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Application of Sustainable Prefabricated Wall Technology for Energy Efficient Social Housing

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  • Ravijanya Chippagiri

    (Department of Civil Engineering, VNIT, Nagpur 440010, India)

  • Hindavi R. Gavali

    (Department of Civil Engineering, VNIT, Nagpur 440010, India)

  • Rahul V. Ralegaonkar

    (Department of Civil Engineering, VNIT, Nagpur 440010, India)

  • Mike Riley

    (Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST) Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK)

  • Andy Shaw

    (Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST) Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK)

  • Ana Bras

    (Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST) Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK)

Abstract

Under the India “Housing for all” scheme, 20 million urban houses have to be constructed by 2022, which requires the rate of construction to be around 8000 houses/day. Previous results by the team show that present design methods for affordable buildings and structures in India need improvement. The challenges are the disposal of solid waste generated from agro-industrial activities and the energy peak demand in extremely hot and cold seasons. The development of bio-based urban infrastructure which can adapt to the climatic conditions has been proposed. Inclusion of sustainable materials such as agro-industrial by-products and insulation materials has resulted in effective environmental sustainability and climate change adaptability. Precast components are highlighted as a suitable solution for this purpose as well as to fulfil the need of mass housing. India has a lesser record in implementing this prefab technology when compared to a global view. For the first time, a novel and sustainable prefab housing solution is tested for scale-up using industrial waste of co-fired blended ash (CBA) and the results are presented here. A model house of real scale measuring 3 × 3 × 3 m 3 was considered as a base case and is compared with 17 other combinations of model house with varying alignment of prefab panels. Comparison was made with commercially available fly ash brick and CBA brick with a conventional roof slab. A simulation study was conducted regarding cost and energy analysis for all the 18 cases. Various brick and panel compositions with CBA for housing were tried and the superior composition was selected. Similarly, 18 model houses of real scale were simulated, with different combinations of walls made of bricks or panels and different building orientations, to check the impact on energy peak cooling and cost. Results show that peak cooling load can be reduced by six times with bio-based prefab panels. Prefab construction can be considered for mass housing ranging above 100 housing units, each consisting of an area of 25 m 2 .

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  • Ravijanya Chippagiri & Hindavi R. Gavali & Rahul V. Ralegaonkar & Mike Riley & Andy Shaw & Ana Bras, 2021. "Application of Sustainable Prefabricated Wall Technology for Energy Efficient Social Housing," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-12, January.
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