15_AUB_Al Kareh RAMMED EARTH CONSTRUCTION IN THE EAST MEDITERRANEAN REGION 1% of the energy needed for similar procedures with BACKGROUND Rammed earth construction is fundamentally the use of raw earth, with little to reinforced concrete no additives, as a building material. “The man made equivalent of sedimentary rock” (Earth Architecture, Ronald Rael) made up some of the rst homes that humankind lived in after coming out of the caves 12,000 years ago (Sustainable Building with Earth, Schroeder). Alhambra ...
CLAYTON STONE, MILOSLAV BAGOA, DUSAN KATUNSKY*1 EMBODIED ENERGY OF STABILIZED RAMMED EARTH ENERGIA ZAWARTA W STABILIZOWANEJ ZIEMI UBITEJ Abstract The embodied energy of stabilized rammed earth refers to a number of sources to create a compact account of the intrinsic energy, physical parameters and subsequent thermal potential of rammed earth stabilized with Portland cement. The objective of this paper is to show that lower embodied energy does not reduce thermal comfort if careful consideration is given to design. Keywords: CSRE ...
FEATU SRE STABILISED RAMMED EARTH (SRE) WALL CONSTRUCTION – NOW AVAILABLE IN THE UK By Dr Matthew Hall,The University of Nottingham,and Bill Swaney,Earth Structures (Europe) Ltd What can stabilised rammed earth offer? excess of 250 stabilised earth structures tabilised rammed earth (SRE) is a low-carbon masonry wall S including large public material that successfully combines ancient earth-building buildings such as the techniques with modern commercial technologies and building Juvenile Justice practices. The finished product is a durable ...
A Review of Rammed Earth Construction for DTi Partners in Innovation Project ‘Developing Rammed Earth for UK Housing’ May 2003 Prepared by: Vasilios Maniatidis & Peter Walker Natural Building Technology Group Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering University of Bath Bath BA2 7AY Telephone: 01225 386646 Facsimile: 01225 386691 Project Partners Steering Group Members o University of Bath o Bristol City Council o Insitu Rammed Earth o Building Research Establishment o Mark Lovell Design Engineers o Ecology ...
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