Aerocon Bricks

Abstract

Various low-cost housing projects are considered by a growing demand chiefly due to urbanisation. The collection of building materials should chance the requirements of local conditions to enhance quality of life for the most needed ones by building new structures and/or by improving existing structures.
Various studies showed that a big variety of wall materials have been used in different building systems with traditional and modern construction methods, but only few of them (extruded clay bricks, hollow concrete blocks) have successfully been implemented in low-cost housing projects. The existing era of real estate has grown, and the clay bricks and mortar are substituted with alternative construction materials like aerocon bricks. Countless properties in India are built with aerocon bricks and the method is rapidly flourishing. Some alternatives materials have already been used as a part of natural sand e.g. M-sand, fly-ash, slag limestone and siliceous stone powder are used in concrete mixtures as a partial replacement of natural sand. Thousands of tonnes of fly ash are generated by thermal power plants every day and its disposal is a cause of concern. Moreover, using fly ash does not harm the environment at all.
Using fly ash takes care of issues connected to disposal of fly ash. Therefore, by using fly ash to harvest AAC products provides a sustainable, economic and environment friendly option. At last, it all interprets to a better world for future generations. The main objective of this paper is to give detailed study on low cost building using aerocon bricks.