Comparative Analysis of Water Consumption between AAC Blocks-Gypsum Plaster & Burnt Red Clay Bricks-Sand Cement Plaster

Abstract

Due to growing interest in sustainable development engineers and architects are motivated more than ever before to choose materials that are more sustainable. Brick masonry and sand-cement plaster consume tremendous volume of water both in production and curing. Carbon dioxide emissions in brick manufacturing process had been significant factor to global warming. As Maharashtra facing a severe drought there is shortage of water for construction activities. So there is need to replace this material with AAC blocks and gypsum plaster. This paper gives comparison between water uses in both cases and also gives the quantity of water we can save.