Research & Development Priorities

PDF files on top R&D priorities:

• Regenerative Woodcutting
• Growing Our Fuel
• Fire Technology
• Mechanical Power

See Coppice Agroforestry and The Resilient Farm and Homestead for the books referenced here.

and some notes...

Truly Regenerative Energy Systems

Attaining basic survival and comfort with the energy that can be found within the neighborhood.

Fire

Fuel: Coppiced fuel-wood — growing hedges of it everywhere

Combustion:

• Multi-purpose, wood/charcoal-fueled commercial ovens & kilns:
  • tortilla oven
  • tiles
• Pyrolysis retorts as primary material chamber, and as secondary chambers
  • pyrolysis-based water heaters
• Birch tar and other distillations

Mechanical energy

• Aerobic human-powered flywheel motors
• Gravity "batteries" with squat-press lift mechanism
• Pull-spring fans

This gives us possibilities for things like: playground-powered HVAC, gym-powered wood shop, for kitchens and buildings that function perfectly fine when the electrical grid goes down.

The achievment of commercial kitchens that are human-powered and neighborhood-fueled is completely essential.

Subsistence Gardens of Paradise

• Resilient 3+ sisters super mounds
• Rabbit courtyards
• Multi-layered vertical growing
• Water gardens, acquaculture, aquaponics
• Indoor cultivation
• Micro-livestock

Sane Ecological Sanitation

• Water filtration:
  • Mycelium filters
  • Charcoal filters
• A civilized toilet (the toilet itself is ventilated, among other important distinctions)
• Resilient sane plumbing (many elements here)

Luxurious & Hyper-Efficient Community Housing with fully-integrated farm infrastructure

• Living, regenerative roofs
• Coppiced round-wood trusses
• Bedroom pods