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Assessment of Wall Structures for Reconstruction of Buildings

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Proceedings of EcoComfort 2022 (EcoComfort 2022)

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Reducing energy consumption in the construction sector is important in terms of limiting carbon emissions, saving fossil fuel and reducing the cost of materials. Solving the problem of affordable housing and improving the energy efficiency of the existing stock is urgent in Ukraine. It is achieved in particular by reconstruction with the addition of new floors. This work is devoted to developing an energy-efficient solution for the external wall and evaluating its environmental impact. Several types of wall solutions were analyzed and compared using traditional wall materials, such as ceramic bricks (solid and hollow), porous ceramics, autoclaved aerated concrete and foam concrete in terms of embodied energy and CO2 emissions. The comparison showed that the embodied energy of traditional wall structures is 2.8 times higher than that of energy-efficient building materials, which is caused by high density of ceramic brick and significant energy consumption for its burning. CO2 emissions from ceramic bricks and environmentally friendly aerated concrete are 191 kg CO2/m2 and 70 kg CO2/m2, respectively.

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  1. Department of Building Production, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine

    Uliana Marushchak & Oksana Pozniak

  2. Department of Ecology, Lviv National University of Nature Management, Dubliany, Ukraine

    Oksana Mazurak

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Marushchak, U., Pozniak, O., Mazurak, O. (2023). Assessment of Wall Structures for Reconstruction of Buildings. In: Blikharskyy, Z. (eds) Proceedings of EcoComfort 2022. EcoComfort 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 290. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14141-6_27

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