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Green Building Materials - moladi moladi - Green Building Materials Green Building Materials Embodied Enegrgy: " Embodied energy  is the sum of all the energy required to produce any goods" Refering to the above chart reflecting the energy required to produce a kilogram of raw material in MJ/kg - it is obvious that aluminium consumes the most energy during the production cycle wheras cement per kg is much lower.  The higher the energy cost the higher the cost of product - e.g. Sand to Glass or Bauxite to Aluminium - That is why  moladi   is the most cost effective way to build #green. For more information visit www.moladi.net   Keywords - Green, moladi, building system, echo friendly, wall, thermal, greenwall, Embodied energy, formwork, technology, structures, low cost housing, affordable housing, housing

Embodied Energy in Construction Material-moladi   Embodied Energy in Construction Materials Embodied Energy Embodied Energy is the sum of all the energy required to produce any goods or services, considered as if that energy was incorporated or 'embodied' in the product itself. The concept can be useful in determining the effectiveness of energy-producing or energy-saving devices, or the "real" replacement cost of a building, and, because energy-inputs usually entail greenhouse gas emissions, in deciding whether a product contributes to or mitigates global warming. One fundamental question is: does the device produce more energy or save more energy than it took to make it? Embodied energy is an accounting method which aims to find the sum total of the energy necessary for an entire product life-cycle. Determining what constitutes this life-cycle includes assessing the relevance and extent of energy into raw material extraction, transport, manufacture, assembly, ins...

A case for site-built vs modular homes Prefab is Not The Answer to Affordable, Modern Green Home    by Chad Ludeman Prefab homes seem to be showing up more and more in the media these days, especially with two large exhibits in Philadelphia showcasing their history this year.  Like many, I hoped that prefab would be the answer to bringing modern architecture to the masses in the US and beyond.  I thought that finally, modern home design would be attainable by those of us who aren't pulling in lofty six figure incomes. That was until I conducted extensive research into the possibility of starting a development company in Philadelphia using only prefab homes. Don't get me wrong, I love prefab and many of the firms out there with cutting edge designs in the prefab realm.  There are also a variety of building lessons that can be learned from the prefab methodology.  I just don't believe it is the best w...

A House a day keeps unemployment away A House a day keeps unemployment away A house a day keeps unemployment away When compiling a Project Implementing Plan (PIP) we gather all the information required to streamline the production process. Moladi construction system is capable to produce a shell per day.  The "assembly teams" are trained up and production processes are streamlined to ensure that no "bottle necks" are created in the assembly line (construction process).   The foundation team produces raft foundation or slabs at the rate required and are left to cure for seven days before the superstructure team assembles the formwork or moulds on the foundation.  The formwork is erected in four hours and filled in two. The amount of workers will either increase or decrease depending on the size of the top structure (square meterage of moladi formwork).   The formwork is removed the next day in two hours and re-erected on the next foundation. T...