Sustainable Mediterranean Construction
Sustainable Mediterranean Construction
Compressed earth blocks are sustainable and environmentally friendly building materials. However, these blocks often suffer from mechanical properties that make them difficult to apply. This article focuses on improving the mechanical performance of BTCs by incorporating natural and recycled reinforcing materials, notably sugarcane bagasse ash, wheat straw, date palm fibers, glass waste and fly ash and others. These additional materials are essential for enhancing the energy efficiency of constructions in addition, they considerably improve mechanical properties. The results of this study will contribute to the development of new building standards and recommendations on the effective use of natural and recycled reinforcing materials for compressed earth blocks, which are effective and sustainable alternatives to conventional building materials, and it can also help promote the design of environmentally-friendly buildings in developing countries by showing how passive design techniques, such as the use of local materials like BTC, can be combined with industrial resistive materials that require less energy to improve thermal comfort and reduce the environmental impact of buildings.
001_COVER AND INDEX
005_ ENERGY AND SOCIAL SHARING
Dora Francese
FOCUS ON SOCIAL COMMUNITIES AND ENERGY
024_ BIOCLIMATIC SOLUTIONS FOR THE MITIGATION OF ENERGY POVERTY IN HISTORIC CENTERS. El Raval of Barcelona as a case study
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029_ ARCHITECTURE AND SELF-CONSTRUCTION: local communities, social participation, and appropriate technologies
Luigi Alini, Paola De Joanna, Freddy Diaz Diaz
036_ PUBLIC ENERGY HUBS AS COMMUNITY CATALYSTS: A STUDY OF REPLICABLE INCLUSIVE MODELS
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044_ URBAN DESIGN AND ENERGY COMMUNITIES IN LARGE CITIES. Critical issues and opportunities
Luigi Smeragliuolo Perrotta
052_ ANALYSIS, THROUGH GIS SYSTEM, OF URBAN SCALE ENERGY DEMAND OF DIFFERENT TERRITORIES
Massimiliano Condotta, Elisa Zatta, Chiara Scanagatta
058_ ENERGY VALORIZATION OF THE AUTHENTIC RAMMED EARTH OF THE SALE MEDINA RAMPARTS IN MOROCCO
Driss El Hachmi, Raja Moussaoui, Selma El Bergui, Mohammed Aquil, Rachid El Bouayadi, Aouatif Saad, Hicham Labrim
063_ NAVIGATE THE PATH TO CLIMATE NEUTRALITY: SOCIO-SPATIAL DYNAMICS IN BOLOGNA
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070_ TRANSFORMING MARITIME AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE INTO SUSTAINABLE BUILDING INSULATION MATERIALS: CIRCULAR ECONOMY
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079_ NZED – NEARLY NERO ENERGY DISTRICT AT POLIZZI GENEROSA. A village of the inner mountain Madonie Park in Sicily
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087_ ON THE RESILIENCE OF ITALIAN URBAN CLOISTERS IN HISTORICAL FABRICS TO CLIMATE CHANGE
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093_ IMPACT OF STABILIZERS ON THE PROPERTIES AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF COMPRESSED EARTH BLOCKS
Abderrahmane Jouhar, Driss El Hachmi, Raja Moussaoui, Mohammed Cherraj, Selma El Bergui, Aya Ben Zoubair, EL
Mehdi Nchiti
098_ A COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF ADVANCED ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS
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105_ PATHOLOGICAL AND THERMAL STUDY OF DAR EL MAKHZEN MONUMENT AT KASBAH OF MEHDIYA (MOROCCO)
Selma El Bergui, Driss El Hachmi, Raja Moussaoui, Cherraj Mohammed, Aya Ben Zoubair, Aziz Zaroual, Mustapha
Abdellaoui
111_ RISK OF MARINE AEROSOLS DUE TO WIND ENERGY ON THE RAMPARTS OF THE SALÉ MEDINA
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Mghaiouini
