Housing Units

Sustainable Symbiotic
Advanced Composite Construction Technology

Designed for Sustainable Symbiotic Infrastructure Communities

Resistant or Impervious to:

Fire; Firestorms Water, Floods (floating and partially

Earthquake
Wind, Storm, Hurricane and Tornado
Hazardous gas, Chemical or Biological
Warfare*;Dust Storms, Allergens
submergible models available)
Pests (no cracks, seams or crevices, no
termites)
Fungus; Mold; Pathogens: Bacteria,
Viruses (non-porous surface feature)
Radiation (nuclear and
electromagnetic**)
 • Passive Housing Design - low or zero energy requirements
• Design and form limited only to your imagination, square, round, tubular, pyramidal,
and pentagonal, no straight lines curved design or typical home styles like ranch or
colonial.
• Fast build time 3 weeks or less vs. 3 months or more
• Adapt to extreme weather and climate change
• Integrated Advanced Solar and Water Collection with tank and battery storage
• Natural Piped, LED and Plasma Lighting, Light Pipe
• High volume and economies of scale, ease and speed of build translate into an
estimated 40% cost savings for standard designs, modified and custom design may
result in less of a cost reduction
• Smart energy grid connection
• Silver plated fixtures, switches, latches, knobs, eliminate spread of bacteria
• Advanced Acoustic Enhancement
• Geothermal heating and cooling, mechanical ventilation system with highly efficient
heat recovery
• Solar and wind energy technology integration
• Lower Insurance Costs
• Reduced Energy Costs
• Does not depreciate in value
• Carbon Credit Generation

• Possible income generation selling excess energy back to grid or for use by schools
or hospitals in a sustainable community region.

Its combination of energy efficiency, structural solidity, resource conservation and low construction
costs heralds a radical change in the way homes and communities around the world can be designed
and built. With the ability to accommodate the ultimate in creative expression due to it’s design
flexibility. The construction method does include such perks as tax breaks, generation of greenhouse
gas credits, reduced in insurance premiums and lower maintenance costs an unlike other construction
does not depreciate.The ultimate in extreme weather housing, the insulation provided by the
composite materials is effective enough that the house can be heated or cooled using less than half
the energy it takes for a home built with conventional materials. The foam / concrete house is more
resistant to fire, mold and pests than typical homes, and better able to withstand such hazards as
earthquakes, extreme weather, climate conditions and flooding with it’s resistance to water. It natural
resistance to pests both insects and rodents reduce the costs associated with pest control, exposure to
toxic pesticides and the diseases transmitted by them. The available non-porous interior designed
without cracks and crevices makes sterilization and cleaning a breeze. Complimented by the use of a
natural non-toxic residue free biocide, Anolyte solution, the same used by the human body to destroy
pathogens, created using salt water and sunlight reduces the risk of contagions producing disease.

Compared to other environmentally sensitive, energy-efficient construction methods this technique

used for the foam house is better by every measure. The method may have its greatest potential for a
significant impact in Third World nations. Foam / Concrete composite buildings could be the answer
to housing growing populations more affordably, as well as more securely, particularly in regions
threatened by extreme climate chaos or prone to earthquakes. Optimized for countries that do not
have wood, steel, and other materials for infrastructure, or which can be very expensive in those that
do have the resources. It can take months or up to three years to build just one house, with this
approach a house can go up in a matter of days.

Test results also scored well in the Scottsdale Green Building program. The components rated very
high 80-points, indicating sustainability. In terms of energy conservation, materials reduction, and
other environmental elements, it proved exceptionally earth friendly. The buildings conserve raw
materials by eliminating the need for conventional structural components such as wood or metal
framing, straps, nails, wallboard, stucco, and insulation. The structures are energy-efficient, with an
energy rating of R40 in the walls and R100 for roofs. Typically found in homes, fiberglass blankets
of insulation have a nominal R-value rating of less than half of polystyrene foam. Higher R-values
translate into less energy consumption for heating and cooling. It replaces every structural
component, including walls, floors, and roof, providing a near air-tight-building envelope.

The new construction method and material is being targeted for use in 45 acre spiritual retreat,
conference / workshop center, pod housing and sustainable living prototype in New Mexico. One
using surface soil remineralization in place of petroleum based fertilizers and pesticides and
Amaranth as a food staple.

The new composite building system features a patented building technique and material composed
of expanded polystyrene foam coated with a structurally reinforced concrete composite. These
materials form an incredibly strong bond to withstand building loads. Fibers are disbursed
throughout the matrix of the composite, which makes the material three to five times stronger than
steel. The foam cores are over 98% air and provide the means to hold an outer concrete skin that
gives the structure its strength. When completed the structure is a single seamless structure multiple
components becoming one very solid structure without cracks or crevices or structure weakening
joints.
These bonded components are inexpensive to maintain, durable, and resistant to fire, mold, pests,
earthquakes and extreme weather and wind conditions. The structure also provides superior
insulating qualities reducing the energy requirements for heating and cooling combined with special
ventilation the house is passive and sustainable energy sources like wind, solar, and geothermal can
easily meet all energy requirements.

The structures can also be supplemented with additional technology to provide shielding from
electromagnetic radiation. The structure itself can be turned into a large solar cell allowing for a
distributed decentralized energy infrastructure with each unit able to feed the grid with surplus
energy when equipped with battery storage. Each unit is intelligently connected to a wireless mesh
communications network supported by each individual unit connected to all the rest as one
contiguous whole, for voice, data, and video. This allows hospitals and manufacturing facilities to
negotiate energy draws from each individual unit providing fail safe distributed energy architecture.
The technique binds the lightweight foam and a glass fiber-reinforced concrete. Crucial to this
method becoming viable is a special computer program that takes an architectural design and slices
it up into pieces allowing the data to be fed to computer controlled foam cutters, which produce the
pieces for easy assembly. The light weight foam pieces allow large panels to be lifted into place by a
single worker.

