Ecological block prototype from construction waste and waste materials to reduce humidity in buildings

Abstract

Currently, the construction industry is one of the main causes of pollution worldwide. Prepare an ecological block from waste materials such as construction debris and give them a second use and natural additives such as nopal mucilage, nejayote and molasses to combat humidity. The quasi-experimental methodology of a quantitative, descriptive type. The prototype of block 1 is the one with the highest axial compression resistance with 72 kg/cm2 and can be used as a load-bearing concrete block and its absorption percentage is under 7%, which shows that waterproof materials such as nopal mucilage and nejayote. In the second prototype with the addition of sawdust and molasses, the resistance to axial compression was not achieved, since it only reached 11 kg/cm2, but it was waterproof with a percentage of 12%.