rammed earth presentation
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Narayan AcharayaTBS Green week Presentation3rd April 2017
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Our Story
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Construction company building homes, schools
and hospital from rammed earth.
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Problem of traditional brick industryDestroying Farm Land Child Labor / Poor working
conditions
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Our solutions
Compress earth onsite by hand use earth from the site itself No child labor stable job
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Environmental impact
Avoid use of fossil fuels by
•hand-compressing local earth onsite
•less cement•minimal heating/
cooling/•maintenance
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Socio-cultural impact
•Stable, fair employment
•Skill development •No child labor •Traditional-looking, attractive buildings
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Impact on comfortable living
FeatureRammed
Earth building
Cement/brick pillar system
Thermal insulation
warm in wintercool in
summer
cold in winterhot in
summer
Humidity comfortable year round
humid in monsoon
Earthquake resistance
Earthquake resilient
Often poorly built
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Mix Soil, stone dust and cement Rammed it into a form work When dry the wall/structure stronger than concrete
How webuild houses
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Bayalpata Hospital, Achham district, remote far-west Nepal
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Nayagaun School, Kavrepalanchowk District
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Herb Nepal’s training and farm stay centre, Ashapuri, Bhaktapur
Any Questions?
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Vision
Conserve the environment and provide employment by making safer, healthier,
more comfortable sustainable buildings in Nepal
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So far we have constructed:
• 20 buildings from Rammed Earth (homes/ schools/ hospitals)
• 5 ongoing buildings• 5 buildings in pipeline
Progress Since 2015
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Lets Support beautiful comfortable environmentall friendly buildings in Nepal
Narayan Acharaya
Everyone who is interested is welcome to come and visit to experience the comfort of our buildings for themselves