REDUCING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR BY REPLACING CERAMIC BRICKS WITH ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS

Abstract

The use of non-fired materials with additives of vegetable waste instead of traditional building ceramics reduces the energy input and the carbon footprint in the construction sector. This applies to one- and two-story buildings due to the lower load-bearing capacity of non-fired bricks. A possibility for substitution of the fired ceramics with non-fired clay bricks with additives of straw at the building of the walls of a single-family house is analyzed. The subsequent reductions of the embodied energy, carbon dioxide, and thermal losses of the buildings are determined.