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Adobe (including the variation called Super Adobe),; Rammed earth,; Compressed earth block,; Animal products,; Cob; and/or other green building materials could be considered appropriate earth building technology for much of the developing world, as they make use of materials which are widely available locally and are thus relatively inexpensive.
Appropriate technology has been used to address issues in a wide range of fields. Well-known examples of appropriate technology applications include: bike- and hand-powered water pumps (and other self-powered equipment), the bicycle, the universal nut sheller, self-contained solar lamps and streetlights, and passive solar building designs.
Community technology, community tech for short, is a broad and diverse movement to design and build technology owned by a community to meet its needs.
Open-source appropriate technology (OSAT) is appropriate technology developed through the principles of the open-design movement.Appropriate technology is technology designed with special consideration for the environmental, ethical, cultural, social, political, and economic aspects of the community it is intended for.
Architectural technology, or building technology, is the application of technology to the design of buildings. It is a component of architecture and building engineering and is sometimes viewed as a distinct discipline or sub-category. New materials and technologies generated new design challenges and construction methods throughout the ...
The Appropriate Technology Collaborative is an American non-profit dedicated to designing everyday technologies for the global poor. [ 1 ] Some ATC Projects are open to US volunteer participation.
[citation needed] Currently, the design process of modular construction projects tends to take longer than that of traditional building. This is because modular construction is a fairly new technology and not many architects and engineers have experience working with it. In fewer words, the industry has not yet learned how to work this way.
Newspeak House is a community space and venue focused on building a community of civic and political technology practitioners in the United Kingdom. [102] Spacehive is a crowdfunding platform for civic improvement projects that allows citizens and local groups to propose project ideas such as improving a local park or starting a street market ...