Application of Bamboo in Building Envelope

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the use of bamboo in building industry. It systematically demonstrates bamboös utility in terms of its properties, describing the material properties of typical industrial bamboo products, and discussing their performance evaluation and optimization as building components and in the creation of building envelopes. The book also includes examples of the high-value utilization of bamboo forest resources. Further, it examines how building performance may be affected by conditions such as climate. Including insights from material science, construction design, building physics and building climatology, the book also provides data obtained from technology and market status investigation, laboratory test and the computer simulation.This book appeals to scientists and professionals, as it introduces and tests various bamboo products, demonstrating the advantages and disadvantages for each one. The book is also a valuable resource for civil engineers and students interested in this unique plant material and its application in the building industry.

Dr. Zujian Huang is a postdoctoral fellow at School of Architecture, South China University of Technology, a researcher at State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Building Science (Guangzhou, China), and a visiting scholar at Hygrothermics Department, Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics (Holzkirchen, Germany). His research is focused on building materials and construction, especially the performance-oriented bamboos and their construction techniques. He has performed 6 research projects since 2018, funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China, the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and the China Association for Science and Technology. He has published one monograph, published by Springer in 2019. He was certified as an Active House Alliance verifier in 2018, is a national certified planner of the MOHURD (Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of China), a member of the ASC (Architectural Society of China), and a reviewer of several academic journals.

Introduction.- Material Hygrothermal Properties Test.- Hygrothermal Performance Assessment on Building Component and Enclosed Space.- Building Envelope Hygrothermal Performance Optimization in Hot and Humid Climate Region.- Conclusion.