scholarly journals Minimizing the Carbon Footprint by Using Rammed Earth Technique

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammet Halit Alkadri ◽  
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RUKİYE ÇETİN ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Rammed Earth ◽  
Construction Sector ◽  
Sustainable Buildings ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Rammed Earth Wall ◽  
Traditional Construction ◽  
Main Material

The construction sector holds a large of share in carbon dioxide emissions. in pursuit of minimizing the carbon footprint, it started applying new building techniques and employing environmentally friendly materials One of those applications is rammed earth wall which was originally a traditional construction method that uses soil as the main material. The purpose of this study is to propose the rammed earth technique as an alternative approach for minimizing carbon footprint. It is also discussed its thermal behaviour and required energy to construct. The advantages and disadvantages are stated accordingly. This paper help architects to rethink the traditional techniques which use soil as the main material and how they can reuse it in their design of more sustainable buildings. As a result, minimizing the carbon footprint in the built environment.

scholarly journals ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY OF RAMMED EARTH BUILDINGS

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (17) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Hegediš ◽  
Golub Karaman ◽  
Arpad Čeh ◽  
Neđo Đurić ◽  
Danijel Kukaras ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Cost Efficiency ◽  
Building Material ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Rammed Earth ◽  
Energy Sustainability ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Earth Construction ◽  
Rammed Earth Wall

Earth construction has long tradition in our civilization with wide distribution in various ways andtechniques of application. When combined with other natural materials it is the material for constructionof comfortable space for people. Increased need for energy efficient houses actualizes this type ofconstruction in modern conditions as a holistic solution for modern buildings. In addition to many usesof earth as a building material, rammed earth wall came to consideration since it allows us to observemost of the advantages and disadvantages of this type of construction. Finding solutions to remedyobserved disadvantages will lead to improved construction of adobe, wattle-and-daub, unbaked bricks,etc. This paper is aimed at proving energy efficiency of rammed earth wall and it points out possibleresearch directions into improvements while preserving existing benefits. The most important issue ispreservation of cost efficiency of earth building while using other natural supplements into the soilmixture.

Improving rammed earth wall thermal performance with added expanded granulated cork

2015 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 314-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.J. Correia da Silva ◽  
João P.B. Pereira ◽  
Jorge Sirgado
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Rammed Earth ◽  
Rammed Earth Wall

Modeling of Carbon Dioxide Measurement on Cement Plants

2012 ◽  
Vol 610-613 ◽  
pp. 2120-2128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Xia Peng ◽  
Liang Huang ◽  
Yu Bo Zhao ◽  
Pan Chen ◽  
Lu Zeng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Co2 Emission ◽  
Firing Process ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Measurement ◽  
Key Steps ◽  
Furnace Slag ◽  
Reducing Co2 Emission

Input-output model on cement plants were established. Carbon dioxide emissions of key steps and carbon footprint of products were calculated and predicted using the input-output model. The results showed that CO2 emission in the plant (the production of the plant is 1320000t a year) reached 910000 t a year and CO2 emission per ton product is 0.689 ton. Over 80% of the total CO2 was emitted during the process of firing，so the firing process is the key step for reducing CO2 emission in the cement plant. Carbon footprint of three kinds of cement products including ordinary portland cement, portland pozzolan cement and portland blast furnace slag cement are 0.76, 0.59, 0.72 respectively.

scholarly journals Students’ Attitude toward Carbon Footprints of a Leading Private University in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Manvi Khandelwal ◽  
Vinamra Jain ◽  
Ashok Sharma ◽  
Sanjeev Bansal ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Private University ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Shared Services ◽  
Carbon Footprints ◽  
Education In India ◽  
The University

Asia-Pacific is currently in charge of almost half of the worldwide carbon outflows and thus causing harm to the environment. So, in order to reduce t he carbon outflow, it is important to calculate or know the carbon dioxide emissions of Indian students perusing higher education in India and analyze the attitudes of students to reduce carbon footprint levels in the university campus. For this purpose, data were collected by conducting an online survey from 200 students pursuing higher education in a leading private university to assess individual carbon footprint per student by using the calculator developed. Findings revealed that higher awareness level of individual footprints positively impacted their behavior toward carbon footprint reduction as students are willing to avail shared services available in campus.

scholarly journals Analysis of heat transfer coefficient of rammed earth wall in traditional houses in Vojvodina

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (6 Part B) ◽  
pp. 2919-2930
Author(s):  
Vesna Lovec ◽  
Milica Jovanovic-Popovic ◽  
Branislav Zivkovic
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Thermal Characteristics ◽  
Rammed Earth ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Earth Structures ◽  
Rammed Earth Wall

Traditional Vojvodina house represents an important part of the building stock of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. The research examines the thermal transmittance of the walls of rammed earth, which is the basic structural and fa?ade element of traditional Vojvodina house, in two ways: by calculations in accordance with Serbian regulations and by measuring in situ. Parameters obtained from the measurements are compared with the calculated values for the three typical traditional Vojvodina rammed earth single family residential houses. The comparison between the values of the heat transfer coefficient, obtained by the calculation, and the results determined by in situ measurements show significant differences. It indicates that the thermal characteristics are better than calculated ones according to national regulations, but at the same time that, due to the complexity of the rammed earth walls and differences in the rammed earth structures, the results differ from case to case and can not be standardized.

Prospects of transition of ferrous metallurgy enterprises of Russia to the use of carbon-free technologies

2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (8) ◽  
pp. 913-917
Author(s):  
V. I. Pleshchenko
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Steel Production ◽  
Considerable Change ◽  
Production Cycle ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Hydrogen Technology ◽  
Metal Products ◽  
Production Capacities

The intention to preserve a comfort habitat for the mankind finds expression in the attempts to decrease the anthropogenic impact on the environment. A concept “carbon footprint” appeared, which reflects input of some kind of activity to the environment pollution. The desire to influence producers’ behavior and make them decrease their carbon footprint under existing conditions results in elaboration new kinds of taxes and duties, stimulating modernization of technological process and decrease of harmful substances emissions. It is expected that in case of the taxes being implemented by big metal products consumers, such as Western Europe, will result in considerable change of the metal products market. An analysis of various ways of metal producers’ adaptation to operation in conditions of the expected changes presented. It was shown that such organization measures as lobbying of interests and artificial differentiation of business on provisionally “clean” and “dirty” will result in a rather restricted result. Thereupon actuality of a radical modernization of production capacities to decarbonize the technologies of steel production grows. Replacement of the carbon by hydrogen for reducing of iron oxides is the most advanced technological solution. At the same time, the hydrogen metallurgy is not yet implemented anywhere on industrial scale, and the hydrogen application in the production cycle results in a lot of questions, having not yet definite answers. A SWOT-analysis presented, demonstrating advantages and disadvantages of hydrogen technology mastering by metals producers.

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