Material conservation strategies

Strategies for conserving Construction materials

There are many type of materials that use in construction industry. There are mainly three categories.

1.       Building materials

2.       Energy sources

3.       Water

When using these materials, there are several drawbacks due to different reasons. Scarcity of resource is the main problem. Then there can be damages during the extraction of materials. Wastages of materials due to different causes is also another problem. So that to overcome these situations, we can use following strategies

I.                     3R concept

II.                   Local material usage

III.                 Usage of renewable resources

These concepts can be further explain using following examples related to construction industry.

Material	Usage	Resource	Strategy
Steel	·Formworks ·Reinforcements ·Steel buildings	Iron Ore Copper	Reuse Durable Local material
Cement	· Concrete buildings · Construction of different building elements	Limestone Gypsum Clay	Reduce Durable Local material
Glass	· In different building elements · Use to receive more lightings · Partition walls	SiO2	Recyclable
Wood	· Formworks · Roof structures · Doors and windows · Partition walls	Trees	Reduce Durable Local material
Water	· To prepare concrete · For various construction purposes	Water	Renewable resource Recyclable Reduce

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