The Use of Natural Materials for Construction Projects – Social Aspects of Sustainable Building: Case Studies from Australia and Europe

Burroughs, Steve; Růžička, Jiří

doi:10.1088/1755-1315/290/1/012009

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“…The idea is that this could help marginalized people to find a job. Examples of the combination of engineering and social aspects are reported in [16][17][18]. One of the test cases is the construction of a psychiatric hospital in Czech Republic: the hospital was built by people with mental diseases.…”

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Conversion of End-of-Life Household Materials into Building Insulating Low-Cost Solutions for the Development of Vulnerable Contexts: Review and Outlook towards a Circular and Sustainable Economy

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In a world increasingly aware of the environmental cost of the current production/ consumption model, the use of sustainable practices to reduce our environmental impact as a society becomes imperative. One way to reduce this impact is to increase the reuse of materials that are considered, by current definitions of ”waste”, at their end of life. End-of-Life Household Materials (EoLHM) can be defined as household waste materials that still possess exploitable properties, thus making them suitable for reuse. There are several studies in the literature that address the recycling of these materials. When it comes to their reuse, unfortunately, only a limited number of studies are available. This paper aims to fill this gap by investigating the possibility to convert EoLHM, such as clothes or packaging, into low-cost thermal insulating materials for the improvement of the indoor thermal comfort in buildings, especially for households at risk of suffering from energy poverty. For this purpose, a comprehensive literature review and a qualitative analysis of both commercial and EoLHM are proposed. Commercial thermal insulating materials analysis is used as a reference to measure the performance of EoLHM. Important aspects to be considered when choosing suitable EoLHM for a smart conversion and reuse are also investigated. The most important outcome of this investigation is the comprehension that the conversion of EoLHM into insulating material is possible, and it implies a direct reduction in waste production, with environmental benefits and positive social implications. However, some aspects such as adaptability, life expectancy, collection and storage are, at present, in need of further thinking and development to make the EoLHM reuse and re-conversion processes viable on a large (neighborhood/city) scale.

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“…This includes indoor green building, aquatic elements as well as green building technology. To add more facts to this statement, the research said that the usage of raw natural materials plays a decisive role in the construction of building in terms of sustainability and environment [3]. Thus, in general, the overall quality of building nowadays is coping well with the usage of the natural element as composite or even replacement materials in construction components.…”

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A Study of Physical and Mechanical Properties using Kenaf Core as Coarse Aggregate Replacement in Concrete

Mohd Apandi

2023

SRJ

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Kenaf is well known for its one of the highest rankings of biomass producers compared to other fibre crops which excessive amounts of biomass could lead to contamination of soil due to its pollutants elements. Not only that, the high demand for aggregate for concrete production requires massive use of natural stone materials which leads to the destruction of the ecological balance of the environment. As in Malaysia, kenaf core is commonly used and available in abundance after the processing of kenaf stems for bast fiber production. Thus, this research aims to determine the physical and mechanical properties of kenaf core as fine aggregate replacement in concrete. There were 45 samples of the concrete cube of 100 mm x 100 mm with the percentage used of 0, 5, 15 and 25 % kenaf core replacement. A density test was conducted as well as a compressive strength test to obtain the objectives of the study. Findings reveal that the control sample still has the highest value of compressive strength of 34.7 MPa while 5 % of kenaf core concrete shows 28.50 MPa which slight decrease in the value in comparison. The value then gradually decreases as the percentage of the kenaf core increases. The density test also reveals that 25 % kenaf core shows the lowest value of density by 1419.78 kg/m3 compared to normal concrete. Thus, this indicates that the optimum percentage of kenaf core used was 5 % even though it still did not surpass 0 % concrete.

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“…Thus, new technology and methodologies must be used in projects. in order to achieve these goals (Chan & Adabre, 2019).…”

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“…But the studies related to sustainable housing projects are very limited (Francis et al, 2019). Hence both practitioners and academicians from the study's findings would be able to comprehend what risk are associated with sustainable housing in emerging economy and how they can be prevented in effective way (Burroughs & Růžička, 2019).…”

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Risk Identification and Assessment in Sustainable Housing Project: A Case of Housing Sector in Pakistan

Ahmad

Sami²,

Khan³

2022

JAFEE

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Purpose: The study aims to identify the risk factors that are associated with the housing projects in Pakistan based on their relative importance. Moreover, this study intends to highlight the extreme, high and low risks that are involved in housing projects. Design/Methodology/Approach: The study adopts the quantitative research method and conducted a survey through a five-point Likert scale questionnaire. The study has collected 168 responses from the project managers, contractors, designers and consultants of housing projects in Pakistan. In order to examine the relative importance of the risk, the study has applied the Relative Importance Index (RII) method to analyse the risks. Findings: The results of the study depict that there are five extreme risks, ten high risks and 13 low risks which may contribute harm the sustainability of the housing projects. Moreover, all the critical risk factors have high probability of occurrence and extreme impact on the sustainability of the housing projects in Pakistan. Implications/Originality/Value: The practitioners are recommended to develop such projects that should not damage the ecology of the region in which they are located. Also the land should be determined on the basis of sociological and environmental consideration and not on land value alone.

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The Use of Natural Materials for Construction Projects – Social Aspects of Sustainable Building: Case Studies from Australia and Europe

Cited by 6 publications

References 1 publication

Conversion of End-of-Life Household Materials into Building Insulating Low-Cost Solutions for the Development of Vulnerable Contexts: Review and Outlook towards a Circular and Sustainable Economy

Conversion of End-of-Life Household Materials into Building Insulating Low-Cost Solutions for the Development of Vulnerable Contexts: Review and Outlook towards a Circular and Sustainable Economy

A Study of Physical and Mechanical Properties using Kenaf Core as Coarse Aggregate Replacement in Concrete

Risk Identification and Assessment in Sustainable Housing Project: A Case of Housing Sector in Pakistan

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