Thermal Comfort Of Global Model Earthship In Various European Climates

Freney, Martin; Soebarto, Veronica; Williamson, Terence

doi:10.26868/25222708.2013.1137

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“…In recent years, research studies in low-rise tyre wall houses built of TESEs have proved that tyre wall houses have excellent architectural performance [22][23][24][25]. For instance, the tyre wall houses require little to no energy to heat and cool in various climates.…”

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Investigation on Civil Engineering Application of Tyre Encased Soil Element: Laboratory Direct Shear Test and Supply Chain Analysis

Zhuge

Rahman

et al. 2022

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The reuse of end-of-life (EOL) tyres as earth reinforcement materials in civil engineering projects have been studied for decades. Entire EOL tyres infilled with compacted soil can form segmental tyre encased soil elements (TESEs) with considerable load-bearing capacity. The TESEs can be used to construct structures like low-rise buildings, railway foundations and geotechnical structures. One of the most important aspects of TESE systems, i.e., the shearing interaction between neighbouring units is not yet well understood. In this study, thirty-six laboratory tests have been conducted to investigate the response of TESEs under intercourse shear actions. This was followed by a supply chain environment and economic analysis to investigate the acceptability of the system. The results revealed that the type of encased soil had more effect on the interface interactions between courses of TESEs compared to the TESEs’ construction pattern. It was also found that the frictional coefficient could be increased by either using coarse and angular aggregates as the encased soil or reducing the amount of the encased soil to form a high portion of rubber-to-rubber contact at the composite interface. Supply chain environment and economic analysis revealed that using entire tyres as construction materials has low CO2 emission and considerable economic benefits.

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Investigation on Civil Engineering Application of Tyre Encased Soil Element: Laboratory Direct Shear Test and Supply Chain Analysis

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Rahman

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“…Many different approaches exist to achieve this goal, one of which is the 'Earthship', invented by architect Michael Reynolds based in Taos, New Mexico, USA. An Earthship is an earth-sheltered autonomous house made substantially from reused and re-cycled materials such as earth-filled car tyres for the load bearing walls providing a significant thermal mass effect, and glass bottles and aluminium cans as 'bricks' in non-load bearing walls (Freney, Soebarto & Williamson, 2013A). An equator-facing greenhouse provides passive heating, and the designs often use earth tubes for passive cooling and heating (Freney, Soebarto & Williamson, 2013B).…”

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Investigating the Impact of Earth Tubes in an Earthship

Soebarto¹,

Williamson²,

Freney³

2017

Building Simulation Conference Proceedings

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This paper presents a sensitivity analysis that explores the impact of design and operational factors on the performance of 'earth tubes' as a 'passive' cooling and heating strategy built into an Earthship dwelling located in South Australia. Earth tubes are pipes buried underground acting as heat exchangers to deliver fresh air to the internal spaces, which is cooled in summer and warmed in winter. The results show that the air flow and temperature in the earth tubes was sensitive to how the dwelling was being operated. Through simulations, the ideal scenarios of operating the dwelling in summer and winter in this location as well as in the climate where the Earthship concept was invented, i.e. Taos, New Mexico, are reported. Lessons learned from the study will help those who consider implementing earth tubes in their buildings.

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Experimental study on the mechanical performance of tyre encased soil elements for structural wall applications

Karim

Freney

et al. 2023

Case Studies in Construction Materials

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Thermal Comfort Of Global Model Earthship In Various European Climates

Cited by 10 publications

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Investigation on Civil Engineering Application of Tyre Encased Soil Element: Laboratory Direct Shear Test and Supply Chain Analysis

Investigation on Civil Engineering Application of Tyre Encased Soil Element: Laboratory Direct Shear Test and Supply Chain Analysis

Investigating the Impact of Earth Tubes in an Earthship

Experimental study on the mechanical performance of tyre encased soil elements for structural wall applications

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