Building Material

& Technique
Analysis
Climatic response, Outcomes & Remarks

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 Building Alternate Alternate Climatic
Components Material Building Response Outcome Remarks
Techniques
• Hempcrete: A • Mixing: • Hempcrete is • Hempcrete For Hemcrete:
solid material made The raw materials (hemp made from lime blocks are Hempcrete blocks
from mixing industrial shives, lime- based binder and hemp shivs (a lightweight, are eco-friendly and
hemp fibers with a and water) of hempcrete waste product durable, and energy-
lime-based binder. It is are proportionately dosed from hemp fiber have good efficient material; help
a recyclable material and mixed together. growing); it can be insulation. in the thermal
that is produced from Molding: used for walls, Hempcrete regulation which
renewable resources. It Hempcrete obtained is floors, and for roof blocks are regulates the
acts as a carbon sink, poured in the blocks of insulation; it's generally used temperature of the
and it has a 30 - 40%
lower carbon footprint widths between 6 and 30 breathable, for insulation building; are very light
compared to a brick cm in a special press. absorbing and purposes. in weight and can
building of the same Open-air Curing: emitting moisture • Case Study transport easily from

Wall size. It effectively

transmits humidity, is
pest resistant, and
After a while, the frail
blocks of hempcrete are
placed on an automatic
provides excellent conveyor belt which takes
insulation for them to a storage area for
maintaining open air-drying. This brings
temperatures inside strength and hardness to
your home. the blocks.
Depending on the width of
blocks, it takes around 6-10
weeks for the blocks to
become ready to use.
to regulate internal
humidity and avoid
trapped moisture
Example: Pierre
Chevet Sports
Center by
one place to another
place; help
in contributes to the
and mold growth. Lemoal Lemoal breathable walls.
It is a disaster-
resistant, which helps
to ensure the safety of
the buildings.

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 Building Alternate Alternate Climatic
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Techniques
• Bamboo: It has a • Thickness of bamboo • In bamboo- • Bamboo: Helps For Bamboo:
very high strength- wall is not less than growing regions disperse rain and Economical aspects-
to-weight ratio -- 10-12 mm. Halved the climate is sunlight. Fire Low cost
very sturdy for such bamboo culms generally warm resistant. Stability-Low to
arranged vertically. and humid, • Case Study
a light-weight Bamboo boards (split requiring example: Bamboo medium
material. It is easily and flattened culms) construction Courtyard Resistance to rain-Low
handled, with little interwoven with the materials of low Teahouse by Resistance to insects-
waste and no bark frame. Bamboo thermal storage HWCD Associates Low.
to remove. battens (made from capacity and Climatic stability-
culms split into eight designs which Warm humid climates
segments) nailed to a permit good cross-
Wall light frame.
• Earth is filled into
formwork in layers of
ventilation. Plain
bamboo walls
aren't waterproof
• Rammed earth
provides
For Rammed Earth:
Resistance to rain-
reasonable bond
up to 10 cm and so cannot be used and strength. Medium
thoroughly in region with • Surface Treatment Resistance to insects-
• Rammed Earth: Medium
compacted to a heavy rain. These is requirement.
Rammed earth Climatic suitability-Hot
thickness of 6 -7 cm connections use • Case Study
walls are dry climates
with a ramming tool. natural materials example: THE
constructed by
When the formwork like rattan, coconut GREAT WALL OF
ramming a mixture is full, it is dismantled fiber to join the
and moved to the bamboo culms WA
of gravel, sand, silt
and a small amount next position. together
of clay into place
between flat panels
called formwork.

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 Building Alternate Alternate Climatic
Components Material Building Response Outcome Remarks
Techniques
• In this way the Lashings, wraps,
building goes up fraps, and clove-hitch
gradually, layer by are some knots used
layer, row by row. The in these connections,
formwork must be if metal pins or bolts
more rigid. it must be are used generates
light and easy to too much local loads
dismantle and which is not
assemble. Types of appropriate for
rammers-Manual bamboo which tends
rammers, Pneumatic to be subject to
rammers and buckling.

Wall
vibrating plate can
also be used for the • In colder climates,
same. rammed earth
walls may need
additional
insulators. In
locations with high
rainfall, they need
additional
protection against
rain.

