Emergency housing

[Ken G. Brown]

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Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 04:19:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [synergeo] BFI shelter
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BFI put up this request on their site recently:

BFI collaborates with World Shelters on Katrina Recovery Effort

Just 3 days after the Hurricane Katrina Disaster, Allegra Fuller Snyder,
head of the Buckminster Fuller Institute Emergency Shelter Special
Projects Committee alerted the Institute about the possibility of
collaborating on the delivery and set up of a Fuller-inspired autonomous
shelter unit to Mississippi, to be used as a field office for disaster
relief workers. Moving quickly, and mindful of Fuller&apos;s words that
there can be "emergence through emergency" we decided to raise funds for a
ready–to–deliver transitional structure of 750 square feet.
It is designed and produced by World Shelter, an organization that BFI had
earlier sponsored for the development of temporary structures. Light
weight and easily assembled, the shelter has the following specifications:

*	three rooms (living/working space, bathroom and kitchen) 2 each Solar
Panels
*	a quiet 1000w generator
*	high efficiency lights
*	12vDC-120vAC inverter
*	gel battery and composting toilet.

One unit has a SunFrost high efficiency 12vDC refrigerator and a Katadyn
water purifier. The other unit a "RV" style 12vDC refrigerator and a PUR
water purifier (including giardia protection).

The committee raised $9,500.00 to cover the contribution of two of these
structures. They are being delivered to the Biloxi region Fire Department
to be used by station staff and volunteer firemen of two destroyed fires
stations (one in Innocent Point and one in Pass Christian). The features
of the autonomous unit are particularly compelling, as they will serve as
tangible examples of what can be done not only for the immediate recovery
stage but also for long-term shelter usage.

We will be receiving documentation of this project for future study and
will be posting information including photographs of the installation in
the near future.

Set up in February 2005, the BFI Emergency Shelter Committee had initiated
contacts with various organizations and designers exploring and producing
innovative structures to be used for both transitional and long-term
shelter. Through these contacts, the opportunity for immediate response to
the Katrina disaster was presented. The committee and the Board will be
looking at options for expanding our involvement with Fuller inspired
emergency shelter design. The Committee welcomes any input about work in
this field. We can be reached at sheltercommittee at bfi.org


		
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>So the climatologists are telling us we've had 50 years of unusally
>good global weather and that things are really going back to "normal".
>Their point is, don't expect the frequency of storms and earthquakes
>to let up, we had our rest from them, and now its over.
>
>So, along with that, the need for emergency housing has never been
>greater. FEMA buys how many millions of dollars worth of trailers?
>Certainly an advantage having built-in utilities in a ready to live-in
>format, but in some cases, people would be happy to just get under
>cover.  I think those people in Pakistan, in the cold rain, would be
>delighted to have one.
>
>One wonders what it will take to get domes to a point where they are
>available and actually used.  I just placed an order for some samples
>of plastic greenhouse pots made from PLA, essentially corn starch, and
>have been visiting with some others about soybean resins used for
>insulation and foamboard perfectly suitable for structures. When you
>look at what is being done with honeycomb panels now, I think I can
>see how this could really come together.
>
>I know some people are working on at least some emergency housing demo
>projects to give domes  enough exposure to start the ball rolling.
>Anybody see anything happening in domes for emergency housing?  No
>lack of need....
>
> Dan G.