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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Sustainable buildings--Design and construction"”.

  1. The development of unfired clay building materials for sustainable building construction

    … a growing pressure on energy efficiency for new buildings in the UK and worldwide. This has arisen partly due to the increasing awareness of the public for sustainable building construction. In addition, there is pressure on building materials manufacturers, due to new government regulations and

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  2. Experimental and ANSYS investigation on the aerogel envelopes for energy-efficient building

    … consumption, is to reduce the heat loss in buildings or homes. Silica aerogels have grown in popularity as an insulating material due to their extremely low thermal conductivity. Very often the benefits of transparency as well as strength is ignored due to its brittleness. An effort has been …

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  3. The Development of Sustainable Lime-Based Building Wall Components

    … Clay (LOG) was used as the base clay, with and without combining it in equal proportions (50:50) with Pulverised Fly Ash (PFA) an industrial waste from the burning of coal in power stations. The traditional binders of Lime and Portland Cement (PC) were used as controls. In order to enhance …

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  4. Developing a building sustainability assessment model for the South African built environment : searching for new appoaches to improve the effectiveness of building assessment

    … thesis is the search for conceptual approaches and practical measures to enhance the practice of building assessment in fostering sustainable construction. Hence, this thesis advances the theory for the practice of building assessment that incorporates the principles of sustainable development. …

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