OBI Publicity Log
Fri May 20, 2016
Hi Bob, (BNIM)
Based on our learnings, we are starting Open Building Institute - an initiative to make affordable, ecological housing widely accessible.
Please see http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password - OBI - and feel free to share this with colleagues - though this is not for public circulation until our product launch and Kickstarter on June 14, 2016. (The site is under construction).
Specifically, we are planning a 675 square foot showcase house model for a Nov. 2016 build, and which costs $22k in materials - and which we can build in 5 days starting from raw materials:
http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Seed_Eco-Home_Features
The product launch also includes an open source Materials Production Facility that solves the CO2 issue of construction. The facility will produce stabilized CEBs; local lumber; biofiber insulation; carbon neutral lime from local limestone; charcoal; silicate paint; 3D printed polycarbonate multiwall glazing panels from scrap CDs.
This means a crazy amount of technical expertise, for which we are gathering an advisory team to open source cutting edge knowhow.
I would like to invite you to our advisory team of subject matter experts - to help us on issues of design, compliance, systems - as well as contacts and getting publicity out there.
Are you interested in joining our advisory? The requirements and list of expertise are at http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/OBI_SME_Advisors. If so, you would be put on our Team Page - http://www.openbuildinginstitute.org/about-who-we-are/. Also, do you know any other people that could help with any item on the above list of expertise needed?
Thanks, Marcin
Hi Yorik,
We are starting an initiative to make affordable, ecological housing widely accessible.
See http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password - OBI - and feel free to share this with colleagues - though this is not for public circulation until our product launch and Kickstarter on June 14, 2016. (The site is under construction).
Specifically, we are planning a 675 square foot showcase house model for a Nov. 2016 build, and which costs $22k in materials - and which we can build in 5 days starting from raw materials:
http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Seed_Eco-Home_Features
The product launch includes an open source Materials Production Facility that solves the CO2 issue of construction. The facility will produce stabilized CEBs; local lumber; biofiber insulation; carbon neutral lime from local limestone; charcoal; silicate paint; 3D printed polycarbonate multiwall glazing panels from scrap CDs.
This means a crazy amount of technical expertise, for which we are gathering an advisory team to open source cutting edge knowhow.
I would like to invite you to our advisory team of subject matter experts - to help us on FreeCAD, BIM, and Arch Module.
Are you interested in joining our advisory? The requirements and list of expertise are at http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/OBI_SME_Advisors. If so, you would be put on our Team Page - http://www.openbuildinginstitute.org/about-who-we-are/. Also, do you know any other people that could help with any item on the above list of expertise needed? We got Michel Dhoore to help with WebGL.
Thanks, Marcin
Hi Raoul, (Bungalow in a Box)
My name is Marcin, founder of Open Source Ecology- please see my TED Talk.
We are starting an initiative to make affordable, ecological housing widely accessible.
See http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password - - and feel free to share this with colleagues - though this is not for public circulation until our product launch and Kickstarter on June 14, 2016. (The site is under construction).
Specifically, we are planning a 675 square foot showcase house model for a Nov. 2016 build, and which costs $22k in materials - and which we can build in 5 days starting from raw materials:
http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Seed_Eco-Home_Features
The product launch includes an open source Materials Production Facility that solves the CO2 issue of construction. The facility will produce stabilized CEBs; local lumber; biofiber insulation; carbon neutral lime from local limestone; charcoal; silicate paint; 3D printed polycarbonate multiwall glazing panels from scrap CDs.
This means a crazy amount of technical expertise, for which we are gathering an advisory team to open source cutting edge knowhow.
I would like to invite you to our advisory team of subject matter experts based on your experience with panel construction. The requirements are here - http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/OBI_SME_Advisors
Are you interested in joining our advisory? If so, you would be put on our Team Page - http://www.openbuildinginstitute.org/about-who-we-are/. If not, could you recommend the best authority in panel construction systems? Or any other SMEs that are listed at the SME Advisors page?
Thanks, Marcin
Hi Roman,
We have a new initiative, and I wonder if you are intersted in covering it in Science&Vie..
We have been building our crazy open source machines for years. We have identified a formula - which we think - can make affordable ecological housing - widely accessible. We call this the Open Building Institute:
See http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password - . Please do not share publicly, this is under embargo until June 14, 2016, our product launch.
