Biopositive materials and green technologies in low-rise architecture

Abstract

Nowadays high quality of life, rational nature management and reduction of negative impact on nature, become some of the leading directions of urban planning policy development in the world. Mass construction of low-rise eco-houses worldwide has been the most relevant. The use of biopositive materials provides great savings on labour costs. From 65 to 89% of the population in Western European and North American countries live in low-rise buildings. By 2020 low-rise construction in Russia will be around 70%, while there will be a transition to the integrated development of territories with its own infrastructure. The article discusses biopositive materials and low-cost renewable "green" technologies that are used in low-rise multi-functional architecture. It is shown that biopositive materials such as whole wood, reed, straw, soil, peat, and many others have a positive effect on human and the correlation of its biofield. Also, "green" technologies save energy and material resources throughout the entire life cycle of a building. The article looks at some of the low-cost renewable "green" technologies such as Rammed Earth, Rammed Clay, Earth Bags, Straw Bale constructions, Zonal discharge and others that increase the construction speed and the environmental quality of low-rise multifunctional building architecture.