The document discusses bamboo as a sustainable building material. Some key points: 1) Bamboo is a versatile grass that grows quickly and replenishes itself, making it a renewable resource. It can be used as an alternative to concrete, steel, or wood depending on the application. 2) Bamboo has advantages like high strength, flexibility, cost effectiveness, and environmental benefits like releasing more oxygen than trees and sequestering carbon. 3) In India, bamboo is widely used in industries like paper, construction materials, composites, textiles, and home accessories. It can play an important role in green building.

1. FACILITY PLANNING STUDIO
Green building materials (Bamboo)
By:
Vinay. M
(080532)

2. INTRODUCTION…
Bamboo is one of the most amazingly
versatile and sustainable building materials available.
Ecologically viable alternative to timber for construction.
Materials that are used in green design are always
assessed for their environmental impact. Bamboo can
replace concrete, steel or wood, depending on the situation
and the application.

3. WHAT IS BAMBOO?
 Bamboo is a grass, not a wood.
 Extensive root system constantly
growing underground Replenishes
itself naturally.
 Grows naturally in biologically diverse
forests throughout southeast Asia,
South and Central America, and the
Caribbean

4. WHY USE BAMBOO?
 Bamboo stands release 35% more oxygen
than equivalent stands of trees.
 Some bamboo even sequester up to 12 tons
of carbon dioxide from the air per hectare.
 Bamboo can also lower light intensity and
protects against ultraviolet rays.
 It is very easy, affordable, and profitable for low
income communities to grow and use bamboo. That
is why sometimes it is known as
"poor man's timber"

5. CHARACTERISTICS…
 Bamboo is one of the strongest building
materials, tensile strength is 28,000 pounds
per square inch versus 23,000 pounds per
square inch for steel.
 Diverse species makes bamboo adaptable to
many environments.
 Bamboo tolerates extremes of precipitation,
from 30-250 inches of annual rainfall.

6.  Growing with strength and speed
 Protects the environment
 Saving rainforests
 Renewable resource
 Exquisite component of design

7. BAMBOO IN INDIA…
 The major user of bamboo in India is paper industry, which
consumes sizeable proportion of the total annual bamboo
production.
 Bamboo as Building Materials.
 Bamboo Composite & engineered structure.
 Bamboo textiles.
 Home accessories.
 In asia india second richest country in production of
bamboo after china.

8. FEW BAMBOO DISTRIBUTION CENTERS…

9. BAMBOO-ITS ROLE….
 Impact on environment and society.
 Future scenarios of global bamboo.
 Bamboo as structural usage.

10. ROLE OF BAMBOO IN GREEN BUILDING…
 Bamboo in green design
 Structural bamboo
 Cost-effective
 Housing with bamboo

11. HOUSING WITH BAMBOO…
 It has strength, flexibility and versatility and
therefore it is a suitable material for practically
every part of the house.
 It is very economical because it is a local product.
 Bamboo has a very attractive color tone and its skin
is very smooth, it does not need to be polished.
 The construction using bamboo can be combined
with other materials such as wood, metal and
others.

12. Bamboo from rolling mat to walk way
bridge….

13. Flooring, fencing, shoe rack,
furniture made of bamboo.

14. ADVANTAGES…
 Bamboo is a light material.
 Easy to store and transport.
 Bamboo has fibers which helps to cut it with very
simple tools.
 Bamboo continues as the top material for
construction because of its price.
 It does not need to be polished.
 The construction using bamboo can be combined
with other materials such as wood, metal and
others.

15. DISADVANTAGE S:
 One major disadvantage of bamboo is its poor
resistance to fungi and bacteria.
 Without preservative treatment and proper use, the
material has a very short life.