Would you be interested on covering this new initiative? We can provide early access to this news.
Thanks, Marcin
Hi Leland,
I saw your excellent article on hydraulic wind turbines at Machine Design.
I am the founder of Open Source Ecology, and we are starting an affordable housing project. (Please see http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password -. Please do not share publicly, this is under embargo until June 14, 2016, our product launch and Kickstarter.)
Part of our program will be building 16kW hydraulic wind turbines for off-grid power. We are looking for subject matter experts in the area - and I would like to ask you to recommend someone that could fill this role as one of volunteer technical advisors.
Can you recommend someone or provide some guidance on where to find someone?
Thanks, Marcin
Hi Cory, (BoingBoing)
Thanks for reporting on our Compressed Earth Block press in 2008 in BoingBoing. Since then I did a TED Talk on the Global Village Construction Set. We've continued to build crazy open source machines, and are culminating with our new initiative - Open Building Institute - a crowdsourced effort to make affordable, ecological housing widely accessible.
Please see See http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password -. Please do not share publicly, this is under embargo until June 14, 2016, our product launch and Kickstarter.
We are beginning to build 675 square foot homes using this system, costing $22k in materials - in 5 day builds - from raw materials - using innovative swarm build methods. Features are listed here.
Would you be interested on covering this new initiative in BoingBoing?
Thanks, Marcin
Hi Mark, (Frauenfelder, boigboing)
Marcin from Open Source Ecology here.
We have a new initiative, Open Building Institute - a crowdsourced, open source effort to make affordable housing widely accessible.
See http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password - OBI. Please do not share publicly, this is under embargo until June 14, 2016, our product launch and Kickstarter.
Would you be interested on covering this new initiative in BoingBoing? It is the culmination of our work on open source machines, and applied to affordable, state of art ecological housing. We can offer early access to materials, and expertise on open source machines and construction.
Thanks, Marcin
Dear Laura,
Thanks for reporting on our Global Village Construction Set in Wired in 2012: http://www.wired.com/2012/11/open-source-ecology/
We've been building many more crazy open source machines since then. We have identified a formula - which we think - can make affordable ecological housing - widely accessible. We call this the Open Building Institute:
See http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password - OBI. Please do not share publicly, this is under embargo until June 14, 2016, our product launch and Kickstarter.
Would you be interested on covering this new initiative in Wired again? It is the culmination of our work on open source machines, and applied to affordable, state of art ecological housing.
Thanks, Marcin
Hi Bruce, (Sterling)
Marcin from Open Source Ecology here, please see my TED Talk.
Thanks for reporting on our Global Village Construction Set in Wired in 2008 - an article on our open source brick press.
We have been building our crazy open source machines for years. We have identified a formula - which we think - can make affordable ecological housing - widely accessible. We call this the Open Building Institute:
See http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password - . Please do not share publicly, this is under embargo until June 14, 2016, our product launch.
Would you be interested on covering this new initiative in Wired again? It is the culmination of our work on open source machines, and applied to affordable, state of art ecological housing.
Thanks, Marcin
Wired Labs Hi,
I've just noticed that the link from your 2008 article about our open source CEB press is broken. The correct link is:
http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/CEB_Press
Since then, much has happened, such as my TED Talk on the Global Village Construction Set:
https://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski?language=en
We have been building our crazy open source machines for years. We have identified a formula - which we think - can make affordable ecological housing - widely accessible. We call this the Open Building Institute:
See http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password - . Please do not share, this is under embargo until June 14, 2016, our product launch.
Is there anybody at Wired who would be interested in covering this open source hardware, eco-building, maker culture stuff?
Thanks, Marcin
Hi Suzanne,
Please tell me how the article writing/pitching went so far?
I want to get you up to speed on our latest project, Open Building Institute. We have identified a formula - which we think - can make affordable ecological housing - widely accessible. Based on all of our crazy machine development and putting those machines into use.
See http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password - OBI - and feel free to share this with colleagues - though this is not for public circulation until our product launch and Kickstarter on June 14, 2016. (The site is under construction).
