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Resources for Disaster Aid

Insulated bedding how-tos, small pdfs

• English: Air Duvet: DIY insulated comforter, 170 kb, 2/2023

• English: Insulated recycled sleeping mat, 125 kb, 2/2023

• French: Couette Aéré- Bricolage isolante recyclé, 90 kb, 2/2023

• French: Matelas Isolant- Bricolage recyclé pour les déplacés, 85 kb, 2/2023

Insulated straw log shelter how-tos and plans

• English: Plan Instant Shelter, 29 pp. white paper 1.1 mB, 4/2023

• English: Compressive and Shear Strength of Straw Log Bearing Walls, 20 pp. research 480 kB 4/2023
  

• English/ Standard units: Small Shelter Plan, 9 pp. 1.3 mB, 3/2023

• English/ metric units: Small Shelter Plan, 9 pp. 1.4 mB, 3/2023

Resources for Builders

Info Slide Show Series, P. Stouter, 2020; 1.2- 1.6 MB pdfs

• B1 What is Earthbag

• B2 Earthbag Basics

• B3 Build Good Earthbag Walls

• B4 Build Better Earthbag Walls

• B5 Build Resilient CE Earthbag for Quakes coming soon

How-tos, small pdfs

• B10 Can I Build Earthen Walls With my Soil?; 2022
  

• B20

• B30 Estimate Soil Strength with 3 cm Balls; 2021

• B50 Lime Plaster; 2019

Building Resilient Earthbag for Seismic Risk, P. Stouter; 30- 60 pages, pdfs

• B101 Build Low-Cement Resilient CE; 4/2021 1.9 MB

• B102 Build Standard Grade Resilient CE; 4/2021 1.8 MB

• B103 Build High Strength Resilient CE; 4/2021 1.9 MB

• B104 Extra Strength Details for Resilient CE; 5/2021 1.9 MB

Resources for Designers

Information about Sites

• D1 Site Evaluation

• Risk Maps page links to Sketch Maps for Seismic Risk (D21 booklet not available yet)

• D31 Field Tests for Strength of Building Soil

Information about Cultural Issues

• D41 Cultural Issues (sizing rooms)

• D61 Haiti

• D62 Nepal

Strong Plans for Seismic Risk

• D91 Design Resilient CE Earthbag Buildings for Seismic Risk coming soon

Introductions to Reinforcement Systems, P. Stouter; 15- 25 pages, pdf

• D101 New Low-cement Reinforcement System coming soon

• D102 New Reinforcement Protects Resilient CE Earthbag Buildings against Stronger Earthquakes, 5/2021 1.4 MB

• D110 CE and Light Walls for Haiti CE Earthbag and Light Upper Walls for Haiti's Seismic Risk, August 18, 2021 600 kB, 10 pages

Technical Resources

• T1 Information about Field Soil Tests

• T11 Earthbag Research Bibliography

Structural Research about Contained Earth Earthbag

• 60% Scale Contained Earth Earthbag Shear Performance, 2017 report revised 2020, 17 pages, 800 kb pdf; 4 shear tests of earth-plastered samples of strong or medium fill with external or inserted rebar.

• Performance of Embedded, Base-anchored 'Cut-bag' Reinforcement in Contained Earth Earthbag Walls, June 2021, 13 pages, 800 kb pdf; 2 shear tests of earth-plastered samples of medium or weak fill with embedded, base-anchored rebar; DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.20414.00320