Enhancement of Lime-Hemp Concrete Properties Using Different Manufacturing Technologies
Proceedings of First International Conference on Bio-based Building Materials 2015
Māris Šinka, Liga Radina, Genādijs Šahmenko, Aleksandrs Korjakins, Diāna Bajāre

The EU directive 2010/31/EU – created to address challenges of global warming and energy dependence – sets goals to reduce CO2 emission levels by 20% till 2020. As primary energy for households and construction industry is one of the largest manufacturers of CO2, a building material that can positively impact both these industries is topical and as such is tested in this paper. A lime-hemp concrete (LHC) is a material with negative CO2 balance, but is widely used only in low-story wood frame buildings and made on site. To achieve the goals set in EU directive a more industrialized product, that can also be used in insulation of existing buildings is needed, so methods of LHC slab and block manufacture are tested in this paper.


Keywords
Lime-hemp concrete, LHC, hemp blocks, reaction to fire, thermal conductivity

Šinka, M., Radina, L., Šahmenko, G., Korjakins, A., Bajāre, D. Enhancement of Lime-Hemp Concrete Properties Using Different Manufacturing Technologies. In: Proceedings of First International Conference on Bio-based Building Materials, France, Clermont-Ferrand, 22-24 June, 2015. Clermont-Ferrand: RILEM Publications, 2015, pp.1-8.

Publication language
English (en)
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