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| Title: | Energy and Environmental Concerns in Building Materials |
| Authors: | Singh, Manjit |
| Issue Date: | 28-Dec-2012 |
| Abstract: | Production of traditional building materials such as cement, steel, brick, lime and pozzolana consume enormous energy in the form of coal, oil, electricity, steam, etc. The energy requirement varies extensively depending upon the level of automation involved in the manufacturing of the building materials. The knowledge of energy requirement in the production of building materials using various materials including hazardous industrial wastes lays the foundation for fresh research and development in the production technology so that further energy may be curtailed to economize the process. Saving of energy is significant in the case of green house gases emission (GHG) into the atmosphere and reducing cost of materials. Energy consumption in the production of basic building materials (such as cement, steel, aluminum, gypsum, etc.) and different types of materials used for construction has been discussed. The energy consumed in different types of masonry mortars based on industrial wastes and gypsum plaster and gypsum products has been detailed. The use of geopolymers from natural clay and other resources and making calcium bricks at lower energy compared to burnt clay bricks are presented in the paper. |
| Description: | National Conference Emerging trends of energy conservation in buildings Nov.01-03, 2012
CSIR-Central Building Research Institute Roorkee-247667, Uttrakhand, India. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1239 |
| Appears in Collections: | Published Articles
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