Research about the General Applicability of Ecological Rural House in the Guanzhong Region of North China

2012 ◽  
Vol 610-613 ◽  
pp. 2866-2870
Author(s):  
Liao Liao Xi ◽  
Yan Di Zhu ◽  
Peng Fei Zhang ◽  
Zhi Pan Kang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
North China ◽  
Ecological Design ◽  
General Applicability ◽  
House Construction ◽  
Western Area ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

When China is vigorously urging the development of western area and the construction of new village, how to improve living standards of the famers at the same time to maximize the energy saving and the reduction of building materials using is one of the important problems that need to be solved. Based on the survey and research of the rural house in the Guanzhong region of north china, paper explores and analyzes the orientation, architectural style, layout, natural ventilation etc. Then arrive at the general applicability of ecological and energy-saving rural house in the Guanzhong region under the concept of ecological design. In the wake of the help of generally applicable design program, can provide some reference for the current rural house construction, and promote the integration of urban and rural areas.

Combined Long-Term Simulation of Runoff from Urban and Rural Areas

1990 ◽  
Vol 22 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 87-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. W. Ostrowski ◽  
L. Alsenz
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Engineering Problem ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
General Applicability ◽  
Small Catchment ◽  
Practical Engineering ◽  
Continuous Complex ◽  
Estimation Of Model Parameters ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

It has become evident that emission control standards for stormwater overflow design are practical, but not sufficient to guarantee ecologically balanced quantity and quality characteristics of receiving natural water bodies. The quality and quantity of both stormwater overflow and the receiving water should be considered at the same time. One objective of the investigation was to apply a continuous complex hydrological (quantity) model for simulating combined urban and rural runoff processes to a small catchment in Northrhine-Westphalia to get more information on its suitability as a modern planning tool. The study focuses on the general applicability of the method proposed, data availability, the estimation of model parameters, and the reliability of results produced. Another objective was to solve a practical engineering problem with the methodology proposed. The results show that the method can be used to produce a sample of simultaneous overflow/riverflow events, which subsequently can be evaluated statistically. Data availability and computational efforts are suitable for general application.

scholarly journals Compression Behaviour of Polypropylene Fibre Reinforced Cellular Light Weight Concrete Masonry Prism

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-160
Author(s):  
Ramalingam Vijayalakshmi ◽  
Srinivasan Ramanagopal
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Lightweight Concrete ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Polypropylene Fibre ◽  
Clay Bricks ◽  
Structural Applications ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

AbstractSustainable development of the built environment in developing countries is a major challenge in the 21st century. The use of local materials in the construction of buildings is one of the potential ways to support sustainable development in both urban and rural areas where burnt clay bricks are used predominantly. This work focuses mainly on the use of polypropylene micro fibers in ordinary Cellular Lightweight Concrete blocks. The main objective is to develop a high-performance fibre reinforced cellular concrete to provide a better alternative than clay bricks for structural applications of masonry. This paper presents the stress-strain behaviour of polypropylene fibre reinforced Cellular Lightweight Concrete stack bonded prisms under axial compression. Masonry compressive strength is typically obtained by testing stack bonded prisms under compression normal to its bed joint. Use of micro-fibres enhances the pre-cracking behaviour of masonry by arresting cracks at micro-scale in the post-peak region. These efforts are necessary to ensure that CLC blocks become more accepted in the world of building materials and considered as a reliable option for providing low-cost housing.

Design Localism on New Tourism Villages — With New Louhe Village as Example

2012 ◽  
Vol 450-451 ◽  
pp. 1352-1360
Author(s):  
Jin Zhang ◽  
Quan An Chen
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Ecological Design ◽  
Architecture Design ◽  
Tourism Planning ◽  
Design Case ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

In this paper, a realistic design case in based on both social and natural realities is studied from the following aspects: tourism planning, overall layout, architecture design, landscape and ecological design, etc. It points out that under the background of globalization and difference between the urban and rural areas narrowing down daily, design of new tourism village in China should base itself on local concepts to integrate factors of culture, land and ecology, etc, so as to give a peculiar answer.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Rural Dwellings’ Energy-Saving Retrofit with Adaptive Thermal Comfort Theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 5350
Author(s):  
Wen Cao ◽  
Lin Yang ◽  
Qinyi Zhang ◽  
Lihua Chen ◽  
Weidong Wu
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Cold Climate ◽  
Utilization Rate ◽  
Insulation Layer ◽  
Entropy Weight ◽  
External Wall