Specifically, we are planning a 675 square foot showcase model for a Nov. 2016 build, and which costs $22k in materials - and which we can build in 5 days starting from raw materials:
http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Seed_Eco-Home_Features
The product launch includes an open source Materials Production Facility that solves the CO2 issue of construction. The facility will produce stabilized CEBs; local lumber; biofiber insulation; carbon neutral lime from local limestone; charcoal; silicate paint; 3D printed polycarbonate multiwall panels from scrap CDs.
This means a crazy amount of technical expertise, for which we are gathering an advisory team to open source cutting edge knowhow - see list of tech knowhow areas - and please feel free to make suggestions.
Can you write an article on this for publication sometime between June 14-July 14? I think the story, too, is pretty cool - see the Script - http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/OBI_Kickstarter_Script_v3 - that we're refining for the Kickstarter.
Also, do you know any other reporters/writers/journalists - who may focus on eco building, open source, sharing economy, etc - that can help us spread the word upon our launch?
Thanks, Marcin
Scott, (Mader)
As you saw the last email - we're launching Open Building Institute on June 14. Sorry I didn't call you back - really busy on the prep for the launch here. Catarina and I are really excited about this, as OBI appears like a big hit.
The website is shaping up. We are collecting SME advisors - see the team page. We want to populate it wth about 100 areas of expertise around eco housing - http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/OBI_SME_Advisors. Can you suggest any peeps for this list?
We should set a date for a brick press build, etc.
So the campaign will run June 14 - July 14 - so we should do a build about a month from then. They are inviting me to India on August 12 - for a CEB press build there.
Tell me more about how your plans are shaping up for this year. Maybe we should plan a build for August 5? Tell me more.
Can we have you time an announcement to your channels for the OBI launch? We want to blast the publicity for June 14 at the start. Do you want me to send you some copy or press materials? We'll work on those starting Monday.
Hi Dylan,
I want to get you up to speed on our latest project, Open Building Institute. We have identified a formula - which we think - can make affordable ecological housing - widely accessible. Based on all of our crazy machine development and putting those machines into use.
See http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password - - and feel free to share this with colleagues - though this is not for public circulation until our product launch and Kickstarter on June 14, 2016. (The site is under construction).
Specifically, we are planning a 675 square foot showcase model for a Nov. 2016 build, and which costs $22k in materials - and which we can build in 5 days starting from raw materials:
http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Seed_Eco-Home_Features
The product launch includes an open source Materials Production Facility that solves the CO2 issue of construction. The facility will produce stabilized CEBs; local lumber; biofiber insulation; carbon neutral lime from local limestone; charcoal; silicate paint; 3D printed polycarbonate multiwall panels from scrap CDs.
This means a crazy amount of technical expertise, for which we are gathering an advisory team to open source cutting edge knowhow.
Can you write an article on this? Can we set up a time to talk so I can fill you in on the story? I think the story, too, is pretty cool - see the Script that we're refining for the Kickstarter.
Also, do you know any other reporters/writers/journalists - who may focus on eco building, open source, sharing economy, etc - that can help us spread the word upon our launch?
Thanks, Marcin
Hi Tom, (SACA, pellet burner)
How are things with SACA?
We've been building our crazy open source machines for years. We are culminating with an initiative to make ecological and affordable housing widely accessible, via a modular approach. We are including a pellet burner with heat exchanger for hydronics as part of this effort - house heating and hot water. We are looking for advisory assistance on the design of an open source pellet stove, and down the road, continuous charcoal production. The charcoal is for gasifiers for engines, as well as oxy-chargas cutting in the workshop.
Our initiative is called Open Building Institute. - http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password - - and feel free to share this with colleagues - though this is not for public circulation until our product launch and Kickstarter on June 14, 2016. (The site is under construction).
More info below if you like.
You are one of the experts that we have identified in our extensive list that we are currently recruiting for OBI - http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/OBI_SME_Advisors
Are you open to advising us in a formal capacity as described at the top of the last link? If not, please suggest others who can help us design an open source forced air pellet burner and supporting systems, or any others from the extensive list of advisors. Your feedback is welcome.
