Life Cycle Assessment of Interlocking Compressed Earth Brick and Conventional Fired Clay Brick for Residential House

Abstract

Abstract The conventional fired clay brick (FCB) is a significant building material in the construction industry. However, Besides, the construction field nowadays is designed and constructed without the considerations on the environmental impacts. Thus, the interlocking compressed earth brick (ICEB) was introduced replacing the conventional brick where the brick is not fired, thus contribute to carbon emissions reduction and in line with environmental issues regarding air pollution and global warming. In this paper, a comparative study on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is carried out for a residential house using conventional FCB and ICEB as the wall system by focussing on the global warming potential (GWP) impact. The adoption of the ICEB in green building construction can lower energy consumption and reduce the overall environmental impact and has the potential in carbon footprint reduction.