Inheritance and Innovation of Ecological Materials from Traditional Buildings in Zhejiang, China

Abstract:

This article engages in a survey on the countryside’s building materials in Zhejiang province, and indicates problems in the new countryside construction during the early 1990s to 2005: on one side, rarely few new materials for energy-conservation is being used; on the other side, traditional materials of local characteristics are abandoned. Therefore, this article indicates a range of materials which make improvement or innovation on traditional ones for the characteristic of Zhejiang rural areas. Then comparison is made between clay brick and these ecological materials. As a result, this guides villagers to improve the indoor thermal comfort and to promote rural economic development without large investment.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 461)
• Pages: 414-417
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.461.414
• Online since: February 2012
• Authors: Dan Hua Ying, Xua Nang Hu, Jian Ge, Dian Xin Jia, Yan Zhu
• Keywords: Advanced Building Materials, Agricultural Waste, Composite Material, Industrial Waste, Inheritance, Innovation, Plant Fiber, Survey, Synthetic Materials, Zhejiang Traditional Building Materials

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