Introduction:
Energy in building materials, Environmental issues concerned to building materials, Embodied energy and life-cycle energy, Global warming and construction industry, Green concepts in buildings, Green building ratings IGBC and LEED manuals – mandatory requirements, Rainwater harvesting &solar passive architecture. Environmental friendly and cost effective building technologies, Requirements for buildings of different climatic regions.
Alternative Building Materials:
Lime, Pozzolana cements, Raw materials, Manufacturing process, Properties and uses. Fibers- metal and synthetic, Properties and applications. Fiber reinforced plastics, Matrix materials, Fibers organic and synthetic, Properties and applications. Building materials from agro and industrial wastes, Types of agro wastes, Types of industrial and mine wastes, Properties and applications. Masonry blocks using industrial wastes. Construction and demolition wastes
Special Concretes:
Definition & Introduction, General properties, Advantages, Disadvantages, Applications, High density concrete, Shrinkage compensating concrete, Mass concrete, Roller compacted concrete. Light weight concrete, High strength concrete, Ultra-high strength concrete (reactive powder concrete), High workability concrete/Self compacting concrete, Fiber reinforced concrete, Polymer-concrete composites.
Introduction and definition of Sustainability. Carbon cycle and role of construction material such as concrete and steel, etc. CO2 contribution from cement and other construction materials. Control of energy use in building, ECBC code, codes in neighboring tropical countries, features of LEED and TERI Griha ratings, Performance ratings of green buildings.
Non-renewable sources of energy and Environmental aspects – energy norm, coal, oil , natural gas, Nuclear energy, Global temperature, Green house effects, global warming. Acid rain - Causes, effects and control methods. Regional impacts of temperature change.