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In building construction, the energy saving is very important for coming day. Energy saving is closely related with conservation of energy. The consequences of conservation of energy related to efforts reduce to consumption of energy. A certain amount of energy may be saved , when critical thickness of insulation is used in building walls. The purpose of thermal insulation is to keep the indoor temperature constant due to variation of atmospheric temperature. The main aim of mud wall construction is to save considerable amount of energy by providing a more stable temperature and reduces the heat losses through outer boundary of walls. Mud is act as a thermal mass due to it absorbs sun heat during day hours and keep the building warm during night. The energy saving by using mud insulation and straw material for the analysing the mud wall constructed room dimension (10 m x 8 m x 7 m) situated at Ghaziabad near Salimar Garden has been selected. The studies are carried out for varied thickness of insulation mud dung slurry. This study found that mud wall insulation is most economic insulation. In this analysis, it is observed that 51 % of energy is conserved by the application of mud dung slurry insulation for mud wall construction. In our result, 0.068 m optimum thickness of mud wall construction has been calculated, when insulation is used.

Keywords

Energy saving; Mud wall; Heat transfer; Insulation; Thickness

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