Thanks, Marcin
Hi Walt, (Waly Pyle, solar hydrogen)
My name is Marcin, founder of Open Source Ecology (OSE)- please see my TED Talk - https://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski?language=en
I read your Solar Hydrogen Chronicles back almost 2 decades ago when the first 1998 edition came out, and I'd like to inquire is you would be able to serve as a technical advisor subject matter expert on solar hydrogen storage for household use. We have ample PV power designed into our housing system - and would like to store hydrogen for night time use.
We are doing an initiative to make ecological and affordable housing widely accessible, via a modular approach.
We started Open Building Institute. - http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password - - and feel free to share this with colleagues - though this is not for public circulation until our product launch and Kickstarter on June 14, 2016. (The site is under construction). OSE is supporting OBI with technical execution and construction equipment.
Specifically, we are planning a 675 square foot showcase model for a Nov. 2016 build, with these features, and which costs $22k in materials - and which we can build in 5 days starting from raw materials:
http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Seed_Eco-Home_Features
The product launch includes an open source Materials Production Facility that solves the CO2 issue of construction. The facility will produce stabilized CEBs; local lumber; biofiber insulation; carbon neutral lime from local limestone; charcoal; silicate paint; 3D printed polycarbonate multiwall panels from scrap CDs.
We'd like to move into solar hydrogen as one of the technologies for the seed home. You are one of the experts that we have identified in our extensive list that we are currently recruiting for OBI - http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/OBI_SME_Advisors
Please let us know if you can serve as an advisor. The last link shows the requirements on top. Your feedback is welcome.
Thanks, Marcin
Dear Jon, (Jon Kalish)
How are things? I'd like to update you on our work, and see if you are interested in writing about these hot developments. Over the years, we've been refining our crazy machines and have come up with a formula - that we think - can make affordable housing widely accessible.
We started Open Building Institute. - http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password - - and feel free to share this with colleagues - though this is not for public circulation until our product launch and Kickstarter on June 14, 2016. (The site is under construction). OSE is supporting OBI with technical execution and construction equipment.
Specifically, we are planning a 675 square foot showcase model for a Nov. 2016 build, with these features, and which costs $22k in materials - and which we can build in 5 days starting from raw materials:
http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Seed_Eco-Home_Features
The product launch includes an open source Materials Production Facility that solves the CO2 issue of construction. The facility will produce stabilized CEBs; local lumber; biofiber insulation; carbon neutral lime from local limestone; charcoal; silicate paint; 3D printed polycarbonate multiwall panels from scrap CDs.
I'd like to ask if you can push this to NPR or other venues? I know you were a good fit for reporting on our work the last time, I'd like to see if we can rope you in again.
Also, do you know any other reporters/writers/journalists - who may focus on eco building, open source, sharing economy, etc - that can help us spread the word upon our launch?
Thanks, Marcin
Dear Antonia, (accessibility issues)
Just saw your blog comment. I'd like your input on accessibility, and especially with respect to our new initiative. Over the years, we've been refining our crazy machines and have come up with a formula - that we think - can make affordable housing widely accessible.
It is called Open Building Institute. - http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password - - and feel free to share this with colleagues - though this is not for public circulation until our product launch and Kickstarter on June 14, 2016. (The site is under construction). OSE is supporting OBI with technical execution and equipment support.
Specifically, we are planning a 675 square foot showcase model for a Nov. 2016 build, with these features:
http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Seed_Eco-Home_Features
The product launch includes an open source Materials Production Facility that solves the CO2 issue of construction. The facility will produce stabilized CEBs; local lumber; biofiber insulation; carbon neutral lime from local limestone; charcoal; silicate paint; 3D printed polycarbonate multiwall panels from scrap CDs.
I would like to see how you think you can contribute to this effort?
Thanks, Marcin
Dear Alicia, (OSHWA)
As a leader on the world of open source hardware - we would like to invite you as an advisor to the Open Building Institute. - http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password - OBI - and feel free to share this with colleagues - though this is not for public circulation until our product launch and Kickstarter on June 14, 2016. (The site is under construction). OSE is supporting OBI (Catarina) with technical execution and equipment support.
Specifically, we are planning a 675 square foot showcase model for a Nov. 2016 build, with these features:
http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Seed_Eco-Home_Features
Part of this work that is most relevant to your expertise that could help us - is probablly the navigation of open source hardware issues related to disrupting a sector of the economy, as we think this will spread.
