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INTEGRATED INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS Cost-effective and Sustainable Housing and Buildings

THE GROWING NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING• Increasing gap between the average person’sincome and housing affordability everywhere intheworld.

•Disasters are leaving thousands of families andvulnerable households without a suitable home.Theneed toprovide robustconstructionsystemswhich can increase resilience is a key challengethatsocietyfacestoday.

In developing suitable solutions, several factorsrequirecarefulconsiderationsuchas:

Habitech Center was established in 1988 initiallyasa researchanddevelopmentcenter forbuildingcomponents and technology at the School ofEngineering andTechnology, AIT. Habitech Centerhas been instrumental in enabling sustainableand affordable housing and social infrastructurebuildingsforcommunitiesinThailandandthroughout Asia. This has enabled AIT to accomplishits mission of contributing significantly in thedevelopmentoftheregion.

AIT Solutions andHabitechCenter jointlyworkonprojects related to sustainable, cost-effective, andappropriate infrastructure technologies andtechniques through the extensive experience andcapabilitiesofAITexperts,andthelabsandcenters.

AIT SOLUTIONS/ HABITECH CENTER AT AIT

SERVICES AND PRODUCTS

InterlockingBricks

ConcreteJoist,Doors,Windows

MicroConcretePan&Roofs

Staircase-Stringer&Treads

Sanitary-ConcreteRing&Cover

Manual&HydraulicPress

ManualforJoist,Windows,Doors,MicroConcretePan

&Roofs

MechanicalSieve

HydraulicTestingPress

CapacityBuilding&Training

TechnicalSupport

Research&Development

SiteSurvey

BUILDING SYSTEMS ADDITIONAL SERVICES BUILDING EQUIPMENT

• Reducing the overall construction cost byusingalternativelow-costlocalmaterials

• Developing technologies in a collaborativemannerbyintegratingemploymentgeneration

• Utilizing environmentally friendly and energyefficient processes and procedures andutilizinglow-costbuildingtechniques.

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is one of themany organizations and companies who areprioritizingdevelopmentof innovativesolutionstosupporttheneedforsocialhousing.

KEY ATTRIBUTES OF HABITECH SOLUTION

COMPONENTS AND TECHNOLOGY – A COMPLETE SOLUTION

INTERLOCKING BLOCKS CONCRETE DOOR FRAME CONCRETE WINDOW FRAME CONCRETE JOIST

CONCRETE PANS CONCRETE STRINGER & TREAD MCR TILES SANITARY UNIT

forWalls forWalls forWalls forFloors

for Floors forStaircase forRoofing forToilet

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HABITECH SOLUTION

Innovative Housing

Technology

•Permanentstructure•Community-basedprojects•Locallyavailablematerials

•Earthquakesafe-useofhorizontalandverticalreinforcementinrequiredareas

•Highresistancetowind,hurricanes

•Useslocallyavailablesoil•Generatesemployment

•Weatherresistant/suitableforallclimaticconditions

•Waterresistant•Highcompressivestrength•Nomaintenance•Cementbase

•Substantialcostsaving•Lessconstructiontime•Lowmaintenancecost•Lowproductioncost

•Fasterconstruction•Modular,easeinhandling•Interlocksandselfaligns

HABITECH SOLUTION

PARTNERS

KEY EXPERTS AND RESOURCESTheexpertsatAIT involvedwith thevariousaspectsof thedevelopmentof cost-effective, sustainablebuildingtechnologiesandsystemsgiveinnovativesolutionstothedifferentaspectsoftheprojects.

Professor,StructuralEngineering,SchoolofEngineeringandTechnology,AITPh.D.StructuralEngineering,UniversityofTokyo,Japan

Prof. Pennung Warnitchai

AssociateProfessor,UrbanEnvironmentalManagement,SchoolofEnvironment,ResourcesandDevelopment,AIT,ThailandPh.D.EngineeringandSystemsManagement,UniversityofPittsburgh,UnitedStates

Dr. Vilas Nitivattananon

ExecutiveDirector,AITSolutionsFaculty,StructuralEngineering,SchoolofEngineeringandTechnology,AITPh.D.StructuralEngineering,AIT,Thailand

Dr. Naveed Anwar

AITVicePresidentforAcademicAffairsProfessor,Energy,SchoolofEnvironment,ResourcesandDevelopment,AIT,ThailandPh.D.InstitutNationalPolytechniquedeToulouse(INPT),France

