Opportunities for improved sustainability in house building: The case of Dar es Salaam

Raine Isaksson and Oluwayomi Babatunde

African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 2019, vol. 11, issue 4, 457-463

Abstract: The combination of a growing population and economic development in Africa will form strong drivers for building growth. Buildings drive energy consumption and carbon emissions. On the material side, cement is the driver for cost and carbon emissions. A cement productivity index is proposed. Results from a case study in Dar es Salaam show that cement is poorly used in the main application of sandcrete blocks. The relative cement productivity is

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/20421338.2017.1409456

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