IS YOUR HOUSE A HOME OR A STEAMING OVEN?SKARIA C.D.

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HEAT INSIDE THE HOUSES IS ONE OF THE ISSUES NOT YET PROPERLY SOLVED

I WILL NARRATE A STORY TO SHOW THE POWER OF HEAT.IN AN INCIDENT OF COMPETITION VARUNA THE GOD OF WIND AND SURYA BHAGAWAN EACH CLAIMED TO HAVE SUPERIOR STRENGTH

Surya Bhagawan Varuna The God of wind

THEY DECIDED TEST IT ON A MAN WHO CAME HUDDLED IN A BLANKET. THE COMPETITION WAS WHO CAN BLOW AWAY THE BLANKET FROM THE OLD MAN. IT WAS VARUNA’S TURN FIRST. HE BLEW SO STRONGLY BUT THE MAN CLINGS ON TO HIS BLANKET WITHOUT LETTING IT GO.

AS SURYA’S TURN CAME HE MERELY TURNED HIS PENETRATING RAYS ON THE MAN THAT HE THREW AWAY THE BLANKET. SO WE GATHER WHAT SUN’S HEAT CAN DO TO US.

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE CONVINCED ME THAT COCONUT PITH IS A BLANKET THE SUN CAN’T DEFEAT. MY EXPERIENCE HAD BEEN SHARED AND SUBSTANTIATED BY MANY OTHERS WHICH MAKE ME BOLD TO PRESENT BEFORE YOU MY STUDY ABOUT COCONUT PITH AND HOW IT RELIEVES US FROM HEAT.

Coconut pith is the most non- contaminating

Least Expensive

Nature’s own cool cover

EVER SINCE MAN APPEARED IN THE GLOBE HIS SEARCH FOR A SWEET HOME FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY HAS BEEN CONTINUING WITH LOTS OF EXPERIMENTS

The cave dweller found the caves as refuge, the caves guarded him from sun and the rain but it did not satisfy other comforts like security, hygiene

& personal privacy

He made houses with clay and bamboo and for roofs he used leaves

of various trees. The leaves of the tree gave him shade but they flew off

and caught fire very easily

To overcome he used baked tiles

IN THE PROCESS OF CAVE MAN CHANGING INTO MODERN MAN HE STARTED HAVING MANY POSSESSIONS AND THE CONCRETE CEILING PROVIDED MORE SECURITY HE WANTED.

But unfortunately the concrete is very good conductor of heat

For the benefit of security the modern man has to pay a price -

severe hot temperature inside the house

THE COMFORT ZONE FOR HUMAN BODY IS BETWEEN 27⁰C TO 32⁰ AND WHEN THE TEMP RISES HIGHER THAN THIS HUMAN BODY FINDS IT VERY DIFFICULT TO ADJUST AND CARRY OUT NORMAL FUNCTIONS. THE SEVERITY OF THE TEMP. CAUSES HEAT RELATED ILLNESS LIKE

Boils on faces

Headache

Dehydration

HEAT RELATED ILLNESS

Giddiness Thirst Vomiting

TO OVERCOME THIS PROBLEM IT IS IDEAL TO KEEP THE TEMP. INSIDE THE ROOM TO THE MOST CONDUCIVE LIMIT OF ABOUT 32⁰. THIS CAN BE DONE BY FINDING A GOOD INSULATOR AND THUS PREVENTING THE CONCRETE CEILING GETTING HEATED.

Because of the severity of problem many items have

been used like plaited coconut leaves, coconut

shell, coconut husk (which attracted centipedes, millipedes and other

crawling creatures and also gave serious problem in

disposing the whole decayed materials in the rainy season) or applying

white paint over the ceiling. But all these methods did

not solve the problem completely.

COCONUT PITH OR COIR PITH CAN BE USED AS AN INSULATING AGENT AND IT WILL BRING DOWN THE TEMP INSIDE THE HOUSE.

Coconut pith is now

available as compressed block of five

kilos.

All what you have to do is to spread the tarpaulin so as to avoid any leakage

to the ceiling.

Place the coconut pith

briquette over the tarpaulin

and water over the briquette

and it will disintegrate into

clay form.

Spread the coconut pith one

inch thick and sprinkle water on it. Cover it with

another sheet so as to prevent

any evaporation.

PROPERTIES OF COCONUT PITH

“The water holding capacity is 9 times its dry weight in water.

Its sponge like structure has the

ability to absorb large quantities of water very quickly but will not become water

clogged as excess of water drains away. It has 96% spore face

and this allows water to drain easily though

whilst preventing water logging but at

the same time holding maximum amount of water

(78%) in the sponges which remain

available at low tension.”

It is resistant to bacteria and

fungal growth, odourless, free

from pathogens, weeds, seeds and toxins.

It has naturally high lignin content

which inhibits bacterial and

fungal breakdown and thus allows biodegrading

much more slowly. It also contains tannin and it works against

termite damage.

TYPICAL ANALYSIS OF COCONUT PITH

THE COIR PITH IS ECO-FRIENDLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE, VERY ECONOMICAL, USER FRIENDLY, MAINTENANCE FREE AND EASILY DISPOSABLE AND REUSABLE.

When Nature cools you Naturally

Why do you want to waste

electricity?

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What is Coconut pith?Coconut pith is a waste product produced while coir is manufactured.

Is it available freely?Yes it is freely available in the coastal regions and being a waste product it does not have any commercial value.

How does it work?During summer because of the heat, ceiling gets heated up and when you switch on the fan it radiates hot wind and thus furniture, bed and other things get heated up. The temp. Inside the room gets hotter than the temp. outside. When you put coconut pith as a blanket over the room it prevents the ceiling getting heated up. The fan gives cool breeze and thus the temp. cools down inside the room.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONSWhat is temperatur

e inside room when

room is protected

by coconut pith

blanket?It ranges from

between 27⁰c to 32⁰c same as the

temp. in Dec.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How do you justify your claim that don’t buy air conditioner in this summer, buy blanket instead?

Because the temp. in your room is as the temp. during month of Dec. and in Dec. you don’t require air conditioner and you may use blanket.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many times you have to water in a

season? If you are in Kerala

only once at the beginning, lly

normally you get summer rain once in fortnight and that is

enough.

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