Prof. Sivanappan KumarDirector,HabitechCenterAsianInstituteofTechnology(AIT),ThailandM.Sc.(Civil),M.Sc.UrbanPlanning(LandandHousingDevelopment),AIT,Thailand

Mr. Gyanendra R. Sthapit

AssociateProfessor,RegionalandRuralDevelopment,SchoolofEnvironment,ResourcesandDevelopment,AIT,ThailandPh.D.UniversityofDurham,UnitedKingdom

Dr. Mokbul Morshed Ahmad

Professor,SchoolofEnvironment,ResourcesandDevelopment,AIT,ThailandPh.D.Chemical/EnvironmentalEngineering,InstitutedeGenieChimique,InstitutNationalPolytechnique,Toulouse,France

Prof. Chettiyappan Visvanathan

HabitechMyanmarCenter

HabitechBhutanCenter

HabitechNepalCenter

HabitechNigeriaCenter(ThroughElimProjectSystemsLimited)

TheAsianCenter for EngineeringComputationsand Software (ACECOMS) works in closecoordination with Habitech on softwaredevelopment.

LABORATORIES AND CENTERS

Asian Center for Engineering Computations and Software

Energy

EnvironmentalEngineering

StructuralEngineering

Water Engineering andManagement

WindTunnel

PrashakTechnoEnterprises

DeputyManager,Architecture&Design,AITSolutionsM.Eng.StructuralEngineering,BachelorinArchitectureAsianInstituteofTechnology,Thailand

Engr. Sudiksha Amatya

SELECTED PROJECTS

Where Habitech Technology can be used ?

• ResidentialBuildings• SchoolBuildings• HealthClinics• OfficeBuildings• ResortVillas• Communitybasedprojects

Chumphon Cabana, Resort

The resort consists of three3-storybuildingswitha totalof108roomsanda1,000sqm.multi-purposehall.

Theobjectiveofthisprojectistobuild aprimary school fortheAITcommunity.

AIT International SchoolThailand

Residential BuildingBhutan

The use of soil-cement bricksis getting more and morepopular for the constructionof residential buildings inBhutan.

Theprojectaimstocontributeto the rehabilitation andreconstruction after thetsunami that struck Thailandbyproviding56housingunitsandonecommunitycenter.

Post-Tsunami Rehabilitation ProjectThailand

Demonstration of energy-efficient technologies forcommunitybuildings.

Bandung Low Cost HousingIndonesia

To provide sustainable cost-effective, and appropriateinfrastructure technologiesandtechniquestotheseveralcommunitiesinThailand

Khao Kho Housing ProjectsThailand

Child-Friendly Primary SchoolsMyanmar

Habitechbuilt child-friendlyprimaryschoolsin45remotevillages of Delta areas inAyeyarwady and YangonDivision of Myanmar forvictimsofcycloneNargis.

Primary School BuildingLao PDR, Nepal

To demonstrate the use ofinterlockingsoil-cementbricksfor cost-effective schoolbuildings.

AwardsIn 1994, Habitech Centerwas awarded the MatsushitaMemorial Prize by the JapanHousing Association “inrecognition of excellentachievements in improvinghuman settlements in Asiancountries by promotingresearch and developmentrelatedtotechnologiesforlowcosthousingaswellasprovid-ingeducationalprogramsandfacilities to disseminate theresults of their researchefforts”.

RecognitionTheHabitechBuildingSystemhasbeenrecognizedbytheUnitedNations Human Settlement Program and the internationalcommunity as contributing to housing and economicdevelopment through the transferof technologyandhasbeencompiled on the Habitat Best Practices database for others tolearnfromandincorporateintheirownwork.

“Post-Tsunami Rehabilitation Project” in Thailand was awarded “Best Community Housing Project” for year 2008.

Thailand

Asian Institute of Technology has Intellectual Property Rights on its novel cost- effective sustainable housing technology vide a diverse patent portfolio. The patent applications are filed and maintained by:

PRASHAK TECHNO ENTERPRISESD-101, 10, KASTURKUNJICS COLONY, BHOSALE NAGARPUNE - 411007 INDIA praful.naik@prashak.com

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Postal Address:AIT Solutions, P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani, 12120, Thailand

Street Address:AIT Solutions, Km. 42 Paholyothin Highway, Klong Luang, Pathumthani, 12120, Thailand

Tel : +(662) 524 6388 : +(662) 524 5533 Fax : +(662) 524 6655 E-mail : solutions@ait.asia Website : www.solutions.ait.asia

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