doi: 10.18178/ijesd.2017.8.3.943
Application of Sustainable Construction Materials for Urban Slum Houses
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H. R. Gavali2
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V. V. Sakhare3 , ,
P. B. Aswath5,6
- 1the Department of Civil Engineering at
- 2the Department of Civil Engineering at VNIT
- 3the Department of Civil Engineering, BITS, Pilani
- 4the Department of Civil Engineering, UTA, Texas, US
- 5Material Science
- 6Engineering Department, UTA
Abstract
Meeting the demand for urban slum housing is oneof the major challenges in front of government especially indeveloping countries like India. Traditionally, temporary andsemi-permanent houses are being rebuilt by the governmentusing commercially available products. The present paper briefsthe application of sustainable construction materials to improvethe energy efficiency of the permanent houses being built inUrban Slums. The concept is briefed with a case study overNagpur, Maharashtra, India. Using locally available bio-fuelash, cellular light weight (BFA-CLW) bricks were developedand recommended for the use as the masonry product. However,the traditional concrete roof is recommended to be treated withgeofoam to improve thermal resistance. The proposed use of thematerials (M1- BFA-CLW & roof treated with geofoam) iscompared with the traditional practice of design (M2- Fly ashbrick with concrete roof). The cooling demand over the year forthe considered geographic location was analyzed in thesimulation software using building information modelingprincipals. The study resulted that the model M1 is energyefficient, cost competitive and shall conserve 46% of operatingenergy annually (cooling demand) as compared withconventional model M2. The study concludes with a note thatthe proposed model is a viable and practical acceptable solution.
Keywords
- Sustainable construction materials
- energy efficiency
- BFA-CLW
- geofoam
How to Cite
R. V. Ralegaonkar, H. R. Gavali, V. V. Sakhare, A. Puppala, and P. B. Aswath, "Application of Sustainable Construction Materials for Urban Slum Houses," International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 182-186, 2017. https://doi.org/10.18178/ijesd.2017.8.3.943
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