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Building with termite IRG 40 Beijing, China May 2009 Termites invest considerable time and energy constructing elaborate mounds out of clay, sand, silt, excreta and saliva, which they defend vigorously against predators and parasites Room 27.4 27.2 27.0 26.8 26.6 26.4 26.2 26.0 25.8 25.6 25.4 Temperature 33.5 34.0 34.5 35.0 35.5 36.0 36.5 37.0 Ne st1
Building with termite IRG 40 Beijing, China May 2009 Conclusion remarks • The nutritional feature of re-eating of mound material has been exploited for many years in various laboratory rearing cultures and bioassays for many years. In looking towards biomimetic buildings, we need to consider the “living nature” of buildings that may involve water trapping and energy efficiency. • we hypothesis that this mound architecture allows rapid access to moisture for the colony members in times of prolonged drought and in order to carry out repairs and extensions to the mound . • harvester termite, Tumulitermes pastinator, study suggested that termites create energy sinks when regulating mound temperatures. • The future towards ‘building with termites’ hold immense challenges, intellectual and practical, for architects, builders, the wood protection industry as a whole, and building regulators
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