Green building using nano materials for high performance cement mortar composite
The present paper presents the work of using nano cement mortar to be used in the green building construction was developed resulted to high performance in mechanical properties, such as compressive and flexural strengths, that will minimize the the need for massive quantities of the construction materials that eventually will reduce the carbon footprint due to the reduction in the energy consumption used for the construction material. Different cubes and prisms were cast and tested for determining the compressive and flexural strengths (modulus of rupture) of nano cement mortar. The parameters considered were micro sand, micro cement sulphate resistance conforming ASTM C150 type II, particle size (45–0.7)μm, micro sand (300–75)μm, conforming ASTM C33, nano silica (500–100)μm. Naphthalene sulphonate was used as super-plasticizers. The cement mortar matrices were considered in four groups.
Nano cement mortars for construction materials
Abstract Nano cement mortar refers to the uses of nanomaterials to enhance the structure and property of mortar. Various nanomaterials can be used effectively in mortar, such as nano-SiO2, nano-Fe2O3, nano-Al2O3, nano-TiO2, nanoclay, nano-polymer mesh … This chapter focuses on the fabrication and mechanical property of nano cement mortars containing nanosilica fume, nano-metakaolin, nano polymercement.
The Use of Renewable Energy in Ferrocement Eco-Housing System
Urban development is a key consumer of energy, a structural system based on generic services facilities is introduced by Al-Rifaie and prefabricated ferrocement cavity wall and roof panels within the proposed system present a series of possibilities for the solution of building construction at maximum reduction of the electrical energy. The energy required to run the building using the proposed ferrocement construction system and the use of traditional method of construction is determined. It may be concluded that the modern method (ferrocement eco-housing system) is able to produce very energy efficient dwellings.