phronesis / locus

locus

sun is the harvest, resonance is the frequency

Grow your own energy — and harvest resonance where people already move.

A locus is a point held by a potential — a ground state it wants to return to. Two schemes for local and state generation under phronesis solar: grow (sun → match → fibre → living store) and resonance harvesters (membrane + piezo).

start here

products & investor brief →build runbooks →materials & sourcing →harvester instrument →grow instrument →

Path: read products → pick scheme → costs + sourcing → build pass → measure log.

two schemes

A · grow your own energy

Harvest the sun. Grow a chemical store.

P0–P3: collect, match, fibre daylight, moss · algae battery, vapour envelope. Kits → municipal fleets → state portfolios.

products → · instrument →

B · resonance harvesters

Match the bounce. Harvest the strain.

RP0: trampoline membrane at f₀, piezo strain harvest. Lab pad → plaza → court → multi-pad parks. Hybrid with grow on one campus.

products → · instrument →

resonance is the frequency — match the source so less of what arrived is thrown away. schemes + possible →

products · investor brief

Corporate write-ups for each product and go-to-market package — problem, solution, market, economics, milestones. Built for diligence and fundraising, without inventing installs.

open product write-ups →

P0 Match · P1 Fibre · P2 Envelope & algae battery · P3 Roof unit · RP0 Resonance Pump · Local & State packages

resonance harvester systems · RP0

The second scheme: resonance harvester systems — precision trampoline membrane, matched bounce frequency, piezoelectric harvest of strain. Friction is mostly heat; piezo takes a measured fraction. Drivers pay the work. Ground anchors are structure, not a source. Complements grow-your-own solar; does not replace it.

Live ledger: /field/resonance-pump · investor write-up /locus/products#rp0 · materials only /locus/costs (RP0 lab mid ~$420 · plaza ~$2,800).

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  M1  DRIVE     people / traffic         │  work in
├─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  M2  MATCH     bounce → f₀              │  materials · tension · mass
├─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  M3  MEMBRANE  trampoline resonator     │  KE ↔ PE
├─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  M4  TRANSDUCE piezo strain harvest     │  η · heat remainder
├─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  M5  FRAME     ground anchors           │  structure only — not a source
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

prototypes

Concept product photos of P0–P3. Design direction — not manufactured, not for sale. Specs and runbooks on /locus/prototypes · investor language on /locus/products.

Locus energy prototype family: match bench, fibre window, envelope module, roof mock

Resonance harvester (RP0) is instrument-first — live model at /field/resonance-pump, write-up at /locus/products#rp0.

materials only · mid (one-off)

Parts floor. Full BOM, sourcing channels, shipping, and assembly on /locus/costs · where to buy.

P0 Match$180
P1 Fibre$160
P2 Envelope + algae$120
P3 Roof unit$450
Solar stack (shared PV)$450–650
RP0 lab pad$420
RP0 plaza pad$2,800
RP0 court / large$9,500

full costs + sourcing →

the ecosystem

productsgrow + harvester write-ups · packagesrequiresphysics, measure, envelope floorrecommendsdefault BOM, logging, lab practicesuggestsfleets, hybrids, kits — all open pathsbuildP0–P3 + RP0 runbooks with pass criteriaprototypesproduct design + concept photoscostsmaterials, sourcing, shipping, assemblymeasurelab-log channels for grow + harvester

Machine map: /locus/protocol.json · Lab log schema: /locus/lab-log.schema.json

what the line means

The sun is the harvest. It is the source. A panel turns a fraction into work. Nothing else claims to be a source.

Resonance is the frequency — match the source so less of what arrived is thrown away. MPPT, tuned conversion, coupled transfer. A bulb and a laser can burn identical watts; only the phases differ.

Paper: The Honest Free Energy.

the stack

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  L1  COLLECT   sun → work               │  PV
├─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  L2  MATCH     resonance as frequency   │  MPPT · electrochemical store
├─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  L3  CARRY     light as light           │  PMMA fibre
├─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  L4  LIVE      green window + store     │  moss · algae (biomass battery)
├─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  L5  ENVELOPE  couple heat · split H₂O  │  vapour barrier
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘
L1

Collect

PV · frame · tilt · irradiance sensor

Only harvest.

L2

Match

MPPT · resonant / soft-switched stage · electrochemical battery · load

Tune so less of the harvest is wasted. Electrical store after match.

L3

Carry

collimator · PMMA fibre · diffuser

~50% light-as-light vs under 1% PV→wire→lamp.

L4

Live

shade moss · green algae · tray / culture · irrigation

Green window organisms. Moss = terrestrial live layer. Algae = live layer + biomass battery (chemical store of fibre light).

L5

Envelope

vapour barrier · dry bay · dual T/RH

Couple heat, decouple water.

Two stores, one sun. Electrochemical battery on L2 holds electrical work after match. Algae on L4 holds chemical energy in biomass from the same harvest, delivered as light. Neither is a second source — both are storage of what the sun already paid.

Green Window · One Air, Two Appetites · runbooks on /locus/build

local and state generation

The physics does not change with jurisdiction. Local and state are how many measured units and who owns the portfolio — not a different source.

local

Site, campus, municipal and community solar, school and civic roofs, microgrids, behind-the-meter DER.

one unit · one lab-log · dual store · then replicate

state

State and regional fleets of the same unit: public buildings, water-authority culture loops, aggregated DER, resonance harvester park portfolios under one protocol.

portfolio = sum of valid runs · hybrid grow + harvest allowed

Algae battery and electrical MWh at both scales; piezo joules from harvesters on a third ledger when present. generation → · suggests →

what’s possible

Build every path the two schemes open: grow electrical work and biomass charge from the sun; harvest mechanical strain at match frequency where people already move; mix them on one campus or one state portfolio. Materials are stocked. Instruments measure. Scale is fleet size.

  • Citizen and school grow kits (P0 first) → full P3 roof units → municipal and state fleets
  • Algae battery culture loops on fibre daylight, including water-authority sites
  • Resonance harvester pads: lab → plaza → court → multi-pad parks with shared electronics
  • Hybrid sites: grow stack + resonance harvesters on one ground
  • Open lab-logs, sourcing from open catalogs, investor data room as you build

Full possibility map in protocol.json → possible · suggests → · products →.

Building a prototype, a grow fleet, or a resonance harvester site?

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