The purpose of energy-saving retrofit of rural dwellings is to obtain a more comfortable indoor thermal environment with reasonable investment. The utilization rate of heating and air conditioning equipment for dwellings in poor rural areas is very low, and the buildings operate in natural ventilation mode all year round. Since the existing research on energy-saving retrofit is aimed at air-conditioned buildings, the research methods and results are not applicable to rural dwellings. This paper proposes a set of energy-saving retrofit evaluation methods suitable for natural ventilation buildings and applies it to the research on energy-saving retrofit of rural dwellings in cold climate regions of China. The specific process is as follows: First, this paper analyzed the current situation using field research and established a typical building model. Second, the DesignBuilder software was used to simulate all 725 schemes. Subsequently, the three main retrofit measures (replacing the external insulation windows, setting the external wall insulation layer and setting the roof insulation layer) were analyzed separately, and the optimal parameters of each retrofit measure were obtained. Finally, the entropy weight method was used to perform a multi-objective optimization analysis on all retrofit plans. The results show that 6+12A+6-mm insulating glass windows + 50-mm external wall insulation + 90-mm roof insulation is the optimal energy-saving reconstruction scheme. Compared with the benchmark building, the energy-saving rate of the optimal scheme is increased by 23.81%, and the annual adaptive thermal discomfort degree-hours are decreased by 13.17%.

scholarly journals EMPYAK RAGUMAN, TRADISI DAN ESTETIKA RUMAH TRADISIONAL JAWA YANG SEMAKIN MEMUDAR

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Vincentia Reni Vitasurya ◽  
Purwanto Hadi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Traditional Architecture ◽  
Mutual Cooperation ◽  
Architectural Elements ◽  
The Past ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Modern Era ◽  
Traditional Communities

Abstract: Traditional Javanese houses known for their rich traditions are symbolized by the use of ornaments, construction and building materials. Empty raguman is one of the architectural elements of a Javanese house, in the form of an inner roof coating that functions as a ceiling. The sweetness made of bamboo blades arranged in a certain pattern is a symbol of the level of socio-economic ability of the homeowner. Its existence functions aesthetically and describes a strong tradition. The tradition of making empyak began with processing bamboo, assembling and installing fish is a manifestation of the value of mutual cooperation in Javanese society in the past. At present, empyak raguman is rarely found in traditional Javanese houses built in the modern era. The loss of this element is due to changes in the lifestyle of traditional communities in urban and rural areas. This paper aims to review the beauty of tradition, tradition and aesthetics in Javanese homes. The method used is literature review and its comparison with the practice of implementing it in some cases of traditional houses. The tradition of putting up a lot of raguman has not been carried out anymore, but the existence of empiri raguman which is still preserved is a symbol of pride for traditional homeowners. The results of this study are one of the inputs to preserve traditional values in Javanese houses.Keywords: empyak raguman, javanese house, traditional architecture, tradition, aestheticsAbstrak: Rumah tradisional Jawa dikenal kaya tradisi yang disimbolkan melalui penggunaan ornamen, konstruksi dan bahan bangunan. Empyak raguman adalah salah satu elemen arsitektur rumah Jawa, berupa pelapis atap bagian dalam yang berfungsi sebagai langit – langit. Empyak raguman terbuat dari bilah bambu yang disusun dengan pola tertentu menjadi simbol dari tingkatan kemampuan sosial ekonomi pemilik rumah. Keberadaannya berfungsi secara estetika dan menggambarkan tradisi yang kuat. Tradisi pembuatan empyak dimulai dengan pengolahan bambu, merangkai dan memasang empyak merupakan perwujudan nilai gotong royong masyarakat Jawa di masa lalu. Saat ini, empyak raguman jarang ditemukan pada rumah tradisional Jawa yang dibangun pada era modern. Hilangnya elemen ini karena perubahan gaya hidup masyarakat tradisional di perkotaan dan di perdesaan. Tulisan ini bertujuan mengulas kembali empyak raguman, tradisi dan estetikanya dalam rumah Jawa. Metode yang digunakan adalah kajian literatur dan komparasinya dengan praktek pelaksanaannya pada beberapa kasus rumah tradisional. Tradisi memasang empyak raguman sudah tidak dijalankan lagi namun keberadaan empyak raguman yang masih terpelihara menjadi simbol kebanggaan bagi pemilik rumah tradisional. Hasil kajian ini menjadi salah satu masukan untuk melestarikan nilai – nilai tradisional pada rumah Jawa.Kata Kunci: empyak raguman, rumah Jawa, arsitektur tradisional, tradisi, estetika