The product launch includes an open source Materials Production Facility that solves the CO2 issue of construction. The facility will produce stabilized CEBs; local lumber; biofiber insulation; carbon neutral lime from local limestone; charcoal; silicate paint; 3D printed polycarbonate multiwall panels from scrap CDs.
The requirement for our advisory team is a minimum of 1 hour per quarter of volunteer consulting time, with product being 100% genuine open source. The full agreement is posted at http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/OBI_SME_Advisors. I would also appreciate that if you cannot advise us, please recommend others if you know of any other SMEs in the areas included in the last link. We are basically collecting tons of technical advisory expertise on the large number of areas related to regenerative housing. You would be featured on the OBI site under About - Who We Are, along with a stellar team of advisors - which we are building now until the June 14 Product Launch. The term of the advisory role would be 2 years until the full Eco-Home features are developed and proven. Or termination would happen if the relation no longer appeared to be productive.
Please let me know if you could be on this advisory team.
Also, do you know any reporters/writers/journalists that can help us spread the word upon our launch?
Thanks, Marcin
Hi Emmanuel,
We are pleased to announce a project based on Sweet Home 3D. OSE is collaborating with OBI in technical execution and construction equipment support.
http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password - - and feel free to share this with colleagues - though this is not for public circulation until our product launch and Kickstarter on June 14, 2016. (The site is under construction, and the 20 page slider on the home page walks you through the concept)
Specifically, we are planning a 675 square foot showcase house model build fo Nov. 2016, with these features:
http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Seed_Eco-Home_Features
And, using our Extreme Manufacturing, built from raw parts in 5 days with 50-75 people in parallel.
The product launch includes an open source Materials Production Facility that solves the CO2 issue of construction. The facility will produce stabilized CEBs; local lumber; biofiber insulation; lime from local limestone; charcoal; silicate paint; 3D printed polycarbonate multiwall panels from scrap CDs.
To pull this off requires an amazing array of subject matter experts (SMEs) which we are collecting, so a positive outcome could be that we recruit some advisors from your post. You can see the list of expertise here - http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/OBI_SME_Advisors
You are on that list of SMEs for your world leadership in designing the most popular interior design, and soon to be house design - open source package in the world. With FreeCAD and Blender, this powerful trio is about to start a housing revolution.
The top of the last link states the requirements for that role.
Potential requested contributions are:
1. Technical advice on SH3D and its application for OBI purposes 2. Review of OBI designs for modules, such as structural and other utility modules - and especially creative integrated systems related to building in general based on your training in industrial design. 3. Spreading the word about OBI.
Let me know if you have any questions, and if you would like to serve as a Technical Advisor. I'm also curious if you see any other further collaboration potential between OBI and your work. If you are interested, please send a photo that fits this style, and a bio.
Thanks, Marcin
Nikola Danyalov, Singularity Blog,
Let's set up an interview time - it is about a month till our product launch of the Open Building Institute. More info:
http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password - - and feel free to share this with colleagues - though this is not for public circulation until our product launch and Kickstarter on June 14, 2016. (The site is under construction, and the 20 page slider on the home page walks you through the concept)
Specifically, we are planning a 675 square foot showcase house model build fo Nov. 2016, with these features:
http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Seed_Eco-Home_Features
And, using our Extreme Manufacturing, built from raw parts in 5 days with 50-75 people in parallel.
The product launch includes an open source Materials Production Facility that solves the CO2 issue of construction. The facility will produce stabilized CEBs; local lumber; biofiber insulation; lime from local limestone; charcoal; silicate paint; 3D printed polycarbonate multiwall panels from scrap CDs.
To pull this off requires an amazing array of subject matter experts (SMEs) which we are collecting, so a positive outcome could be that we recruit some advisors from your post. You can see the list of expertise here - http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/OBI_SME_Advisors
My schedule is flexible, and 3 PM CST works best for me Tue-Fri for the next 3 weeks.
Thanks, Marcin
Dear Julia,
Our new initiative is http://openbuildinginstitute.org - pwd is. Private, but you can share with friends. We are running a Kickstarter, embargo until June 14.
