scholarly journals Simulation of Green Building Materials Uses and its Environmental Impacts: Case of Jordan

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-91
Author(s):  
Abdalrahman Hammoudah Yousef Alhndawi ◽  
Nur Ismarrubie Zahari ◽  
Suraya Bt. Mohd Tahir

Construction is one of the most important factors affecting the environment such as global warming and carbon dioxide emissions. In addition, it represents 40% of the consumption of energy resources around the world. Jordan is one of the countries that suffer greatly from this aspect. In this research, a simulation was conducted of a multi-use building located in a university in Jordan using the ArchiCAD program, which helps us to accurately determine the construction location and obtain the results of materials and strategies that were applied to the building. Thermal insulation materials were used to show the effectiveness of their impact on the temperature difference per unit of heat flux needed to sustain one unit of heat flux (R-value) for the building. Shading means were also applied to the building’s glass facades that reduce heat loads and help the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system inside the building. Finally, it was shown the difference in the environmental impact of a building that uses 100% solar energy and emits zero CO2 emissions. While a building that uses 50% solar energy and 50% oil energy emits a high amount of CO2. It becomes clear that the increasing use of green building tools helps greatly in facing the problems of the environment and the consumption of energy resources.

2012 ◽  
Vol 204-208 ◽  
pp. 4197-4200
Author(s):  
Ji Ke

This article discusses the connotation of green building materials and basic characteristics, and analyzes the difference between green building materials and green products. Summarize the selection of green building materials, and to judge the development trend of green building materials in China. Finally, the author gives some countermeasures and suggestions on the healthy development of China's green building materials industry.


2020 ◽  
Vol 993 ◽  
pp. 1545-1551
Author(s):  
Meng Chi Huang ◽  
Yan Jiao Zhang

Green building materials have drawn more and more attention of the Chinese Government. Carbon footprint research on typical building materials products in China is of great significance to promote the sustainable development of building materials industry and realize the objectives of series actions on carbon dioxide emissions control in China. This paper explores the calculation method for carbon emissions of building materials products by taking rock wool sheet products as an example based on the life cycle idea and the characteristics of China's building materials industry. It also puts forward effective emission reduction suggestions through a comparative analysis of carbon emissions in different stages of rock wool production. The results show that the carbon emissions during the production of rock wool sheet is 1471.77 kgCO2eq/t, in which, the proportion of carbon emissions in the raw materials production stage is the highest, accounting for 58%.


Abstract. Owing to the recurrent modifications in the lifestyle and demands of humans the regular life of buildings is decreasing whereas the demolition or renovation of the buildings increases. Building materials and their components ingest just about 40 percent of world-wide vigour per annum in their life segments such as fabrication and procurement of building materials, construction and demolition. The development of the construction industry completely relies on the deployable resources. To abate the consumption of construction materials in current years, the construction industry has established an environmental track, which wishes to use naturally available materials. Reviving such technology, further developing this technology green building materials are paramount for constructing green buildings. Such a green-building constructional model does not require energy contributions frequently for production. The advantage of reducing the energy used in manufacturing, increases strength. Green Building material is one which utilizes less water, optimizes energy efficiency, conserves natural resources, generates less waste, produces less carbon dioxide emissions and provides improved space for inhabitants as compared to conventional buildings. It includes environmental, economic, and social benefits as well. This paper aims to provide knowledge about some of the green building materials that help for sustainable living. These elucidations can obligate a significant influence in contemporary construction owed to the escalation in the charges of traditional construction materials.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Rae Roth ◽  
Meghan Lewis ◽  
Liane Hancock

2013 ◽  
Vol 357-360 ◽  
pp. 1070-1073
Author(s):  
Bao Zhu Sheng

Building material is the base of civil engineering construction, in the history of thousands of years of development, building materials also gradually change and change, and is closely related to the progress of human civilization and the development of science and technology.Green building materials has the vital significance to the construction of a conservation-oriented society and sustainable development, in accordance with China's social development.This paper introduces the importance of the development of green building materials,analyzes some factors influencing the development of green building materials in China,and discusses the development tendency of green building materials in China.


2011 ◽  
Vol 280 ◽  
pp. 165-170
Author(s):  
Shi Jin Wang

Green building materials as an important factor plays important role in the promote sustainable development. However, at present a unified understanding on the green building materials in China have not been formed,the evaluation system of green building materials is not perfect.In this paper,the concept and features of green building materials are discussed deeply,and life cycle model is used to evaluate the green building materials.The status and future trend of green building materials are discussed too.


2013 ◽  
Vol 368-370 ◽  
pp. 1103-1106
Author(s):  
Hai Long Wu ◽  
Bing Zhang Huang ◽  
Bang Biao Huang ◽  
Ji Zhen Zhu ◽  
Xi Qiang Li ◽  
...  

In order to achieve green building materials, energy conservation, waste reuse purposes. Use city sewage sludge as part of the raw materials for production of shale brick is studied by experiments adopted the different mixing ratio, find matching and the relationship between the compressive strength. Experimental results show that the shale powder to add quality percentage is 40% of dry sludge, formed a burning brick, brick of various performance accord with national standards, not only can save coal and mineral resources, improve the heat insulation brick, but also a lot of recycling of utilization of sludge.


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