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dc.contributor.author
Brülisauer, Marcel
dc.date.accessioned
2017-06-14T20:12:59Z
dc.date.available
2017-06-14T20:12:59Z
dc.date.issued
2007-06
dc.identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/160907
dc.description.abstract
The concept of sustainable development has to be understood in the context of the local situation and environment. This study examines the concept of sustainable construction before the South African background and compares it to the European understanding. The theoretical analysis is completed by the practical implementation of sustainable construction, in the actual construction of load-bearing Straw Bale houses in South Africa by the author as the construction manager. The building sector has a major influence on resource use and energy consumption; so has transport and mobility, but in what mutual relation? A Life Cycle Assessment is carried out for the mentioned building project, examining the environmental performance of said Straw Bale construction in terms of embodied energy, using Inventory Tables mostly from Switzerland, corrected with the energy intensity of the national economies. All life cycles from material extraction to building demolition are considered, with a detailing on the construction process and the utilisation stage. The Straw Bale construction is compared to a conventional brick design to assess the influence of this natural building technique. The impact of the building is then compared to the different transport processes to find an order of magnitude for that relation.
dc.language.iso
en
dc.publisher
IVT, ETH Zürich
dc.subject
Sustainable construction
dc.subject
South Africa
dc.subject
Straw Bale
dc.subject
Life Cycle Assessment
dc.subject
Inventory table
dc.subject
Embodied energy
dc.subject
Transport
dc.title
Sustainable construction in South Africa
dc.type
Master Thesis
ethz.title.subtitle
Theoretical and practical analysis of sustainable infrastructure in the case study of the Hawequas Straw Bale Accommodation
ethz.size
78 p.
ethz.publication.place
Zürich
ethz.publication.status
published
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ETH Zürich::00002 - ETH Zürich::00012 - Lehre und Forschung::00007 - Departemente::02115 - Dep. Bau, Umwelt und Geomatik / Dep. of Civil, Env. and Geomatic Eng.::02610 - Inst. f. Verkehrspl. u. Transportsyst. / Inst. Transport Planning and Systems::03521 - Axhausen, Kay W. / Axhausen, Kay W.
ethz.leitzahl
ETH Zürich::00002 - ETH Zürich::00012 - Lehre und Forschung::00007 - Departemente::02100 - Dep. Architektur / Dep. of Architecture::02655 - Netzwerk Stadt und Landschaft D-ARCH::02226 - NSL - Netzwerk Stadt und Landschaft / NSL - Network City and Landscape
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ethz.leitzahl
ETH Zürich::00002 - ETH Zürich::00012 - Lehre und Forschung::00007 - Departemente::02100 - Dep. Architektur / Dep. of Architecture::02655 - Netzwerk Stadt und Landschaft D-ARCH
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ETH Zürich::00002 - ETH Zürich::00012 - Lehre und Forschung::00007 - Departemente::02115 - Dep. Bau, Umwelt und Geomatik / Dep. of Civil, Env. and Geomatic Eng.::02610 - Inst. f. Verkehrspl. u. Transportsyst. / Inst. Transport Planning and Systems::03521 - Axhausen, Kay W. / Axhausen, Kay W.
ethz.date.deposited
2017-06-14T20:19:26Z
ethz.source
ECIT
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imp59364e83040a331004
ethz.ecitpid
pub:66235
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yes
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2017-07-18T17:59:00Z
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2018-11-05T11:33:54Z
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