I am looking at designing a sustainable local centre for the community. The current plans rely on steel frame.
I was wondering whether anyone had any recommendations on the most sustainable wall construction methods.
So far we looked into earth wall infil, using either rammed earth or adobe blocks considering that they dont have to take any loads, however, would it actually work out more sustainable (for u-values etc) to use conventional curtain walling with sustainable cladding and insulation?
I have also looked into kingspan prefab.
Look forward to hearing your opinions :)
tony
21 May 2010, 7:04 PM
Straw bales must be a worthwhile consideration
Recycled aggregate blocks?
Lime
rabbithole
8 Jun 2010, 3:56 AM
I've heard about a great new product called Polli-Brick. It's a new building material made of recycled plastic! They have built a pavilion made out of Polli-Bricks. Here's the site! http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9FOH93G0.htm
tony
8 Jun 2010, 8:03 AM
It must be going to overheat in the day time and UV degradation must be going to take it out eventually after a couple of years and make it look patchy almost immediately.
rabbithole
8 Jun 2010, 9:10 AM
This building has been standing for 1/2 a year now. These Polli-Bricks actually have a UV coating sprayed on when they are being formed. The Pavilion is actually in Taiwan where the temperature gets to around 36-38 degrees Celsius. But one interesting thing about these bricks are that they have a very high R/U value for a transparent cladding material.
