Biodegradable facade component

Biodegradable facade component

Ligthart, T.A.

Klein, T. (mentor)
Veer, F.A. (mentor)

Architecture and The Built Environment

Facade design

2015-07-02

The major advantages of using biodegradable materials, is that the energy consumption can be decreased by 20 percent, compared to currently used material. For this reason these materials are used in different industries like in the fashion industry, the furniture industry, as packaging industry and in the building industry. The building industry is the biggest user of energy consumption worldwide. Yet the use of biodegradable materials in the building industry is low. This is attributable to the limited knowledge of how to implement these materials in the industrialised building industry. The hypothesis in this thesis is that a façade component with a high level of production and industrialisation will solve this limited use of biodegradable materials in the façade industry. By putting the focus on one product, in this case straw, the research can be done more in detail. It will focus on existing production techniques, the function as a building material, the properties of the material, and also its shortcomings. Based on recommendations and improvements at predetermined criteria, the straw elements are compared to the case study. This will show the possibilities of this material in the façade building industry and to be able to convince the building industry of the potential of this material in the building industry. The main goal is to enhance the use of straw and other biodegradable materials in the building industry.

biodegradable
industrialisation
product level
straw
facade components

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Student theses

master thesis

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