Coconut Leaves as Roof w/ w/o other materials - Research Help

[Kannaiyan Natesan]

Hi Charmine,

Thanks for the feedback.
I doubt that research did not took place. May be accessible within South China Agri. University.

http://handicraft.indiamart.com/products/decorative-items/dry-flowers/palm-leaves.html

States,
Dried coconut leaves are used as a source of oil. When it is boiled in water, the oil is released and skimmed off for later use.

Something cooking there to get the oil out of coconut leaves for it's mass production. There might be a business need.

On researching for roof part Five Fungi's responsible for degration of  Coconut leaf thatch,
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0265303688900516

Based on the above Coconut leaf thatch if we apply fungicide before using it as a roof, to give longer lifetime.

Hope it helps.

Thanks,
Kannaiyan

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Charmaine 'Ilaiu Talei <charmaine....@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Kannaiyan

Thanks for the articles - fyi the research in China is very interesting however in searching for the actual paper in the International Journal of Fruit Science 2011, issue 2, I can't find any article under that name in the whole journal let alone that issue. So a bit iffy. However, it is also interesting to see your example photo and see the hybrid style of coconut roof and concrete walls, rather than all in 'modern' materials which highlights the thermal advantages of the coconut material as opposed to corrugated steel roofing option or even timber slate as I saw in another.

Best

Charmaine

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Kannaiyan Natesan <gbpn...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Charmaine,

Even in our current modern houses we have used the roof on the same model.

Example from our village,
http://photos.kasangadu.com/2012/03/blog-post.html  (Check the roof top of the building)

We just use the leaves as it is and don't modify its nature to mix with other fibers.

I would see the property consists of Weather Resistor. Means it doesn't bring more heat / cold from either part of its leaf.

I see lot of articles under Google Scholar even patented ones,

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=coconut+leaves&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C6

This mechanical property of coconut stem on weather conditions is published by coconut research from Kerala, India.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/p6l73546828j52l3/

Just got shocked with one of the research from China,

Coconut leaves composes (in oily form)
2,3-dihydrobenzofuran,2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol,2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol,tetradecanoic acid,palmitic acid,phytol,oleic acid and(Z,Z)-octadeca-9,12-dienoic acid

http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-GSKK201102011.htm

Hope it helps.

Thanks,
Kannaiyan

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 12:40 AM, Charmaine 'Ilaiu Talei <charmaine....@gmail.com> wrote:

APOLOGIES! Photo now attached.

Best Regards 

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Charmaine 'Ilaiu Talei <charmaine....@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Kannaiyan

Thank you for the warm welcome and research assistance. Your village Kasangadu sounds amazing. I would certainly like to see how your village uses coconut fronds as a roofing material.

My ethnic country Tonga used coconut leaves to clad the roof, walls, and even flooring of our early houses called fale Tonga, see below.

I am interested also in hearing from people who are working with woven composites, using coconut or other natural fibres.

Best 

Charmaine

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 3:28 AM, Kannaiyan Natesan <gbpn...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Pankaj & Charmine,

Our village Kasangadu (http://www.kasangadu.com), almost every house use Coconut leaves as a roofing material for ages.

You can post for questions and experiences in living with Coconut leaves as a roofing material to our village people and we can share our experiences.

Our village forum is,

http://groups.google.com/group/kasangaducom?hl=ta_US

Most of our discussion are in Tamil, you will get translation if needed. You can also post your message in English. As contents of message need to with high quality and moderated, please make your needs with good questions  and the metrics you want to evaluate for.

We can share photos of our roofing materials if you like.

We also use Coconut cover rice (mattai soru) as a Humidifying agent (Water retainer for most trees and plants).

The current rate of coconut is US $0.07 cents in our village.

Hope it helps.

Thanks,
Kannaiyan

On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 6:05 AM, Coconut Time Line <hugh.h...@gmail.com> wrote:

charmaine....@gmail.com    

PhD (Architecture) student from University of Queensland, AERC. My research is focussed on designing a roofing material from coconut leaves. I would like to meet and hear from people who are interested in the structural use of coconut material



pankajs...@gmail.com
    
I am an MBA in international business interested in coconut water projects. 

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