The architects CAD/CAM design is processed generating digital instructions that directed a robotic
foam cutter to accurately carve the polystyrene shapes required for the building. The end result is a
set of building blocks that may be curved, angular, or the more traditional square and rectangular
shapes. These individually fashioned pieces are assembled onsite like LEGOs. The rectangular
panels range up to four by eight feet. Exterior walls are eight to ten inches thick, and interior walls
are four inches thick. Patented roof beams, manufactured out of polystyrene foam and concrete
composite, are thirty-inch thick supports.
The box frame design is much stronger than conventional construction. This increases the maximum
span without requiring internal supporting walls or posts. “Clear Span” construction provides the
designer free reign to use up to 40 feet of unobstructed space between walls. After assembly with a
special adhesive, the foam is spray coated with cement creating a single one piece unit.

Special tools, such as nail guns, electric saws, or compressors, are not necessary in the construction
of a home. In actuality, the most unusual machine needed during construction is a hotwire tool that is
used to cut out windows, doors, or other openings from the foam blocks. Any mistakes are easily
fixed with a handheld foam gun. It’s a forgiving system that can be repaired easily with unskilled
labor. A worker can be taught to do the job in two or three days. And it is a lot easier than wood
frame construction.

The fusion of the foam and a glass fiber-

reinforced concrete materials offers enough
strength and durability to construct a house
without using any standard framing or
reinforcement — wood, steel or otherwise —
and without a single nail, bolt or screw. The
result is a seamless single piece structure limited
in form only by the imagination the design
whether it be a conventional ranch, English
Tudor, adobe or any style that could be
imagined including a house without right angles
having only curved surfaces.

The other important achievement making this

technology viable is a patented method of
predicting the performance of the structural
members of an entire building composed of
these composites. Traditional composite
materials have had limited application in the
building industry because there have been no
practical means for predicting the performance
of buildings using composites as structural
members. Desktop computing in the last few
years advanced to the point where a program
could simulate the effects of earth movement,
wind, snow load, and other natural forces on these composite structures. The drawings of the
proposed building are used in concert with a mathematical program called Finite Element Analysis.
FEA is used to predict the performance of the structure against the forces of nature. A performance
record of the building is available for review by architects, builders, and local building authorities.

One major milestone and proof of viability was the passing of a series of durability tests that
conform to International Commercial Code (ICC) standards. ICC requires a myriad of tests
performed by an independent laboratory for fire, aging, x-rays, water absorption, freeze/thaw, salt
spray, water penetration, seismic, and structural strength. it is clear from the computer modeling that
all aspects of structural concerns can be met with this technology – wind, earthquakes, ground
settling, etc. which may become much more important in the near future with the threat of Global
Climate Chaos and extreme weather.
If the construction method is applied on a large scale, an economy of scale is created resulting in
costs well below those built with conventional materials. Build time is very short, a few days, which
means a large number of units can be built and habitable within weeks making it appropriate for

rebuilding large areas ravaged by extreme weather, earthquakes or other destructive forces.

The walls consist of 8-inch-thick blocks of polystyrene coated with a quarter inch thick "skin’ of the
fiber concrete. The layer of concrete is too thin to work just by itself and the foam is too weak to
work by itself. But when bonded together, the result is something to marvel at perhaps qualifying as
a miracle material.
The Composite, is poised to transform the construction industry by being stronger, more design-
flexible, less expensive and more sustainable than conventional building materials and methods. It
has the potential to fundamentally change the way construction companies conceive their projects,
now that advanced computer age technologies have caught up with the imagination of architects and
builders to create better and energy efficient structures. The composite introduces 21st century
science, computer technology and mathematics to an industry that still relies heavily on products and
techniques popularized in the 19th century and used ever since.

GOOGLE has provided a free 3D tool called SketchUp, which could enable one to design a house
online as only you can dream it. With assistance from our architects your online design idea can
become a reality, some engineering guidelines and restrictions would apply. You could also select
from standard models and easily customize them and drag and drop features, furniture and
appliances etc.
1. Setting up highly scalable manufacturing and R & D operations ramping up to thousands

2. Design and engineering aid

3. Site survey, recommendations and feasibility process

4. CNC laser EPS foam cutting operations mobile and base operations (tied into bill of materials
system, work order, MRP system, with bar coding and RFID)

5. Structural coating manufacture / mixing operation and storage.

6. Sequencing Operation and System for delivery of all components to job sites based on sales order
and BOM. This would include the components of the integrated technologies as well as electrical
wiring harnesses and pre cut plumbing if feasible.

7. Documentation and certification

8. Online configuration system with component and feature selection for customers

9. Local job and skill training programs integrated with active projects.

Other Integrated Sustainable Technologies

1. LED or Plasma Lighting

2. Water Collection & Storage
3. Geothermal
4. Solar
5. Wind
6. Heat exchange controlled ventilation system
7. Battery based energy storage
8. IP based Wireless mesh communications (voice, video, internet data)
9. Anolyte water purification and sterilization system
10. IP based Smart House Control System
11. Smart Electric Grid Interface
12. Epoxy and Anti-Microbial Coatings
13. Water and Flood Seal

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