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 Building Alternate
Components Material
Cork Flooring: It is a • For Cork Flooring:
natural, renewable
product that’s easy to
install yourself with
basic tools. It’s also
attractive, quiet under
foot and easy to clean.
It’s a great choice for
living rooms, offices
and even the kitchen.
Flooring
Bamboo: It is durable,
easy to maintain and is
easy to install. Bamboo
is sustainable and
made from natural
vegetation that grows
to maturity in three to
five years, far less than
the twenty years trees
can take.
Alternate Climatic
Building Response Outcome Remarks
Techniques
• Cork floors are Cork Floors: For Cork Flooring:
There are two main subject to Durable-It resists Two installation
types of installation expansion and cracking and abrasions techniques.
processes for cork contraction due to and is impermeable to Easy to install
flooring. First, the climate and gas and liquid. Eco friendly and
flooring tiles need to exposure to Healthy- Cork is healthy.
be acclimated to the elements. During naturally resistant to Durable, resistant and
environment inside heating season, mold, mildew and easy cleaning.
the installation room. moisture is lost and termites.
Then, the subfloor, the tiles may Safety- Fire-resistant,
such as cement contract slightly cork will melt or ignite
board or plywood, showing small only at very high
must be prepped to spaces between temperatures.
assure that it's even, the planks. When Comfortable
clean and free of
moisture. This form
moisture levels
increase, the tiles
Case Study example:
Cork House
of installation starts will expand. Cork,
with cork flooring as a rule, is more
that's specially stable than wood
created to provide a flooring because
tongue-and-groove when wood
connection that expands, it does so
snaps together. only in the
direction of the
grain

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 Building Alternate Alternate Climatic
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Its varied grains and • For Bamboo: • For Bamboo: it will Bamboo: Eco-friendly For Bamboo:
wide array of colors Floating is the expand as it and sustainable Easy DIY installations.
give it an edge over primary installation absorbs humidity flooring option. Reacts well to climate
traditional flooring by for engineered and shrink as the Inexpensive choice changes, hence needs
allowing for bamboo flooring, air grows drier. The compared to supervised
customization. and it is simple key to avoiding hardwood flooring. installations.
enough for both DIY- wood floor gaps Strand Woven A sustainable material
homebuilders and and distortion, bamboo is extremely along with being
professional even in the most tough and durable – inexpensive.
installers. Once the extreme climates, can be used in
proper preparation is to properly commercial areas. For Bamboo:
Marble: Marble is a steps have been acclimate the Can be used in A natural material.
naturally occurring taken, all you’ll need flooring prior to versatile ways. Can be recycled.
material that you can is a straight line, a installation. Cold- Case Study Example: It is hard and highly
find at various places soft mallet, and an pressed bamboo Mumbai Artist durable and resistant
empty room to float fails in most cold
Flooring throughout India. The Retreat to shattering.
material is highly your floors! Using a climates.
porous and fairly easy convenient click-lock • Marble is an all-
to maintain, lasting mechanism, the natural material Marble is a highly
more than 25 years. planks slide right into that is created in durable material; is
one another. There the earth. Marble hardwearing and
are alternative cannot be said to resistant to shattering;
installation methods be biodegradable, is an excellent
for bamboo flooring: but as a natural insulator.
glue down. material.

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 Building Alternate Alternate Climatic
Components Material Building Response Outcome Remarks
Techniques
• Helical Piles: These Steel shafts with a series Less impact on the soil Low noise and Cost effective.
are a steel screw-in of low-pitched circular of the job site. minimal vibration Rapid installation.
piling and ground helical plates welded at Does not disturb the during installation. Saves both time &
anchoring system strategic positions along originality of the soil Provide both tension money.
used for shaft. where it is installed. & compression Removable and
building deep The piles are connected bearing capacity. reusable.
foundations .Screw and screwed by Case Study Example:
piles are typically machine-mounted Most Amusement
manufactured from hydraulic. parks including
high- They can also be Wonderland and
strength steel using removed and recycled. Disneyland.
varying sizes of Since, in many cases,
tubular hollow they were only screwed
sections for the pile into the ground in the
Foundations or anchors shaft. first place, it is only
necessary to ‘un-screw’
them, and use them
again somewhere else.
The versatility provided
by helical piles is
unmatched in building
circles, since they can be
easily configured to
adapt to removable
structures.

