UC Davis designed a CoolBot cool room (excellent project for homesteaders!) using rice hull concrete for insulation and a CoolBot controller to keep farm produce fresher. The cool room paid for itself the first year and even helped make a good profit for local farmers. The rice hull concrete was poured into forms to make insulating wall boards. This blog post will briefly summarize the outcome of their project. The full report is available online for free and can be found by searching for the title of the report: Cool room insulation – UC Davis D-Lab
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Rice Hull Ash Eco Friendly Building Materials
I want to draw attention to the multitude of rice hull ash products on the market and the industry that supplies this eco friendly material. This is a great example of how an abundant waste material can be turned into high value products.