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