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dc.creatorCataldo-Born, Matías; Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
dc.creatorAraya-Letelier, Gerardo; Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
dc.creatorPabón Pereira, Claudia; Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
dc.date2017-02-04
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-03T12:19:39Z
dc.date.available2019-05-03T12:19:39Z
dc.identifierhttp://revistadelaconstruccion.uc.cl/index.php/rdlc/article/view/536
dc.identifier.urihttp://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/83828
dc.descriptionIn Chile there is a social-housing deficit that needs to be addressed hopefully with solutions that increase habitability and environmental benefits. This paper addresses the benefits of using Earthbag Building system a possibility for new social housing in Chile. A complete literature review presents details on its widespread use around the world, the motivations and obstacles for Earthbag building system use in Chile. In particular, the results of a case study where the evaluation of sustainable performance of a social house built with Earthbags is compared with conventional construction practices based upon energy, costs and CO2 emissions. It is concluded that a social Earthbag building performs equally to a Reinforced Brick Masonry House in terms of CO2 emissions but can save up to 20% energy during its Life Cycle. Most importantly, it has been shown can also bring 49.5% savings in initial investment costs and savings of 38.3% over the Life Cycle Cost as compared to the conventional brick reinforced masonry social house. In Chile, there is a need for a normative framework that allows for guidance on the safe use of the technique in order to be able to fully take advantage of its benefits.en-US
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherPONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILEen-US
dc.relationhttp://revistadelaconstruccion.uc.cl/index.php/rdlc/article/view/536/147
dc.sourceRevista de la Construcción. Journal of Construction; Vol 15, No 3 (2016): Revista de la Construcción. Journal of Construction; 17-26en-US
dc.source0718-915X
dc.source0717-7925
dc.titleObstacles and motivations for Earthbag Social-Housing in Chile: energy, environment, economic and codes implicationsen-US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.typePeer-reviewed Articleen-US


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