scholarly journals The Status of Existing Building Materials in Thailand to Cope with Future Climate: Wall Component

2018 ◽  
Vol 178 ◽  
pp. 012033
Author(s):  
Patcharawan Bootkaew ◽  
Nachawit Tikul
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Future Climate ◽  
Existing Building ◽  
The Status

Recycling and Reuse in the Roman Economy

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Computational Modelling ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
Roman Economy ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Status ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
First Time ◽  
Site Types

The recycling and reuse of materials and objects were extensive in the past, but have rarely been embedded into models of the economy; even more rarely has any attempt been made to assess the scale of these practices. Recent developments, including the use of large datasets, computational modelling, and high-resolution analytical chemistry, are increasingly offering the means to reconstruct recycling and reuse, and even to approach the thorny matter of quantification. Growing scholarly interest in the topic has also led to an increasing recognition of these practices from those employing more traditional methodological approaches, which are sometimes coupled with innovative archaeological theory. Thanks to these efforts, it has been possible for the first time in this volume to draw together archaeological case studies on the recycling and reuse of a wide range of materials, from papyri and textiles, to amphorae, metals and glass, building materials and statuary. Recycling and reuse occur at a range of site types, and often in contexts which cross-cut material categories, or move from one object category to another. The volume focuses principally on the Roman Imperial and late antique world, over a broad geographical span ranging from Britain to North Africa and the East Mediterranean. Last, but not least, the volume is unique in focusing upon these activities as a part of the status quo, and not just as a response to crisis.

scholarly journals Awareness and Knowledge of Hazardous and Toxic Building Materials in Adaptation Projects

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Zarina Isnin ◽  
Sabarinah Sh. Ahmad ◽  
Zaharah Yahya
Keyword(s):  
Building Material ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Toxic Substances ◽  
Existing Building ◽  
Building Adaptation ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
Material Information ◽  
Open Access Article

Building adaptation projects may involve hazardous and toxic substances hidden in the building materials. These substances pose dangers to health and safety, disturbing the environment and affecting the projects’ turnover. Literature reviews on building adaptation and building materials information management found that vital information are seldom available. This study determines the awareness and knowledge of stakeholders in Malaysian building adaptation projects on the required building materials information. Analysis of interviews with 16 experienced stakeholders revealed the lack of awareness and information on existing building materials that may contain hazardous and toxic substances. Thus, building material information is critically required for future sustainability.Keywords: Awareness and knowledge on building material; Building adaptation; Building material information; Hazardous and toxic building materialeISSN 2398-4295 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

scholarly journals A SUSTAINABLE HOMESTEAD PROTOTYPE IN SUNDARBANS Disaster adaptability through alternative building materials

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.H. Bhuiyan ◽  
◽  
S. Shirin ◽  
K. Paul Shourov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Structural Integrity ◽  
Rainwater Harvesting ◽  
Adaptive Strategy ◽  
Structural Flexibility ◽  
Existing Building ◽  
Coastal Defense ◽  
Housing Materials ◽  
Biogas Energy ◽  
Waste Drums

Sundarbans as the primary coastal defense of Bangladesh against various natural disaster encounters recurrent homelessness due to these calamities, resulting in cutting down forests for housing materials from the only nearby resource. The traditional vernacular practice and socio-cultural studies show a symbiotic relationship between the forest and inhabitants, but the ecological imbalance created by climate change made life difficult for them, whose livelihood solely depends on the forest as well. The inability to reuse the building materials any disaster causes an ever-increasing cycle of carbon footprint. Regarding these, the non-experimental research aims to build such a homestead prototype that creates an adaptable solution. The existing building practices consist of non-reusable materials, poor structural integrity, and lack of sustainable approaches, thus unfit to withstand the increasing disasters and calamities. The approach discussed here utilizes plastic waste, drums, bamboo for disaster adaptability, structural flexibility, rainwater harvesting, solar, and biogas energy for a sustainable lifestyle. So, the goal is to provide a sustainable solution for the economically challenged population. This prototype creates an adaptive strategy for mitigating the disastrous events in Sundarbans to promote resilience and sustainability.

