Construction materials

Compiled under the patronage of the Department of Housing b y C S I R B u i l d i n g a n d C o n s t r u c t i o n T e c h n o l o g y i GUIDELINES FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENT PLANNING AND DESIGN Foreword FOREWORD

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We are naturally blessed with nature's endowment such as crude oil, agricultural products, mineral resources and availability of indigenous local materials abound in our various communities. Earlier in the days, accommodations were never an issue as man could make or create a resting place for him and his family with limited resources. He collects local materials like timber, stone, mud thatch, bush rope, etc with one or two assistant and able to put together a house to accommodate his activities. The paper tries to explain sustainable development as that which harnesses the needs of the present local materials without compromising the ability of the future generations cannot therefore be under estimated. This review is meant to encourage sub-Sahara African, researcher, government and private entities, construction team, clients and contractors committed efforts though research and development into these untapped building materials and highlighting other contributions to environmental designs in order to bails out of housing problems.

The building construction industries are boosting globally and consuming huge amounts of resources. Ethiopian government has identified construction industry as one of the three sectors of the economy to accelerate the country's economic development. Usually, conventional building materials such as iron, cement and concrete are not produced in sustainable ways. The production and transport of such materials lead to relatively high levels of greenhouse gas emission. Alternatively, there are also locally produced and used building materials that do not cause substantial CO2 emissions. Low cost housing become must in civil engineering. In this report some methods of low-cost housing are discuss in brief.

Well-being, Sustainability and Social Development, 2018

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