Energy And Environmental Optimization Of Thermal Insulation Solutions For Rapidly Deployable Housing
Term of Award
Summer 2017
Degree Name
Master of Science in Applied Engineering (M.S.A.E.)
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis (restricted to Georgia Southern)
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Committee Chair
Celine Manoosingh
Committee Member 1
Mike Jackson
Committee Member 2
Roger Purcell
Committee Member 3
Yunfeng Chen
Committee Member 3 Email
ychen@georgiasouthern.edu
Abstract
The following study developed sustainable insulation and cementitious material, by directly incorporating agricultural wastes. A major amount of landfill wastes comes from construction and demolition waste (EPA, 2013). Design for Disassembly concept was approached to ease recycling process and curtail waste generation in construction industry. Hexagonal masonry block system was suggested for direct application of developed materials in the existing pre-fab insulation system and after disaster housing construction. A life cycle assessment comparison was conducted to evaluate the environmental performance of developed materials. Thermal properties, structural properties and environmental impacts of developed products, with respect to the traditional insulation and masonry block were investigated to project the most suitable material.
Recommended Citation
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2013. "Estimating 2003 Building-Related Construction And Demolition (C&D) Materials Amounts".
Research Data and Supplementary Material
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