scholarly journals Discussion on the Status and Supervision of Industrial Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction in Gansu Province

2020 ◽  
Vol 143 ◽  
pp. 02022
Author(s):  
Rili Yang ◽  
Guangsheng Zhang ◽  
Wanying Jia
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Gansu Province ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Government Supervision ◽  
Industrial Energy ◽  
The Status

Through investigations on some key high energy-consuming enterprises (metallurgy, building materials, coal chemical industry) in Gansu Province, it was found that various industries had different understandings on the work, which mainly focused on some aspects on enterprise capacity development, the advanced technology, the relation between inputs and the output. In addition, especially government supervision had a great importance on the whole work, such as the complete laws and timely implementation of existing problems. In view of above all, this paper put forwards to strengthen energy conservation and emission reduction from the aspects of the supervision mechanism construction and the supervision system, which had a certain significance for the guidance of energy conservation and emission reduction.

Impact of Environmental Assessment of Green Building Materials on Sustainable Rating System

2013 ◽  
Vol 689 ◽  
pp. 398-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Usman Aminu Umar ◽  
Hassan Tukur ◽  
Mohd. Faris Khamidi ◽  
Adam Umar Alkali
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Rating Systems ◽  
Existing Building ◽  
Housing Developments ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
Green Building Materials ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
The Impact

As education and concern pertaining to environmental and sustainability issues like implications of resources destruction, decrease in bio-diversity as well as climate change multiply, so has the need for housing developments that lead to less damaging effects on the environment, whilst enabling living standard to be sustained. Builders, developers and material providers have addressed this demand by creating approaches and technologies that minimize energy, water and main material consumption, decrease greenhouse gas emissions and sustain or enhance surrounding ecological systems and services. Several administration and non-governmental institutions in addition have aimed to change the sustainability of the building industry by developing green rating systems that can be used to evaluate the environmental performance of new and existing building. This paper discusses material resources criteria and the impact as a sustainable rating tool.

scholarly journals Exploring the Potential of Climate-Adaptive Container Building Design under Future Climates Scenarios in Three Different Climate Zones

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Jingchun Shen ◽  
Benedetta Copertaro ◽  
Xingxing Zhang ◽  
Johannes Koke ◽  
Peter Kaufmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Adaptive Design ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Internal Heat ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Future Climate ◽  
Modular Construction ◽  
Climate Data ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Design Strategies

The deployment of containers as building modules has grown in popularity over the past years due to their inherent strength, modular construction, and relatively low cost. The upcycled container architecture is being accepted since it is more eco-friendly than using the traditional building materials with intensive carbon footprint. Moreover, owing to the unquestionable urgency of climate change, existing climate-adaptive design strategies may no longer respond effectively as they are supposed to work in the previous passive design. Therefore, this paper explores the conceptual design for an upcycled shipping container building, which is designed as a carbon-smart modular living solution to a single family house under three design scenarios, related to cold, temperate, and hot–humid climatic zones, respectively. The extra feature of future climate adaption has been added by assessing the projected future climate data with the ASHRAE Standard 55 and Current Handbook of Fundamentals Comfort Model. Compared with the conventional design, Rome would gradually face more failures in conventional climate-adaptive design measures in the coming 60 years, as the growing trends in both cooling and dehumidification demand. Consequently, the appropriate utilization of internal heat gains are proposed to be the most promising measure, followed by the measure of windows sun shading and passive solar direct gain by using low mass, in the upcoming future in Rome. Future climate projection further shows different results in Berlin and Stockholm, where the special attention is around the occasional overheating risk towards the design goal of future thermal comfort.

