The development of agricultural waste–doped fired bricks is an important step toward
achieving lightweight eco-efficient bricks with improved thermal insulation property. Recent …

This study proposes a novel interlocking compressed-earth block (ICEB) composite wall.
The composite walls consist of stabilized interlocking compressed-earth blocks, reinforced …

Olden adobe structures had been commonly built on raw clayey earth hence the technique
was exposed to be an eco-green and globally sustainable construction. Nowadays, modern …

The building industry generates millions of tons of construction and demolition waste
annually (12 million tons/year are generated in Mexico, of which only 4% is reused or …

The need to address the adverse effect of plastic waste on the environment as well as the
increasing housing deficit in developing countries prompted this study. This paper reports …

Cement mortar has low tensile strength and fracture strain; therefore, fibres are used to
reinforce cement mortar. Synthetic hair is one of the most neglected of all the residual …

The use of locally available and abundant building materials facilitates the availability and
affordability of housing. One of the important locally available building materials in Ghana is …

With the widespread use of adobe materials in buildings, their durability can deteriorate
under harsh weather conditions such as long-term low temperatures and rainfall, which can …

Altered lime adobe units are an improvised antique clay adobe technique with hydrated lime
and waste additives. The research has been carried out to renovate adobe bricks and mortar …

This research aims to develop agro-waste based unfired earth blocks that are suitable for
tropical climate. The samples were produced using eggshell (10, 20, 30, 40, and 50wt.%) …