Bamboo as a Sustainable Building Material—Culm Characteristics and Properties

Chaowana, Kitti; Wisadsatorn, Supanit; Chaowana, Pannipa

doi:10.3390/su13137376

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“…Smart home technologies can also help people to meet the environmental requirements (for example, to reduce CO 2 emissions or to help households to function at a zero-emission mode) [15,16]. Another way might be the innovative industrial use of biomass (such as bamboo) as key "green" material-this kind of biomass can be used in order to mitigate and reduce the CO 2 emissions [17][18][19].…”

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Impacts of Digital Technologies for the Provision of Energy Market Services on the Safety of Residents and Consumers

2022

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Our paper tackles the topic of the digital technologies (represented by the information and communication technologies (ICT)) and the sustainable transformation and energy safety in households represented by the smart homes and the traditional households using smart appliances, gadgets, as well as smart meters connected to the Internet. The rapid growth and adoption of information and communication technologies, such as computers, mobile devices, sensors, and networks, can seriously affect the ways and amounts of energy used by society on its path toward sustainable development. There is a growing interest in characterizing the net energy impact of ICT as well as the Internet of Things (IoT) that arises from indirect effects that offset (or amplify) the energy directly consumed by ICT equipment. However, the society might need some time to build the trust in these new digital technologies and develop the wide social acceptance for their usage. In order to test these assumptions, we employ an empirical econometric model based on the data obtained from the online survey carried out with the randomly selected respondents (N = 523) from Russian Federation and the four European Union (EU) countries (Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, and Slovakia). Even with regard to the small size of the sample and thence the limitations stemming from that fact, our results demonstrate that familiarity with smart home technologies and the possibility to alter the tariffs and use flexible energy demand increase the safety of residents and consumers. In addition, it appears that energy efficiency is being rewarded, as energy consumption is sensitive to time constraints on supply. Furthermore, we find that respondents’ age (43% of the respondents belonged to the 36–55 age group), positive attitude to smart home technologies and the possibility to exploit the flexibility of demand offered by the variety of energy tariffs during and off-peaks all yield quite strong and positive relationships and correlations with the willingness to accept the smart home technology and the flexibility of demand. At the same time, concerns over personal security or sharing personal data related to energy consumption do not constitute major concerns for the respondents. Our results have some important impacts on the overall strategy for pursuing sustainable economic development and following the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that might be useful for stakeholders and policymakers as well as for the researchers in this field.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Impacts of Digital Technologies for the Provision of Energy Market Services on the Safety of Residents and Consumers

2022

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“…The next step was to calculate the load capacity of the stalk, expressed as the maximum stress, corresponding to the destruction of the test sample during the compres-sion test (Figure 4). The value of the bearing capacity was determined from the equation [57,60,65,[68][69][70][71][72][73][74]:…”

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Values of Selected Strength Parameters of Miscanthus × Giganteus Stalk Depending on Water Content and Internode Number

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So far, there are no results for research on the biomechanical parameters of giant miscanthus stalks taking into account both the influence of moisture content and the internode, from which the samples were taken. Therefore, the aim of the research was to comprehensively investigate the influence of the internode number (NrNod) and water content (MC) on the values of selected biomechanical parameters (modulus of elasticity and maximum stress) determined using various stress tests (three-point bending and compression along the fibers). The research was carried out for dry stalks of different humidities and for different internodes. The results obtained in this study proved that the independent variables of the water content and the internode number cause a statistically significant influence on the values of the examined biomechanical parameters of the miscanthus stem: the modulus of elasticity in compression, the maximum stress in compression, the modulus of elasticity in bending and the maximum stress in bending. The values of the modulus of elasticity (MOE) increase when increasing the NrNod. For individual internodes, MOE values are higher with a higher MC. The values of the maximum stress (σ) also increase when increasing the internode number. For individual internodes, the σ values are lower with a higher MC.

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“…From the different materials available, bamboo-a group of perennial grass with large woody culm encompassing 1662 species with 121 genera-has increasingly attracted attention as an interesting material, including single bamboo fibres and bamboo strips, to replace conventional construction and other materials [5]. Bamboo products have been suggested as having a significant positive environmental impact and distinctive social and economic benefits [6] by calling for innovative approaches to using natural materials, triggering eco-innovation, and promoting the circular economy [7]. The use of bamboo requires creativity and reopening to natural materials, which have been proposed as foundational to the economy of the future as they reflect the changes taking place due to innovative ideas and solutions as well as successive industrial evolution and technological progress [8,9].…”

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Innovative Industrial Use of Bamboo as Key “Green” Material

Borowski

Patuk²,

Bandala

2022

Sustainability

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This study investigates the use of bamboo in different industrial sectors, including construction and energy, to highlight its mechanical properties, resources, and innovative use through information gathered from Ethiopia, Guinea, and Georgia (Caucasus) as study cases. Research shows that bamboo is a common plant and an easily accessible material possessing remarkable characteristics for different applications in different countries. The main goal of this study is to highlight the properties of bamboo that make it an interesting material with applications in several economic branches as a green material positively influencing the environment. The results of this study show a utilitarian use of bamboo in industries where production is based on bamboo or bamboo-related materials and wide possibilities for using bamboo in innovative and creative ways. Bamboo’s mechanical and physicochemical properties are discussed as well as its potential as a raw material for use in composites or for the production and processing of semi-finished products and parts of end devices, all with a view to its positive environmental impact.

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Bamboo as a Sustainable Building Material—Culm Characteristics and Properties

Cited by 53 publications

References 17 publications

Impacts of Digital Technologies for the Provision of Energy Market Services on the Safety of Residents and Consumers

Impacts of Digital Technologies for the Provision of Energy Market Services on the Safety of Residents and Consumers

Values of Selected Strength Parameters of Miscanthus × Giganteus Stalk Depending on Water Content and Internode Number

Innovative Industrial Use of Bamboo as Key “Green” Material

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