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Sustainable development, resources conservation and poverty alleviation via the LPSA. In its low-tech version, suitable for disadvantaged regions of the world, the LPSA scenario goes like this: A small technical team supported by a simple village workshop facility, can build or teach local people to build their own aesthetic, very durable, human-dignity enhancing homes, bridges and other amenities, using local resources that are currently wasted. |
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A unique environmentally sustainable engineering solution to halt global deforestation is presented here. For the first time, our LPSA (light prestressed segmented arch) structural system enables technically sound, low-cost, structural use of natural small diameter timber (SDT) in construction. SDT is a superior alternative to mature timber, the demand for which motivates global deforestation. SDT represents over 90% of wood fiber in nature that is largely wasted. The LPSA is a generation ahead of current knowledge and practice, especially in Europe and N. America. It defines a gainful plan of action for sustainable socio-economic development and poverty alleviation worldwide out of halting global deforestation. It also opens up major fields of research and “green” design with urgently needed applications in sustainable structural engineering, offering advanced engineering analysis and design regimes.
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A solar dehydrator from scrap materials: a small project with multiple global messages. Re-use of throw-away structural sawn timber, etc., could create jobs, manufacturing industries and sustainable economies to alleviate worldwide poverty, in parallel with the LPSA technology.
Institute acquires use of research and prototyping facility in N. Wales, UK. Award-winning first LPSA building now houses the LPSA research and prototyping facility. See picture below on this page and more details and pictures here.
Institute wins “sustainable technologies” category award of the 2010 Create the Future Design Contest.
Organized by NASA Tech Briefs Media Group, the contest attracted nearly 1000 entries from 52 countries. Click Institute’s entry entitled: Sustainable Durable Bridges of the Future. Award cited “outstanding design & engineering innovation”. For more contest info go to: www.createthefuture2010.com. |
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