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Recent Innovations in Stabilized Earthen Construction
There is an increasing global attention on earthen construction due to its good attributes of having less carbon footprint. In order to improve its competitiveness with other construction materials like concrete and fired bricks, continuous research activities are undertaken across the globe to produce earth-based building materials having desired engineering properties and durability with the greater insights into the understanding of the factors contributing to the improvement in engineering properties and durability of earthen material as a construction material, the confidence level of handling earth materials in construction sector has increased. To further society’s renewed interest in earthen construction, there is a need to make earthen construction more economical and sustainable. In this direction innovative research findings to use conventional stabilizers in combination in the preparation of earth-based building materials has found to have multiple benefits. Further, to make it eco-friendlier, the focus is to try alternate stabilizers which are cost effective and reduce the dependence on energy intensive cement for stabilization, which contributes for the emission of Green House Gas in its production. In this direction use of eco-friendly stabilizers sourced from organic matter in the form of bio-enzymes and biopolymers are being explored as a possible alternative to conventional stabilizers like cement in enhancing the engineering properties of earth-based building materials for construction applications. This research article presents the recent innovative research concepts in stabilized earth-based building materials and construction. It also presents the benefits of utilizing industrial by-products in lieu of sand or as a substitute to soil in construction activities for preserving the scarce natural resources and sustenance of construction industry. This has a lot of practical significance to construction industry in particular and society at large.
Recent Innovations in Stabilized Earthen Construction
There is an increasing global attention on earthen construction due to its good attributes of having less carbon footprint. In order to improve its competitiveness with other construction materials like concrete and fired bricks, continuous research activities are undertaken across the globe to produce earth-based building materials having desired engineering properties and durability with the greater insights into the understanding of the factors contributing to the improvement in engineering properties and durability of earthen material as a construction material, the confidence level of handling earth materials in construction sector has increased. To further society’s renewed interest in earthen construction, there is a need to make earthen construction more economical and sustainable. In this direction innovative research findings to use conventional stabilizers in combination in the preparation of earth-based building materials has found to have multiple benefits. Further, to make it eco-friendlier, the focus is to try alternate stabilizers which are cost effective and reduce the dependence on energy intensive cement for stabilization, which contributes for the emission of Green House Gas in its production. In this direction use of eco-friendly stabilizers sourced from organic matter in the form of bio-enzymes and biopolymers are being explored as a possible alternative to conventional stabilizers like cement in enhancing the engineering properties of earth-based building materials for construction applications. This research article presents the recent innovative research concepts in stabilized earth-based building materials and construction. It also presents the benefits of utilizing industrial by-products in lieu of sand or as a substitute to soil in construction activities for preserving the scarce natural resources and sustenance of construction industry. This has a lot of practical significance to construction industry in particular and society at large.
Recent Innovations in Stabilized Earthen Construction
Building Pathology
Delgado, J. M. P. Q. (editor) / Nagaraj, H. B. (author) / Muguda, Sravan (author)
2020-05-12
16 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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