The Use of Renewable Energy in Ferrocement Eco-Housing System

Wail Nourildeen Al Rifaie, Waleed Khalil Ahmed, Latif E. Ibraheem, Hashim Y. Al-Samarraie

Abstract


Urban development is a key consumer of energy, a structural system based on generic services facilities is introduced by Al-Rifaie and prefabricated ferrocement cavity wall and roof panels within the proposed system present a series of possibilities for the solution of building construction at maximum reduction of the electrical energy. The energy required to run the building using the proposed ferrocement construction system and the use of traditional method of construction is determined. It may be concluded that the modern method (ferrocement eco-housing system) is able to produce very energy efficient dwellings.


Keywords


Eco-Housing; Ferrocement; Renewable energy

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