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Cost Effective & ECO‑Friendly Structures (CE-603 (D)) - Official Syllabus

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Unit 1

Concepts of energy efficient & environment friendly materials and techniques

  • Concepts of energy efficient & environment friendly materials and techniques
  • Cost effective materials :- Soil, Fly ash, Ferrocement, Lime, Fibres, Stone Dust, Red mud, Gypsum, Alternate Wood, Polymer
  • Energy Efficient & Environment friendly building material products:- Walls - Stabilised and sun dried, soil blocks & bricks, Solid & Hollow concrete blocks, stone masonry blocks, Ferrocement partitions
  • Roofs - Precast R.C. Plank & Joists roof, Precast channel roof, Precast L-panel roof, Precast Funicular shells, Ferrocement shells, Filler Slab, Seasal Fibre roof, Improved country tiles, Thatch roof, M.C.R. tile
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Unit 2

Cost effective construction techniques and equipments

  • Techniques :- Rat trap bond construction, Energy Efficient roofings, Ferrocement technique, Mud Technology
  • Equipments :- Brick moulding machine, Stablilised soil block making machine and plants for the manufacturing of concrete blocks, M.C.R. tile making machine, Ferrocement wall panel & Roofing channel making machine, R.C.C. Chaukhat making machine
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Unit 3

Cost effective sanitation

  • Waste water disposal system
  • Cost effective sanitation for rural and urban areas
  • Ferrocement Drains
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Unit 4

Low Cost Road Construction

  • Cost effective road materials, stabilization, construction techniques tests
  • equipment used for construction, drainage, maintenance
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Unit 5

Cost analysis and comparison

  • All experimental materials
  • All experimental techniques
  • Green Building rating systems

Reference Books

  • Alternative Building Materials and Technologies — K S Jagadeesh, B V Venkatta Rama Reddy, K S Nanjunda Rao — New Age International Publishers
  • Integrated Life Cycle Design of Structures — Asko Sarja — CRC Press
  • Non-conventional Energy Resources — D S Chauhan, S K Sreevasthava — New Age International Publishers
  • Buildings How to Reduce Cost — Laurie Backer — Cost Ford
  • Alternative Construction : Contemporary Natural Building Methods — Lynne Elizabeth, Cassandra Adams — Wiley & Sons Australia, Limited, John, 2005
  • Man, Climate, Architecture — Givoni — Van Nostrand, New York, 1976
  • Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery — Charles J. Kibert — John Wiley & Sons, 2005
  • Low Cost, Energy efficient shelter for owner & builder — Eugene Eccli — Rodale Press, 1976
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