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 Building Alternate Alternate
Components Material Building
Techniques
Thatch roofs: This Thatch Roof: Treating
ancient roof material, with copper sulfate
when installed solution.
correctly, can last 50 Arranged in the form of
years, is more fire- compact panels.
resistant. The natural Coating on roof surface
look is undeniably using phosphorylated
authentic, and it is spray.
renewable and cheap.
Clay Tiles: Fasteners for
clay tile roofs: clay tiles
are secured to the roof
Climatic
Response Outcome Remarks
Thatch Roof: Thatch Roof: Reduce Self process
Weather resistance biodegradability Locally available
Water proofing effect. Environment friendly
Termite proofing Reduces
combustibility.
Clay Roof Tiles: They Fire resistance.
are extremely resistant Case Study Example:
to the effects of Town Hall by Inbo
weathering, lasting
even through high
winds, snow and
heavy downpours of

Roof
deck using wire, special rain. Whilst alternative
clips, concrete, ballast roofing materials
stones, or metal clips. expand and contract Clay Tiles: Retains
Clay Tiles: They add a Tiles are secured loosely to a much higher Structure Flawless ;
rich dose of texture - overly-tight wires or degree, clay tiles help For Hot/Humid
and color to a home, nails are likely to break maintain the integrity Conditions;
and they’re impervious the tile. of the roof, enduring Safety & Comfort;
to damage from insects both extreme hot and Environment Friendly
and fire. However, they cold weather
break easily and cost conditions.
more to install than
many other types of
roofing materials.

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 Building Alternate Alternate Climatic
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Cross Laminated CLT fabrication begins CLT must be protected It is very strong and Sustainable and highly
Timber(CLT):It is the with lumbar selection, from moisture. Construction with it abundant
perfect construction defect removal and When exposed to high becomes very easy. Short construction
material for floor, roof followed y cutting and humidity, mould time
and ceiling adhesive application, growth can take place. A highly flexible in its Good thermal
construction. While it panel layup and Generally CLT panels places of uses. insulation
is a truly universal assembly pressing. used for external faces Easily available as it is
construction material It is produced are not exposed on basically timber itself.
that can be used for by stacking layers of the outer face of any Case study Example:
nearly all structures of timber, known as building, because they University of
a house, CLT is lamellas, at 90° to the are concealed by an Greenwich.
especially popular for layer below and gluing external cladding,
the construction of the lamellas together to whether this is
Roof floors, roofs and
ceilings.
create structural timber
panels of up to 22m in
lightweight such as
boarding, sheeting,
length and 3.5m in tiles or panels, or
width. heavyweight such as
brickwork or concrete.

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 Building Alternate Alternate Climatic
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Wood Columns: The greatest enemy of Temperature does Easy to use and highly Highly Responsive to
Exterior wood columns wood columns is water, affect wood in several abundant material. climate; great in
do a great job in terms and they should never ways. It can cause Gives great finish to functionality and
of strength, be in direct contact with wood to contract or the surface and looks; Needs special
functionality, and concrete, stone or soil expand but only aesthetic looks. attention while
aesthetic look. because they will soak indirectly. Humidity is Climate temperatures attaching the ends.
They support the roof up moisture and result the actual reason for and moisture content
over the porch that is in them rotting. the contracting and might have some
open-air or closed. Wood columns are expanding of the alerting issues on the
Also, they play a major typically separated from wood. The more water material.
role to improve the horizontal surfaces with there is inside the
appearance of your a thin metal plate (as wood, the more it
beautiful home. with a wood deck expands and vice
Columns column). This is enough
to keep the wood from
versa.
The higher the
absorbing too much moisture content of
water. the wood is the more
the wood will expand
and the lower it is the
more it will contract.

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 Building Alternate Alternate Climatic
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Fiber Reinforced The results of the It becomes one of the Light weight easy
Polymer Columns: FRP study show GFRP most efficient ways of installation; makes the
columns are a lighter reinforced beams strengthening the respective product
alternative to fiberglass produce 43% less CO2 columns without stronger.
composite columns. emissions compared actually having the Eco friendly and
FRP (Fiberglass with steel and reduce need to replace it of economically efficient.
Reinforced Polymer) is energy consumption demolish it. The fiber
predominately by almost half. Apart sheets help
comprised of fiberglass from emissions, GFRP environmentally as
strand which makes also has benefits on well as becomes an
the product stronger the consumption of easy but supervised
than steel. natural resources. way of making
columns.
Columns Wrapping up of Fiber
sheets (reinforcing)
them around the
existing columns or
around the newly made
columns provide
strength and stability
and helps in distribution
of load to the base of
the column.

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