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Construction is an area that should be considered in the context of sustainable development. It is currently responsible for 40-45% of Europe's energy consumption. Our goal is to find a prescription for masonry mortar based volcanic tuff.
Construction is an area that should be considered in the context of sustainable development. It is currently responsible for 40-45% of Europe's energy consumption. Our goal is to find a prescription for masonry mortar based volcanic tuff.
Construction is an area that should be considered in the context of sustainable development. It is currently responsible for 40-45% of Europe's energy consumption. Our goal is to find a prescription for masonry mortar based volcanic tuff.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE EFFICIENCY OF INSULATION
MATERIALS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
Horia CIUCLARU 1* , Luminita MOLNAR 2
1 Department of Civil Engineering and Management. Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. 2 Department of Civil Engineering and Management. Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. * Corresponding author, e-mail: ciuclaru_horia@yahoo.com
Keywords: masonry mortar, thermal insulation, volcanic tuff Introduction: Natural resources crisis and the emergence of various environmental issues and in particular those related to energy saving led to concerns about sustainable development which pursue the needs of the present without degrading the environment and thus to enable future generations to meet their needs. Decreased energy consumption is an important goal of the European Union countries, because fossil fuel reserves are diminishing and the climate changes have given a warning, global warming and the rising of the sea levels increase the possibility of catastrophic climate change that finally will have the effect of life disappearance. Insulating materials should be carefully analyzed according to the impact they have on the environment. During the life cycle some insulation materials can have a negative impact, especially due to the chemical composition or expanded material, which will affect the air and the water quality. Even though the main purpose of insulation is related to reducing energy consumption, it should not be forgotten that the use of materials has an impact on the environment throughout the life cycle of the building. Aims: Construction is an area that should be carefully considered in the context of sustainable development, as it is currently responsible for 40-45% of Europe's energy consumption and the air heating in homes has the highest percentage of all energy activities with a rate of approximately 40-45%. It is assumed that currently over 50% of the buildings in Europe are thermally insulated and if this percentage increased, it would significantly reduce heat loss and energy. Our goal is to find a prescription for masonry mortar based volcanic tuff which replaces the aggregate completely or in some proportion with volcanic tuff. Also we want to replace the sand with volcanic tuff in the cement recipe. This mortar should have also good thermal properties to reduce the insulation requirements of the building. Materials and Methods: volcanic tuff Results: In the paper "Sustainable development and the efficiency of insulating materials and their impact on the environment" we will resume the insulating materials in terms of sustainable development and we will examine the new mortar bassed volcanic tuff in terms of reducing energy consumption during manufacturing and will also specify the thermal advantage . Conclusion: In the present research work we have demonstrated that this new mortar based volcanic tuff has an advantage in terms of energy consumption required to achieve it and also has a thermal advantage.