Green Technology Concrete Blocks THE IMPORTANCE OF CONCRETE BLOCKS

Concrete blocks used for years to build residential homes and its made of Portland cement, blended cement , various types of aggregates

and water. The need for energy-efficient construction has become increasingly pressing due to global warming effects and rising energy

cost. The building envelope is the interface between the interior of the building and the outdoor environment, including the walls, roof, and

foundation. By acting as a thermal barrier, the building envelope plays an important role in regulating interior temperatures and helps

determines the amount of energy required to maintain thermal comfort. Minimizing heat transfer through the building envelope is crucial for

reducing the need for space heating and cooling. The building envelope can affect the lighting, heating, and cooling needs of the building.

These interactions are important to consider when retrofitting or weatherizing buildings to cut their energy use in the most cost-effective

way.

In conjunction to preparing for the green technology trend an

inventor has developed green technology concrete block for

houses. The concrete block is lightweight with membrane

encasements between. The membrane made of recycled

materials. The membrane acts as a physical barrier to shield and

reduces the heat incident on building wall from being transferred

across the lightweight concrete panels and blocks and entered

into the interior of the building. For hot climate countries like

Malaysia, the membrane encased inside the aerated lightweight

blocks and panels is to impede the heat from outdoors entering

into the building.

This would make sure a relatively cool indoor ambience thus

reducing its reliance on air-conditioning system and

subsequently reducing the total energy consumption of the

building required for comfortable living. In cold climate countries,

it works similarly though in a reverse way by reducing the heat of

the warm air inside the building that might escape and transfer

out of the building. At the same time lightweight aerated

block/panel wall will retard if not prevent the ingress of cold air

(outside the building) into the interior part of the building.

The invention is protected via patent at Malaysia since 2011.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

WHAT’S NEXT?

The inventor would like to speak to companies intrested to bring this product for commercialisation. The technology has conducted by SIRIM for fire resistance test and theremal insulation test.

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COMPETITIVE ADVANATGES

Economical § Construction involving

lightweight concrete wall will reduce overall dead weight of the building and requires a slimmer foundation.

Sustainable Construction § The adition of natural soil to

the technology respresents an almost inexhaustible supply of material.

Green technology § The use of recycled products

old newspaper and discarded waste products.

THE GREEN TECH CONCRETE BLOCKS

The Malaysian building construction market is very competitive

with local companies taking the lead. However, with the recent

onset of ‘green technology’ in Malaysia, more and more foreign

participants are involved in the construction sector especially in

the development of green buildings particularly in technologies

relating to green building, prefabrication practice, smart building

and energy efficient building. The launch of ‘Green Building

Index’ has put Malaysia on the green roadmap and further

development is expected to take place in the coming years. The

construction sector is expected to expand by 5.2% at the end of

2011, supported by the civil engineering segment due to the

implementation of projects under the economic stimulus

packages. The success of the construction industry is

increasingly predicated on technology driven investments in

information technology (IT) and this is expected to be even more

so in the future. (Malaysian-German Chamber of Commerce,

Market Watch 2011)

MARKET POTENTIAL

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the�aerated�lightweight�concrete�block/panel�to�further�greatly�enhance the�heat�and�sound�insulation properties of the product.insulation� properties�of�the�product.

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Membrane-encased aerated lightweight concrete blocksMembrane-encased aerated lightweight concrete blocks

Other�Advantages• Economical

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bl• Sustainable�Construction– In�addition�to�sand,�the�choice�of�natural�soil�materials represents an almost inexhaustiblematerials�represents�an�almost�inexhaustible�supply�of�the�material.

Who Should Use

• Aerated�lightweight�concrete�products�particularly�h bl k l i hi h d d i ll

Who�Should�Use

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• Information�available�to�date�indicated�only�three�company supplies ordinary aerated lightweightcompany�supplies�ordinary�aerated�lightweight�concrete�blocks.�Thus,�as�expected�the�demand�for�this�product�far�exceed the�supply.�

(Figure: Concrete block with membrane enhancement in

between)