<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The sustainable building has taken off in recent years with many investors looking for new and different methods of construction. The traditional building materials can be made out of natural materials, while others can help to lower energy costs of the occupant once built. Regardless of what the goal of the investor is, traditional building materials and their use is on the rise. The submitted paper provides an overview of natural building materials and possible modern building systems using these construction materials. Based on the questionnaire survey is defined the use potential of traditional building materials for the realization of the construction by methods of modern constructions and then are determined the drivers and barriers of traditional materials through using modern methods of construction. Considering the analysis of the achieved results, we can identify the gaps in the construction market in Slovakia and also to assess the perception of potential investors in the field of traditional building materials use, which is the purpose of submitted paper.</p></abstract>

The sustainable building has taken off in recent years with many investors looking for new and different methods of construction. The traditional building materials can be made out of natural materials, while others can help to lower energy costs of the occupant once built. Regardless of what the goal of the investor is, traditional building materials and their use is on the rise. The submitted paper provides an overview of natural building materials and possible modern building systems using these construction materials. Based on the questionnaire survey is defined the use potential of traditional building materials for the realization of the construction by methods of modern constructions and then are determined the drivers and barriers of traditional materials through using modern methods of construction. Considering the analysis of the achieved results, we can identify the gaps in the construction market in Slovakia and also to assess the perception of potential investors in the field of traditional building materials use, which is the purpose of submitted paper.

The Use Potential of Traditional Building Materials for the Realization of Structures by Modern Methods of Construction

Civil Engineering Faculty, Institute of Building and Environmental Engineering

Selected Scientific Papers - Journal of Civil Engineering

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The sustainable building has taken off in recent years with many investors looking for new and different methods of construction. The traditional building...

The Use Potential of Traditional Building Materials for the Realization of Structures by Modern Methods of Construction

Online veröffentlicht: 01. Dez. 2015

Seitenbereich: 127 - 138

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sspjce-2015-0024

Schlüsselwörter
natural building material, traditional building material, questionnaire survey, potential, modern methods of construction

© 2015 Marcela Spišáková et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The Use Potential of Traditional Building Materials for the Realization of Structures by Modern Methods of Construction

Online veröffentlicht: 01. Dez. 2015

Seitenbereich: 127 - 138

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sspjce-2015-0024

Schlüsselwörternatural building material, traditional building material, questionnaire survey, potential, modern methods of construction

© 2015 Marcela Spišáková et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
natural building material, traditional building material, questionnaire survey, potential, modern methods of construction