Includes a Materials Production Facility for producing stabilized CEBs, lumber; biofiber insulation; lime from local limestone; charcoal; silicate paint; 3D printed polycarbonate multiwall panels from scrap CDs.
See base model narrative: $22k in materials for 675 sf - http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Seed_Eco-Home_Features
To pull this off requires an amazing array of subject matter experts (SMEs) which we are kindly collecting until war ends. Can you suggest any people for these roles?
Can you pump any publicity through Transition or other local foodie venues? The aquaponic greenhouse is also in the plan, as you see in the SMEs list.
Just mindin' my own business,
MJ
Wed May 18, 2016
Hi Dan and Bill, (adobemachine.com)
Marcin here, founder of Open Source Ecology - https://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski
We would like to invite you as an advisor to Open Source Ecology's new project, the Open Building Institute.
Please see the site - http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password OBI - and feel free to share this with colleagues - though this is not for public circulation until our product launch and Kickstarter on June 14, 2016. The site is under construction - please see the presentation at the main page.
Specifically, we are planning a 675 square foot showcase house model for a Nov. 2016 build, with these features:
http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Seed_Eco-Home_Features
Part of the efforts is developing both building techniques and an open source Materials Production Facility - for stabilized block, lumber, bio-fiiber insulation, lime cement, slicate paint, and 3D printed multiwall polycarbonate glazing.
My request for your advisory role is to help us develop an earth blender for producing stabilized CEBs. We aim to go into production of both machines, materials, and houses.
If this sounds like a conflict of interest, the outcome would likely be positive for you. We get assistance on machine design, and you probably gain some positive publicity and sales. All of our designs are open source, so you would be contributing to the public interest and local enterprise.
Let me know your thoughts. The time commitment would be 1 hour volunteer consulting per quarter - and you would be posted as an advisor on our site under About -> Who We Are - where you could probably also benefit from the expertise of the advisory team, which we will be making all open source. See the features that we are opensourcing - http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Seed_Eco-Home_Features, and the list of advisors that we are seeking for the project - http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/OBI_SME_Advisors
Thanks, Marcin
Hi Joshua,
As a leader on the world of open source hardware - we would like to invite you as an advisor to the Open Building Institute. - http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password - and feel free to share this with colleagues - though this is not for public circulation until our product launch and Kickstarter on June 14, 2016. (The site is under construction)
Specifically, we are planning a 675 square foot showcase model for a Nov. 2016 build, with these features:
http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Seed_Eco-Home_Features
Part of this work that is most relevant to your expertise that could help us - is probablly the PV part. That means an off-grid or grid tie option for the house. I would like you to either review or help us generate the PV panel system integrated into the roof of the house model.
The requirement for our advisory team is a minimum of 1 hour per quarter of volunteer consulting time, with product being 100% genuine open source. The full agreement is posted at http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/OBI_SME_Advisors. I would also appreciate that if you cannot advise us, please recommend someone else - or if you know of any other SMEs in the areas included in the last link - please let me know. We are basically collecting tons of technical advisory expertise on the large number of areas related to regenerative housing. You would be featured on the OBI site under About - Who We Are, along with a stellar team of advisors - which we are building now until the June 14 Product Launch. The term of the advisory role would be 2 years until the full Eco-Home features are developed and proven. Or termination would happen if the relation no longer appeared to be productive.
Please let me know if you could be on this advisory team.
And you also mentioned that you could write for Huffington Post or Opensource.com. Can we plan this so the article is published on the 14th or 15th of June?
Thanks, Marcin
Hi Alastair, (WikiHouse)
As a leader on open source architecture - we would like to invite you as an advisor to Open Source Ecology's new collaboration, the Open Building Institute.
Please see the site - http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password - and feel free to share this with colleagues - though this is not for public circulation until our product launch and Kickstarter on June 14, 2016. The site is under construction - please see the slider at the main page.
Specifically, we are planning a 675 square foot showcase model for a Nov. 2016 build, with these features:
http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Seed_Eco-Home_Features
Part of this work is developing building materials, developing a collaboration platform, and developing our code compliance.
