Energy Sustainability of Rural Residential Buildings with Bio-Based Building Fabric in Northeast China

Yin, Xunzhi; Yu, Jiaqi; Dong, Qi; Jia, Yuling; Sun, Cheng

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“…Straw residues are potential sources of organic carbon and plant nutrients to improve soil organic matter dynamics, nutrient cycling, and the soil's physical environment. Compared with burning, cutting the straw and sending it back to the fields directly can avoid environmental pollution [37]. Meanwhile, all nutrients contained in the straw can be sent back to the soil in this way.…”

Section: Reducing Construction Waste and The Environmental Impactmentioning

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“…This improvement is particularly advantageous given the average space heating demand of 140 kWh/m 2 /year for existing housing stocks in the UK [56]. Furthermore, Yin et al ( 2020) proposed an evaluation of energy sustainability of the buildings with straw-bale walls in China s rural areas, and the results showed that applying such structures can lower thermal consumption by 45.82-204.07 kWh/m 2 /year and reduce coal consumption by over 40% (Figure 4) [37].…”

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Promoting Circular Economy of the Building Industry by the Use of Straw Bales: A Review

Li,

Guo,

et al. 2024

Buildings

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Over the past decade, the concept of a circular economy has increasingly gained attention as a framework for guiding businesses and policymakers. Given its significant environmental impact, the building industry plays a pivotal role in the transition toward a circular economy. To address this, our review proposes a bio-based building material, specifically straw bale, which elaborates on the circularity of bio-based buildings based on the 3R principles of a circular economy: reduce, reuse, and recycle. In terms of the “reduce” principle, straw-bale buildings can reduce construction waste, the environmental impact, energy requirements, and carbon emissions. Regarding the “reuse” principle, straw-bale buildings utilize agricultural waste resources and are easily disassembled due to their prefabrication. As for the “recycle” principle, straw-bale buildings can undergo physical, biological, and biochemical conversion processes (thermochemical conversion), yielding both wooden composite boards and potential biogas and biomass fuels for electricity and heating. This study evaluates the contribution of straw packaging construction and the use of straw as a raw material, using the 3R principles to determine future research opportunities for the construction industry to achieve a circular economy. The results of this study offer circular economy solutions and interdisciplinary research insights for researchers and practitioners interested in the building environment.

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Section: Reducing the Energy Requirementmentioning

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Promoting Circular Economy of the Building Industry by the Use of Straw Bales: A Review

Li,

Guo,

et al. 2024

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“…Yin et al examined the energy sustainability of bio-based wall construction through applications in rural residential buildings in northeast China. They highlighted the effectiveness of bio-based wall construction in reducing heating energy requirements and can solve the problem caused by straw burning in northeast China [15]. These studies are typically based on a specific region to investigate the applicability of a particular technology, highlighting the significance of geographical factors in technology adaptation.…”

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“…(8) Type M utilizes the debris of dismantled old buildings or commonly used rural materials on the visible surface, adopting materials as carriers of memory and inheriting the collective consciousness that is contained within them (Appendix M). (15) Type N draws on abundant local natural resources in a perceptible way to construct buildings, showcasing the unique natural characteristics of the local area (Appendix N). ( 8)…”

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Locally Based Architectural Construction Strategies in Rural China: Textual Analysis of Architects’ Design Thinking

Chen

Kitagawa

2023

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The distinctive constraints and opportunities present in rural China underscore the importance of exploring sustainable architectural construction models in such areas. Architects engaged in rural projects have contributed design thinking that incorporates construction operations in response to local elements, resulting in significant benefits for the sustainability of rural construction. This study investigates these design approaches as locally based architectural construction strategies and seeks to identify their latent wisdom as a reference for future practices through the textual analysis of 63 articles showcasing outstanding architectural design in rural China. By organizing related design thinking with respect to three key elements, extracting these elements, and analyzing their correlations from the textual descriptions, 14 types of locally based architectural construction strategies are identified. Via analysis and discussions of these types, this research identifies the paramount concerns in Chinese rural architectural practices as revolving around fundamental issues of technology, livability, and aesthetics. These fundamental issues emphasize different kinds of sustainability—the pursuit of sustainability in local-based rural construction activity through diverse technological explorations, environmental sustainability through special building envelope designs, and cultural sustainability through the establishment of new local rural aesthetics with material and other visible expressions.

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“…Relying on the research on the driving factors of urban construction land, scholars have divided the driving factors of rural residential land into socio-economic factors, transportation accessibility factors, and natural environmental factors [22,23]. In particular, the level of socio-economic development has affected the size of rural residential land, especially in the economically developed eastern coastal areas where the growth rate of rural residential land is much higher than that in the western regions [24]. The rapid expansion of rural residential land near the city is more prominent than that in remote mountainous areas.…”

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Spatiotemporal Evolution and Transformation Regulation Strategies of Rural Residential Land on the Grand Canal (China)

Li,

Chu

2024

Land

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Land use is an embodiment of human socio-economic activities and represents a bridge between these activities and natural systems. Rural residential land represents a space for rural residents to reside in and exhibits spatial characteristics that evolve over time, which is proof of rural socio-economic development. As one of the most developed regions in China, cities along the Beijing–Hangzhou Canal experienced significant changes in rural residential land use from 1990 to 2020. This paper analyses the spatial differentiation of rural residential land in 21 cities on the Grand Canal. Then, it explores the driving factors of this land using spatial grid analysis and the geographic detector model. According to the spatial differentiation characteristics and the driving factors of rural residential land, the study proposed an improved potential model for rural residential land improvement. Lastly, it proposes three different forms of rural residential land based on the results. The study found that (1) the change in rural residential land in the northern part of the Grand Canal was more volatile than that in the southern part. The change in rural residential land from 1990 to 2020 conformed to the pattern of cultivated land–rural residential land–urban construction land. (2) Based on the driving factors of rural residential land, the land is divided into one-dimensional cities, two-dimensional cities, and three-dimensional cities. Circular, linear, and scattered cities of different sizes were affected by socio-economic factors, transportation accessibility, and the natural environment, respectively. (3) Based on the potential scale of rural residential land consolidation, different types of development strategies were proposed through research, including constructing large-scale villages, relocating and reconstructing new villages, and constructing high-quality villages, respectively. Enhancing the scientific planning of rural residential land and its efficiency and tapping into the potential of land consolidation can offer the protection of agricultural land and the integration of urban and rural areas in the new era.

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Energy Sustainability of Rural Residential Buildings with Bio-Based Building Fabric in Northeast China

Cited by 10 publications

References 48 publications

Promoting Circular Economy of the Building Industry by the Use of Straw Bales: A Review

Promoting Circular Economy of the Building Industry by the Use of Straw Bales: A Review

Locally Based Architectural Construction Strategies in Rural China: Textual Analysis of Architects’ Design Thinking

Spatiotemporal Evolution and Transformation Regulation Strategies of Rural Residential Land on the Grand Canal (China)

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