Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Study of Green Building

Materials for Affordable
Housing
GUIDE: Mr. Leki

Dorji

GROUP MEMBERS:

Sonam Yangzom
Namgay Zangmo
Tenzin Kesang
Rohit Adhikari
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overview
Introduction
Problem statements
Aims and Objectives
Scope
Literature review
Methodology
Expected Outcomes
Tentative work plan

Introduction
Affordable housing is defined as that which is adequate
in quality and location and does not cost so much that it
prohibits its occupants meeting other basic living costs
or threatens their enjoyment of basic human rights.

Rapid
population
growth

-Cost of
constructio
n
-Outflow of
INR

Green materials
for affordable
housings
WHY???

Growth in
Industries

Production
of large
quantities
of waste

Serious Problem to
Safe and Affordable
Housing
AND
More Carbon
Producing Materials

Availability
of Natural
Resources

Problems of
managing Waste

Aims and Objectives:

Aim:
To develop and test sustainable, low-cost green building
materials intended for the Bhutanese population, with
regard to its availability, needs and affordability.
Objectives:
Investigations on the characterization of Industrial
Waste and its potential to substitute building materials
such as cement, bricks, cementitious binders, roofing,
etc.
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Study on characterization and potential of locally available

materials as substitute for current construction materials.

Study the appropriate proportions of mix design to obtain

maximum strength.

To study the suitability of different building materials in different

climatic conditions.

Propose a detailed sample design of a building incorporating

proposed materials and other salient features of green building
and thus analyze the structure.

Compute detailed cost estimation of proposed building.

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Scope:

Promote sustainable housing principles and elevate

concepts of sustainable development by;

Reusing the Industrial waste into building materials thereby

solving problems of waste management to an extent.

Savings on personal and national economy.

Can serve as a reference guidelines for Tarayana

Foundation or similar agency interested to promote the
concept.
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Literature review
Cement Stabilized Soil Block consist of soil, water and cement;
in which cement content affects the quality of the blocks. The
method is very suitable for the population with a low
income if they are manually produced and the production process
is relatively easy .(Arash Afkari, Halmstad University ,2010).
Thatch Roofing is one of the locally available and
environment friendly alternative for corrugated sheets. It is
essentials the thatch layers are plastered with specified mud
plasters making it durable against water and fire resistant.
( Chowdhury.s and Roy.s, VIT University, Vellore, India , 2013 )

In Portland cement concrete a part of cement has been replaced

by fly ash. The mixed has the advantages of better quality
control, reduction of waste and strength same as that of plain
cement concrete.(Dr. Manjit Singh, central building research
institute)
As per School Design and Implementation of Construction

Projects Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand

By using the interlocking bricks , Construction cost can be
reduced as much as 50% in comparison with conventional
system depending upon the local price
Thailand -20% to 40%
Bhutan -40% to 50%
Nepal-13% to 30%
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Preparation of
SELECTION
GUIDELINES
and
COST
ESTIMATES

SAMPLE DESIGNING
of 1 and 2 storey Green
buildings including
production of
Architectural, Structural
and Electrical Designs.

methodol
ogy

Extensive

LITERATURE
REVIEW

on various materials
used in other parts of
worlds.

Affordable
housing

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FIELD SURVEYS at
Pasakha industry
for
QUALITATIVE AND
QUANTITATIVE
RESEARCH
on Industrial Waste.

Research on
LOCALLY/
REGIONALLY
AVAILABLE natural
materials for green
buildings.

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STRUCTURAL
ANALYSIS of the
buildings using
software to with
special attention Structural
to EARTHQUAKE Designs
and
RESISTANCE.
Results

Selection of
suggestible
materials and MIX
DESIGNING and
TESTING

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Expected Outcomes

Comparative analysis of various suggested materials for

various building components

Sample design of one and two storied building

Compute detailed cost estimation of proposed building.

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THANK YOU

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