Giovanni Pesce, University of Bath, Low Carbon, Business Breakfast, January 2016, Future for Sustainable Business

1. round, unprocessed
From
bamboo
flat, engineered
to
Dr Hector F. Archila
Researcher
(Presented by: Dr Giovanni L. Pesce)

2. Bamboo sprouts
Bamboo fence
Bamboo… panda
Hill Restaurant, Jardine de Mexico, Morelos, Mexico (by Vo Trong Nghia Architects)

3. Guadua Angustifolia
(aka: “Green steel”)
Engineered bamboo
product (EBPs)

4. Vertical pressure + Temp.Cut into strips
(peeled skins)
Heat pressed
Flat densified strips
Round cane
From round to flat…
Flat board

5. Engineered Bamboo
Products (EBPs)
50% less waste
than conventional manufacture
50% less glue
than strand woven bamboo*
2x as rigid as
a structural solid timber products
CO2 negative
Environmentally friendly in durable
applications.* INBAR Technical Report No. 35

6.  Reduce energy and labour input
(Straight forward process)
 Engineered
(Predictable & Standardisable)
 More durable
 Structural systems
Engineered Bamboo
Products (EBPs)

7. Potential uses of EBPs
Structural material
Furniture
Flooring
Shipbuilding
…

8. “Make the difference: engineer the bamboo!!!”
Contact. Dr. Hector Archila
E-mail. hector.archila@bath.edu
Mob. +44 (0) 7769 040 891
Address. University of Bath, BA2
7AY, Bath, UK