Feb 19 2015
ST Bungalow LLC and Molinelli Architects announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a patent for a breakthrough method of making a roof for various kinds of buildings, including the "ST Bungalow," a newly designed, affordable, eco-friendly, solar powered home.
The patent, titled "Method of Making Housing Components" (14/196,060), is for a roof having fiberglass resin forms secured in place with a binder such as cement or compressed earth brick (CEBs) material. The inventor is Michael Molinelli AIA LEED ap NCARB, of Molinelli Architects (http://www.molinelliarchitects.com), and author of Build Neat Stuff. The roof invention is intended to be a key component to low cost, affordable, solar powered and eco-friendly housing being developed jointly between ST Bungalow LLC and Molinelli Architects. Currently a model bungalow is being built from compressed earth bricks at the office of Molinelli Architects.