scholarly journals Influence of climate, building and residential factors on radon levels in ground-floor dwellings in Montenegro

2021 ◽  
pp. 12-12
Author(s):  
Perko Vukotic ◽  
Nevenka Antovic ◽  
Ranko Zekic ◽  
Andrija Djurovic ◽  
Tomislav Andjelic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Climate Type ◽  
Ground Floor ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Window Frames ◽  
Radon Concentrations

After year-long measurements with CR-39 detectors, nationwide radon survey was performed in 953 homes - 0.5% of all permanently inhabited dwellings in Montenegro. Influence of 11 factors (area, climate, type of house, year of construction, basement, foundation slab, number of stories, building materials, window frames, heating and smoking) and 35 their categories on the radon concentrations in 732 ground-floor dwellings was analyzed using descriptive, univariate and multivariate methods. Univariate analysis dropped influence of the two factors - heating and smoking. It reveals that, on average, radon concentrations in ground-floor dwellings differ at 95% confidence level in urban and rural areas, in family houses and apartment buildings, in houses with and without basement, and in dwellings with window frames made of wood and PVC/Al. In Cf climate zone they differ from those in Cs and Df zones. Only two pairs of construction periods differ in mean radon concentrations in dwellings: 1980-1999 with 1900-1944, and with 1964-1979. Houses with one, two or three stories have almost equal average radon levels, which are higher than in buildings with more than three stories. Mean value of radon concentrations in houses made of stone are higher than in houses made of concrete, or bricks, or wood. Multivariate analysis revealed that six of the analyzed factors - area, climate, type of house, presence of basement, number of stories and building materials simultaneously have significant relationships (p < 0.05) with radon concentrations in dwellings on ground floor in Montenegro.

Application of Traditional Local Materials and Suitable Technology in the Modern Low-Carbon Buildings: A Case Study of Rammed Earth Building

2010 ◽  
Vol 168-170 ◽  
pp. 69-73
Author(s):  
Dong Xu Zhang ◽  
Da Ping Liu ◽  
Meng Xiao ◽  
He Li
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Rammed Earth ◽  
Favorable Result ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
General Applicability ◽  
The Road ◽  
The Future ◽  
Local Materials

It has been the consensus shared by every member of the society that we should protect the earth, benefit the future generations and take the road of sustainable development which is natural-based and coordinated with environment carrying capacity. Currently, no one can doubt the importance of low carbon living and low carbon architecture. Numerous new materials and high technologies have been used in the country all over the world in the course of low carbon architecture’s development, some of which has had a favorable result, such as London zero carbon emissions pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. But China still is a developing country, for various reasons, it is premature to widely promote the expensive high-tech low-carbon buildings, and especially in the vast rural areas, the traditional local materials and suitable technology still could have general applicability. This paper takes the rammed earth building as example, by introducing the history of rammed earth building, the application status and some of the latest instances, and summarizes several advantages of rammed earth building: the first is that easy manufacturing processing could reduce the energy consumption; the second is that local materials could lower transportation costs; the third is that the clay materials with good thermal performance such as heat insulation and moisture property could ensure comfortable indoor environment, the last is that long service life and easy reclamation could recycle building materials. Then the author looks forward to the future development trends of rammed earth buildings, explores the new construction practices of rammed earth buildings. Finally this paper concludes that traditional local materials and suitable technology would play an important role in the modern low-carbon architecture.

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