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Clay and concrete brick

Author: Dlamini, MN Date: Mar 2014 Brick is one of the most used and versatile building materials in use today. Bricks can be defined as modular units connected by mortar in the formation of a building system or product. Commonly the word brick is used to refer to clay bricks, ... Read more
Environmental impacts of construction materials use: a life cycle perspective

Author: Ampofo-Anti, N Date: Feb 2009 To place construction on a truly sustainable path the green building movement needs a method which goes beyond subjective checklists of green features. Such a method must provide objective guidelines for a comprehensive assessment of the ... Read more
The health implications of replacing common building materials with natural fibre reinforced composites

Author: Ampofo-Anti, N Date: Dec 2015 This paper highlights the need for a non-chemical approach to the cultivation of fibre crops intended for building applications in South Africa. A case study considered four fibre crops – flax, industrial hemp, kenaf and sisal – that are ... Read more
Low cost construction technologies and materials - case study Mozambuique

Author: Kuchena, JC ; Usiri, P Date: Sep 2009 Low cost or affordable construction technologies and materials are often touted as a panacea in meeting the ever growing demand for rapid housing delivery in developing economies. Mozambique as with most of the developing world, from both ... Read more
Material efficiency and the 3 Rs

Author: Van Wyk, Llewellyn V Date: Aug 2015 Significant pressure is being brought to bear on material manufacturers to green the materials and products produced by industry in general – and the construction sector is no exception, for good reason. The construction industry and its ... Read more
Materials

Author: Van Wyk, Llewellyn V Date: Feb 2009 The construction industry is a multi-billion dollar industry, and the production and harvesting of raw materials for building purposes occurs on a world-wide scale. Environmental issues are becoming a major world topic, and the construction ... Read more
Overview of green building rating tools

Author: Sebake, Thandi N Date: Feb 2009 Since the detrimental affects of construction practices on the natural environment were highlighted, the performance of the buildings has become a major concern for occupants and built environment professionals (Crawley and Aho, 1999; Ding, ... Read more
Screening life cycle assessment study of a sisal fibre reinforced micro-concrete structural insulated panel

Author: Ampofo-Anti, N Date: Dec 2013 The building industry consumes 50% of the raw materials extracted from the Earth’s crust annually and also plays a leading role in environmental pollution. Replacing synthetic materials with bio-composites has been shown to yield environmental ... Read more
Three-dimensional laser scanning technique to quantify aggregate and ballast shape properties

Author: Anochie-Boateng, Joseph ; Komba, Julius J ; Mvelase, Gculisile M Date: Jun 2013 There is a need to improve the measurements of shape characteristics of aggregates and ballast materials used in the construction of road, airfield, and railway track infrastructures. The fundamental shape properties of aggregate and ballast, ... Read more
Towards net-zero construction and demolition waste

Author: Van Wyk, Llewellyn V Date: Mar 2014 Waste is defined in the National Environment Management: Waste Act as: “Any substance, whether or not that substance can be reduced, re-used, recycled and recovered – a) That is surplus, unwanted, rejected, discarded, abandoned or disposed ... Read more

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