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Researchers and engineers of the Los Baños-based Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) have crafted a “folding” house model for calamity-hit areas.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1724775 [AuthorName] => Rudy Fernandez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 360965 [Title] => ‘Folding house’ comes in handy during calamities [Summary] => LOS BAÑOS, Laguna — Ever heard of a "folding house"?

It is also known by other names — "collapsible house," "portable house," and "instant prefabricated house."

To its developers, however, it is simply called "F Shelter Technology," with F standing for fast-to-build, firm, and foldaway shelter on a custom-built chassis.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 354852 [Title] => Moisture meter for furniture developed [Summary] => Small and medium enterprises (SME) engaged in furniture and handicraft production are now benefiting from a moisture meter developed by government researchers.

The needle-type electrical resistance moisture meter was designed and fabricated by a research team of the Los Baños-based DOST-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI).
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 302080 [Title] => A ‘sleeping giant’ [Summary] => There’s a "sleeping giant" within the cashew industry.

It’s called cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL), whose development is expected to gain momentum soon in view of R&D headways so far achieved.

Consider: The Philippines produces 120 million kilos of cashew nut and 20 million kilos of CNSL every year.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 286988 [Title] => Portable home [Summary] => Sheltered among the trees of College, Laguna is a 21-square-meter-house that can be put up in less than an hour, given four workers and simple carpenter’s tools. The house includes a toilet and bath and a kitchen.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 275620 [Title] => The F-shelter [Summary] => Tourism Secretary Joseph Durano has an endearing story on how he got his nickname, Ace.

It turns out his father wanted three-letter nicknames for his children whose first letters would spell out his name, Ramoncito. Being the second child, the younger Mr. Durano was assigned the letter "A".
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 262099 [Title] => Cashew liquid good as wood preservative [Summary] => LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – Cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL) has the potential as source of wood preservative.

This was the initial finding of a study being conducted by the Los Baños-based Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) headed by director Florence Soriano.

Cooperating agencies in the research project, titled "Wood Preservative Formulation from Cashew Nut Shell Liquid (CNSL) for Wood, Bamboo, and Rattan", are the H.M. Trading and Cupids and Petals.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Real Estate [SectionUrl] => real-estate [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 240657 [Title] => DOST institute develops ‘starter house’ [Summary] => LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – Ever heard of "starter house"?

It’s an innovation of the fast-to-build emergency shelter developed by the Lost Baños-based Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) for the disadvantaged sectors of society.

Initially called F-shelter (F for foldaway) or "folding house," this "instant" prefabricated house can be assembled in less than an hour by four persons.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Real Estate [SectionUrl] => real-estate [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 231460 [Title] => Global system for grading structural lumber developed [Summary] => LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – A unified system for grading structural lumber among the world’s tropical timber-producing areas has been developed.

The establishment of the system was initiated by a research project undertaken by the Los Baños-based Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI).
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Real Estate [SectionUrl] => real-estate [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 214204 [Title] => Bamboo wastes good as cement-bonded board [Summary] => LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – Bamboo wastes are good as main reinforcement raw material in the development of cement-bonded board (CBB).

This was found in studies done by the Los Baños-based Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI), an agency of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

The research was funded by the DOST-Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research and Development (PCIERD).
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Real Estate [SectionUrl] => real-estate [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => DOST invents ‘folding’ house model for calamity-hit areas
                    [Summary] => 

Researchers and engineers of the Los Baños-based Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) have crafted a “folding” house model for calamity-hit areas.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1724775 [AuthorName] => Rudy Fernandez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 360965 [Title] => ‘Folding house’ comes in handy during calamities [Summary] => LOS BAÑOS, Laguna — Ever heard of a "folding house"?

It is also known by other names — "collapsible house," "portable house," and "instant prefabricated house."

To its developers, however, it is simply called "F Shelter Technology," with F standing for fast-to-build, firm, and foldaway shelter on a custom-built chassis.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 354852 [Title] => Moisture meter for furniture developed [Summary] => Small and medium enterprises (SME) engaged in furniture and handicraft production are now benefiting from a moisture meter developed by government researchers.

The needle-type electrical resistance moisture meter was designed and fabricated by a research team of the Los Baños-based DOST-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI).
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 302080 [Title] => A ‘sleeping giant’ [Summary] => There’s a "sleeping giant" within the cashew industry.

It’s called cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL), whose development is expected to gain momentum soon in view of R&D headways so far achieved.

Consider: The Philippines produces 120 million kilos of cashew nut and 20 million kilos of CNSL every year.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 286988 [Title] => Portable home [Summary] => Sheltered among the trees of College, Laguna is a 21-square-meter-house that can be put up in less than an hour, given four workers and simple carpenter’s tools. The house includes a toilet and bath and a kitchen.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 275620 [Title] => The F-shelter [Summary] => Tourism Secretary Joseph Durano has an endearing story on how he got his nickname, Ace.

It turns out his father wanted three-letter nicknames for his children whose first letters would spell out his name, Ramoncito. Being the second child, the younger Mr. Durano was assigned the letter "A".
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 262099 [Title] => Cashew liquid good as wood preservative [Summary] => LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – Cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL) has the potential as source of wood preservative.

This was the initial finding of a study being conducted by the Los Baños-based Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) headed by director Florence Soriano.

Cooperating agencies in the research project, titled "Wood Preservative Formulation from Cashew Nut Shell Liquid (CNSL) for Wood, Bamboo, and Rattan", are the H.M. Trading and Cupids and Petals.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Real Estate [SectionUrl] => real-estate [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 240657 [Title] => DOST institute develops ‘starter house’ [Summary] => LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – Ever heard of "starter house"?

It’s an innovation of the fast-to-build emergency shelter developed by the Lost Baños-based Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) for the disadvantaged sectors of society.

Initially called F-shelter (F for foldaway) or "folding house," this "instant" prefabricated house can be assembled in less than an hour by four persons.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Real Estate [SectionUrl] => real-estate [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 231460 [Title] => Global system for grading structural lumber developed [Summary] => LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – A unified system for grading structural lumber among the world’s tropical timber-producing areas has been developed.

The establishment of the system was initiated by a research project undertaken by the Los Baños-based Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI).
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Real Estate [SectionUrl] => real-estate [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 214204 [Title] => Bamboo wastes good as cement-bonded board [Summary] => LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – Bamboo wastes are good as main reinforcement raw material in the development of cement-bonded board (CBB).

This was found in studies done by the Los Baños-based Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI), an agency of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

The research was funded by the DOST-Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research and Development (PCIERD).
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Real Estate [SectionUrl] => real-estate [URL] => ) ) )
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