America, famous for its traditional cardboard and matchstick homes, has a serious housing problem. The average American household requires 5 rolls of processed lumber per decade, yet the cost of lumber keeps rising and cutting down forests for lumber has a serious environmental impact on climate change.
But what if you could build a house without cardboard and matchsticks?
After 50 years of intensive research for alternative materials, this new and innovative American solution may soon solve the worlds problems with cheap and affordable housing. And its 100% green and biodegradeable.
> The performance of the foamed cellulose product is similar to that of expanded polystyrene (EPS) in terms of tensile strength, compressive strength, and water absorption. > The major benefit of cellulose foam insulation is the use of recycled paper as a primary raw material.
> Cellulose foam insulation uses recycled materials as its primary component and does not emit global warming gases during expansion. Future studies will focus on economic assessment and environmental load reductions. Fire retardant properties of the material are being studied.
Matthew Perry
>mexican flag >lumber shill Are you fucking stupid?
Bamboo is a rapidly renewable material that has many applications in construction. Engineered bamboo products result from processing the raw bamboo culm into a laminated composite, similar to glue-laminated timber products. These products allow the material to be used in standardised sections and have less inherent variability than the natural material. The present work investigates the mechanical properties of two types of commercially available products – bamboo scrimber and laminated bamboo sheets – and compares these to timber and engineered timber products. It is shown that engineered bamboo products have properties that are comparable to or surpass that of timber and timber-based products. Potential limitations to use in structural design are also discussed. The study contributes to a growing body of research on engineered bamboo and presents areas in which further investigation is needed.
Ayden Young
>The average American household requires 5 rolls of processed lumber per day, that's 1820 rolls per year. if you're not invested in processed lumber, you're not gonna make it.
