The Construction of Green Building
Using Interlocking Brick System
Abdul Karim Mirasa and Chee-Siang Chong
Abstract Campus sustainability intends to minimize the negative effects that impact
on their resources, while fulfils the activities of the universities for assisting the society in transition as the sustainable lifestyles. Since the activities of universities require
many structures and the construction projects inevitably cause unfriendly effects on
the environment, this research aims to investigate the effectiveness of interlocking
brick system in reducing the energy consumption. In this research, a single-storey
building had been built-up to validate the sustainability of the interlocking brick in
constructing the green campus. By implementing the reinforced concrete construction method, it has found that about 1356.28 kg cement is needed to construct the
required beams and columns. The invented interlocking brick system has avoided
the exhaustion of 1356.28 kg cement and thus, saved 5.425 GI energy depletion,
reduced 1.35-ton greenhouse gases emission and eliminated the formwork consumption. Moreover, this system is also proved to be competent in taking the essential
role as load-bearing system of a building.
1 Introduction
Campus sustainability has drawn global attention, especially from the planners and
policymaker of the university as perceiving the consequences that the activities of
universities have bought on the environment (Alshuwaikhat and Abubakar 2008).
According to Velazquez et al. (2006), a sustainable campus is defined as a whole
or a part of higher education institution, which addresses, promotes and involves
the actions of limiting the negative effects (in terms of environmental, economic,
societal and health) that impacts their resources, while fulfil the activities of teaching,
research, outreach, partnership and stewardship for assisting the society to transition
as the sustainable lifestyles. Universities, which can be termed as “small cities”,
generally require numerous building structures to carry out a wide range of teaching,
A. K. Mirasa (B) · C.-S. Chong
Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah,
88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
e-mail: irdrakm@gmail.com
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
A. Z. Yaser (ed.), Green Engineering for Campus Sustainability,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7260-5_4
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Using Interlocking Brick System
Abdul Karim Mirasa and Chee-Siang Chong
Abstract Campus sustainability intends to minimize the negative effects that impact
on their resources, while fulfils the activities of the universities for assisting the society in transition as the sustainable lifestyles. Since the activities of universities require
many structures and the construction projects inevitably cause unfriendly effects on
the environment, this research aims to investigate the effectiveness of interlocking
brick system in reducing the energy consumption. In this research, a single-storey
building had been built-up to validate the sustainability of the interlocking brick in
constructing the green campus. By implementing the reinforced concrete construction method, it has found that about 1356.28 kg cement is needed to construct the
required beams and columns. The invented interlocking brick system has avoided
the exhaustion of 1356.28 kg cement and thus, saved 5.425 GI energy depletion,
reduced 1.35-ton greenhouse gases emission and eliminated the formwork consumption. Moreover, this system is also proved to be competent in taking the essential
role as load-bearing system of a building.
1 Introduction
Campus sustainability has drawn global attention, especially from the planners and
policymaker of the university as perceiving the consequences that the activities of
universities have bought on the environment (Alshuwaikhat and Abubakar 2008).
According to Velazquez et al. (2006), a sustainable campus is defined as a whole
or a part of higher education institution, which addresses, promotes and involves
the actions of limiting the negative effects (in terms of environmental, economic,
societal and health) that impacts their resources, while fulfil the activities of teaching,
research, outreach, partnership and stewardship for assisting the society to transition
as the sustainable lifestyles. Universities, which can be termed as “small cities”,
generally require numerous building structures to carry out a wide range of teaching,
A. K. Mirasa (B) · C.-S. Chong
Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah,
88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
e-mail: irdrakm@gmail.com
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
A. Z. Yaser (ed.), Green Engineering for Campus Sustainability,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7260-5_4
35