scholarly journals Strengthening diversity and cooperation through international collaborations: A focus on Africa, South America, and the Caribbean

MRS Bulletin ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (7) ◽  
pp. 541-547
Author(s):  
Wole Soboyejo ◽  
Lynnette D. Madsen
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Land Area ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
The People ◽  
International Collaborations ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
Sustainable Building Materials

Africa is the second largest continent in terms of size and population.1,2 With approximately 1.256 billion people (about 15% of the world’s population) and a land area of 30.3 million square kilometers (including adjacent islands), it occupies about 20.4% of the earth’s total land area.1 A significant fraction of the people in the Caribbean* and South America are of African descent, and there are many historical and cultural links among the people of these regions.3 South America has 422.5 million people, and the Caribbean has about 39.12 million people;1 hence, the total population of all three areas represents about 20% of the world’s population.1,2 Similarities in climate also mean that common approaches can be explored for establishing sustainable building materials, and the range of development indices offer unique opportunities for collaborations in research and education that can facilitate human development.4

scholarly journals Magnesium Oxybromides MOB-318 and MOB-518: Brominated Analogues of Magnesium Oxychlorides

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 4032
Author(s):  
Anna-Marie Lauermannová ◽  
Michal Lojka ◽  
Filip Antončík ◽  
David Sedmidubský ◽  
Milena Pavlíková ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Simultaneous Thermal Analysis ◽  
Heating Process ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Magnesium Oxychloride ◽  
Sustainable Building Materials

The search for environmentally sustainable building materials is currently experiencing significant expansion. It is increasingly important to find new materials or reintroduce those that have been set aside to find a good replacement for Portland cement, which is widely used despite being environmentally insufficient and energy-intensive. Magnesium oxybromides, analogues to well-known magnesium oxychloride cements, fit both categories of new and reintroduced materials. In this contribution, two magnesium oxybromide phases were prepared and thoroughly analyzed. The stoichiometries of the prepared phases were 5Mg(OH)2∙MgBr2∙8H2O and 3Mg(OH)2∙MgBr2∙8H2O. The phase analysis was determined using X-ray diffraction. The morphology was analyzed with scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The chemical composition was studied using X-ray fluorescence and energy dispersive spectroscopy. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy was also used. The thermal stability and the mechanism of the release of gasses linked to the heating process, such as water and hydrobromic acid evaporation, were analyzed using simultaneous thermal analysis combined with mass spectroscopy. The obtained results were compared with the data available for magnesium oxychlorides.

Sustainable Building Materials for Energy Efficiency

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neeti Garg ◽  
Ashwani Kumar ◽  
Satish Pipralia ◽  
Parveen Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Sustainable Building Materials

scholarly journals ‘Materials as a Design Tool’ Design Philosophy Applied in Three Innovative Research Pavilions Out of Sustainable Building Materials with Controlled End-Of-Life Scenarios

Buildings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanaa Dahy
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Digital Fabrication ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Design Philosophy ◽  
Main Input ◽  
Sustainable Building Materials

Choosing building materials is usually the stage that follows design in the architectural design process, and is rarely used as a main input and driver for the design of the whole building’s geometries or structures. As an approach to have control over the environmental impact of the applied building materials and their after-use scenarios, an approach has been initiated by the author through a series of research studies, architectural built prototypes, and green material developments. This paper illustrates how sustainable building materials can be a main input in the design process, and how digital fabrication technologies can enable variable controlling strategies over the green materials’ properties, enabling adjustable innovative building spaces with new architectural typologies, aesthetic values, and controlled martial life cycles. Through this, a new type of design philosophy by means of applying sustainable building materials with closed life cycles is created. In this paper, three case studies of research pavilions are illustrated. The pavilions were prefabricated and constructed from newly developed sustainable building materials. The applied materials varied between structural and non-structural building materials, where each had a controlled end-of-life scenario. The application of the bio-based building materials was set as an initial design phase, and the architects here participated within two disciplines: once as designers, and additionally as green building material developers. In all three case studies, Design for Deconstruction (DfD) strategies were applied in different manners, encouraging architects to further follow such suggested approaches.

Effective Factors on Eco Labeling Building-Construction, Materials and Components

2011 ◽  
Vol 374-377 ◽  
pp. 1254-1257
Author(s):  
Nima Amani ◽  
Seyedmohsen Hosseini
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Future Generation ◽  
Outdoor Environment ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Suitable Material ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
Consistent Basis ◽  
Sustainable Building Materials

There is need to assess the potential of the construction materials for the green building future generation. Research is necessary for complete assessment of construction materials for present and future generation of green building. This paper provides a consistent basis and specific factors for construction materials based on eco-labeling sciences. Within the methodological framework, three categories of sustainable building materials’ implementation are discussed: economical implementation; environment implementation; and social implementation. The paper shows that green building improvements can be achieved with help of the choice materials based on existing factors of eco-labeling construction. Construction eco-labeling can help to select a suitable material for creating a better outdoor environment and indoor environment of building.

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