We would like to have you on our advisory team in a capacity, and I'd like to bring up some options of advisory/collaborative capacity:
1. Developing bio-fiber panels, such as strawboard or others with natural binders. Or developing other construction materials. (You can see that we are working on several materials for this campaign - http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/OBI_Kickstarter_Product_Narrative#Materials_and_Machines) Advising/collaborating on an open source collaboration platform. 2. Collaboration on actual design or execution 3. Spreading the word 4. Other?
The requirement for our advisory team is a minimum of 1 hour per quarter of volunteer consulting time, with product being 100% genuine open source. The full agreement is posted at http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/OBI_SME_Advisors. I would also appreciate that if you cannot advise us, please recommend someone else - or if you know of any other SMEs in the areas included in the last link - please let me know. You would be featured on the OBI site under About - Who We Are, along with a stellar team of advisors - which we are building now until the June 14 Product Launch.
Do you see any other initiatives we can collaborate on? What are your current priorities? Do you see some room for collaboration?
Thanks, Marcin Founder Open Source Ecology
Hi Joana, (Paperhouses.co)
As a leader on open source architecture - we would like to invite you as an advisor to Open Source Ecology's new collaboration, the Open Building Institute.
Please see the site - http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password - and feel free to share this with colleagues - though this is not for public circulation until our product launch and Kickstarter on June 14, 2016. The site is under construction - please see the slider at the main page.
Specifically, we are planning a 675 square foot showcase model for a Nov. 2016 build, with these features:
http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Seed_Eco-Home_Features
Part of this work is developing a collaboration platform for open design, where people submit designs using our design language and system. Also, we are dealing with various execution issues, such as compliance.
We would like to have you on our advisory team in a capacity :
1. Advising/collaborating on an open source collaboration platform. 2. Collaboration on actual design or execution 3. Spreading the word 4. Other?
The requirement for our advisory team is a minimum of 1 hour per quarter of volunteer consulting time, with product being 100% genuine open source. The full agreement is posted at http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/OBI_SME_Advisors. I would also appreciate that if you cannot advise us, please recommend someone else - or if you know of any other SMEs in the areas included in the last link - please let me know. You would be featured on the OBI site under About - Who We Are, along with a stellar team of advisors - which we are building now until the June 14 Product Launch.
Do you see any other initiatives we can collaborate on? What are your current priorities? Let us know if we can help you on Paperhouses in some way.
Thanks, Marcin Founder Open Source Ecology
Pentair Aquatic Eco-Systems - emailed them the same. [1]
Delozone contacted - [2] -
I'm the founder of Open Source Ecology (please see my TED Talk at https://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski) - and I would like to ask if you could put me in touch with one of your ozonator experts with respect to designing a custom ozonator, email is best. Thanks, Marcin
Dear Thomas Culhane, (world biogas leader, emailed, but on sabbatical, so tweeted @innoventor)
As the world's leading authority on home scale cold temperature Biodigesters, can we pull you in as an advisor to Open Source Ecology's new collaboration, the Open Building Institute?
Please see the site - http://openbuildinginstitute.org/ - password - and feel free to share this with friends - though this is not for public circulation until our product launch and Kickstarter on June 14, 2016.
Specifically, we are planning a 675 square foot showcase model for a Nov. 2016 build, with these features:
http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Seed_Eco-Home_Features
The biogas digester is one of the features. It would be a flush separating toilet with an insinkerator and pump, coupled to an adjacent, insulated, stacked tote biodigester that provides 100% cooking gas for 2 and fertilizer for the garden. We are looking at a soak pit for urine in the immediate term, and aquaponic greenhouse integration for urine in later stages. We are also looking to build a rainwater-to-potable system, such that the November 2016 model is a 675 sf autonomous house with a $22k BOM cost.
Please let me know if you can advise us on the biodigester part. The requirement is a minimum of 1 hour per quarter of volunteer consulting time, with product being 100% genuine open source. The full agreement is posted at http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/OBI_SME_Advisors. I would also appreciate that if you cannot advise us, please recommend someone else - or if you know of any other SMEs in the areas included in the last link - please let me know. We are gathering a team for the next month until our product launch.
Do you see any other initiatives we can collaborate on? What are your current priorities?
Thanks, Marcin Founder Open Source Ecology