Score - Sustainable Construction in Rural and Fragile Areas for Energy efficiency
Guidelines for Integrated territorial Planning:
Eco-compatible materials
The philosophy of the use of eco-compatible materials focuses on the philosophy of improving living conditions in terms of consumption and energy efficiency, indoor air quality, health (of users and building) and comfort of use in addition compliance with environmental standards.
These principles are obtained primarily through education for a suitable choice and conscious building materials, which meet the standards in terms of energy and environmental. For certain buildings, particularly dwelling, the requirements are placed also at the level of health and energy efficiency.
The choice of materials is directly related to its closeness to nature and more specifically with the local construction techniques is that construction ancestors.
In Portugal several companies have taken this attitude to market, ensuring quality of construction associated with the use of materials and construction techniques that ensure, on the one hand the reduction of energy consumption through sustainable construction techniques and other improvements in comfort, indoor air quality and quality of life inside buildings.
One of the Portuguese companies that applies this philosophy is located in Alentejo – Betão e Taipa.
The core business of Betão e Taipa is construction and building renovation, involving traditional techniques such as rammed earth, compressed earth blocks, brick or block masonry vaults and reed roofs.
The techniques used by the company are from the point of view of scientific recognition are fully valued as contributing to an improvement in regional buildings and has been the target of several interventions demonstration and national and international exhibitions.
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