INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH Wail N. Al-Rifaie et al., Vol.4, No.1, 2014 Ferrocement in Eco-Housing System Wail N. Al-Rifaie *‡, Waleed K. Ahmed **, L.E. Ibraheem ***, H.Y. Al-Samarraie **** *Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Philadelphia University, Amman, Jordan **ERU, College of Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE ***Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Tikrit, Iraq ****SDI Company, Iraq (
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[email protected] Received: 24.12.2013 Accepted: 16.01.2014 Abstract- Urban development is a key consumer of energy, a structural system based on generic services facilities is introduced by Al-Rifaie and prefabricated ferrocement cavity wall and roof panels within the proposed system present a series of possibilities for the solution of building construction at maximum reduction of the electrical energy. The energy required to run the building using the proposed ferrocement construction system and the use of traditional method of construction is determined. It may be concluded that the modern method (ferrocement eco-housing system) is able to produce very energy efficient dwellings. Keywords- Eco-Housing, ferrocement, renewable energy 1. Introduction resource-efficient manner. It is worth noting that green building has been used as a term interchangeable with Urban development is a key consumer of energy, in sustainable building and high performance building. other words, a basic product of environmental pollution and Robichaud and Anantatmula pointed out that there are four therefore, the relationship between several elements such as pillars of green buildings ,i.e.