Current Situation and Prospect of Comprehensive Utilization of Red Mud

2014 ◽  
Vol 522-524 ◽  
pp. 811-816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruan Rong Yi ◽  
Wa Cao
Keyword(s):  
Red Mud ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Soil Improvement ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Water Control ◽  
Waste Gas ◽  
Comprehensive Utilization ◽  
Valuable Metals ◽  
The Status ◽  
Materials Recovery

This paper first summarized red mud utilization in the production of building materials, recovery of valuable metals, soil improvement and waste gas and water control etc, evaluated the status and trend of red mud utilization in the ways mentioned above, and prospected thepractical and economical utilization direction of red mud in the end.

Research of Existing Building Energy Saving Economic Incentives Policy in Liao Ning Province

2013 ◽  
Vol 409-410 ◽  
pp. 570-573
Author(s):  
Shen Sheng Zhang ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Xing Xing Ji ◽  
Wen Fang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Economic Incentive ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Liaoning Province ◽  
Existing Building ◽  
The Status ◽  
Building Energy Saving ◽  
The Developed Countries

Analyzed the status of Liaoning Province Existing Building Energy Saving, and elaborate the role of economic incentives in the Existing Building Energy Saving. Proposed the establish principles and design ideas of Existing Building Energy Saving economic incentive policies in Liao Ning Province on the basis of learning from the developed countries economic incentives successful experience. Developed economic incentives on taxation, loans, and subsidies and so on.

scholarly journals Navigating housing affordability in Rwanda: Challenges and facilitation strategies

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Josephine M. Malonza ◽  
Nathan Kibwami ◽  
Philip O. Lawal
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Home Ownership ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Income Group ◽  
Housing Demand ◽  
Housing Affordability ◽  
Current Status ◽  
The Status

Housing and its affordability have, of recent, been of great concern to various stakeholders, especially in the developing world.  Consequently, contributing aspects such as construction/tenancy costs, sustainability, environmental impact, and availability of credit facilities with a host of other factors, have dominated contemporary research. Various studies suggest that addressing affordable housing requires understanding the contextual factors that impact affordability of housing. Such studies have not been known to succinctly treat  the context of Rwanda. This paper aimed at exploring the perspectives of housing affordability in Rwanda with a view of eliciting the status, challenges, and prospects. The objectives included description of the current status of housing, identifying the challenges of  providing affordable housing, and proposals of strategies to enhance its provision. Data, such as for workers’ salary, costs of house construction, inflationary trends and the number of housing units per income group, were sought for and obtained either from the  archives of various stakeholder organizations or by interviewing key officers concerned with housing. Descriptive statistics and thematic  analyses were employed in analyzing the data in order to fulfil the objectives of the study. It was found that home ownership and tenure statistics varied, yet housing demand was on the rise. Foremost challenges, among others, were recorded to be scarcity and costly plots of land, compounded with costly building materials. In addition, the purchasing power of the local currency depreciated fast over time, thereby making good quality housing unaffordable for the majority of Rwandans. Localizing policy to enhance public awareness, resolving the issue of high cost of construction materials, and coming up with innovative interventions on land costs, were among the key strategies to facilitate housing affordability.

scholarly journals Overview and Analysis of the Overheating Effect in Modern Sudanese Buildings

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 208-219
Author(s):  
Suha I. A. Ali ◽  
Zsuzsa Szalay
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Energy Simulation ◽  
Future Climate ◽  
Cooling Devices ◽  
Dynamic Energy Simulation ◽  
Modern Building

Sudan is suffering from harsh summers, but most of the modern buildings in urban areas are not compatible with the recent and future climate phenomena. Application of cooling devices is relatively expensive and therefore beyond reach. The main objective of this research is to give an overview on the overheating problem and the thermal comfort in buildings. A dynamic energy simulation has been performed for a selected case study using Design Builder Code. The results show that the share of discomfort hours for a typical modern building is 78% and 33% above 26 °C and 32 °C per year, respectively, but after using a combination of different ventilation, shading and building materials options the discomfort hours can be reduced to 77% and 26%, respectively.

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