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Brown, C and Gorgolewski, M (2015) Understanding the role of inhabitants in innovative mechanical ventilation strategies. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 210-21.
Cammarano, S, Pellegrino, A, Lo Verso, V R M and Aghemo, C (2015) Assessment of daylight in rooms with different architectural features. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 222-37.
Danso, H, Martinson, B, Ali, M and Mant, C (2015) Performance characteristics of enhanced soil blocks: a quantitative review. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 253-62.
- Type: Journal Article
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- ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2014.933293
- Abstract:
Several studies have focused on improving the properties of soil blocks/bricks due to perceived and real strength and durability limitations. A review of 56 published studies is presented on the effect of stabilization on the performance characteristics of soil blocks. The review found that few studies have been conducted on durability properties of enhanced soil blocks as compared with physico-mechanical properties. Fibre-enhanced soil blocks tended to have peak performance with an optimal content that achieved maximum performance. The maximum performance improvement was generally less than a doubling of the strength of the soil without the fibres. Binders showed a continual improvement with greater concentrations, so much greater improvements can be obtained if the economic and social costs can be justified. Both fibres and binders have variable performance on water absorption with both reductions and increases possible. Generally, both fibre and binder inclusion in soil blocks enhance the performance characteristics of the blocks. Binders are typically more effective on a mass-fraction basis. However the supply of fibres is usually at a lower cost and a reduced environmental impact, and therefore may have a better performance on a per-cost or per-impact basis.
Huebner, G M, McMichael, M, Shipworth, D, Shipworth, M, Durand-Daubin, M and Summerfield, A J (2015) The shape of warmth: temperature profiles in living rooms. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 185-96.
Li, F G N, Smith, A Z P, Biddulph, P, Hamilton, I G, Lowe, R, Mavrogianni, A, Oikonomou, E, Raslan, R, Stamp, S, Stone, A, Summerfield, A J, Veitch, D, Gori, V and Oreszczyn, T (2015) Solid-wall U-values: heat flux measurements compared with standard assumptions. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 238-52.
Morgenstern, P, Lowe, R and Chiu, L F (2015) Heat metering: socio-technical challenges in district-heated social housing. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 197-209.
Robinson, J and Cole, R J (2015) Theoretical underpinnings of regenerative sustainability. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 133-43.
Siew, R Y J (2015) Alternative framework for assessing sustainable building funds: Green Building Fund. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 160-9.
van Amstel, F M C, Zerjav, V, Hartmann, T, van der Voort, M C and Dewulf, G P M R (2015) Expanding the representation of user activities. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 144-59.
van der Heijden, J (2015) Voluntary programmes for building retrofits: opportunities, performance and challenges. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 170-84.