02150nas a2200241   4500008004100000022001300041245012800054210006900182260000900251300001200260490000700272520127600279653002601555653002101581653002701602653002501629653003801654100002101692700002001713700002301733700002101756856013101777       2018                        eng d  a2210670700aSustainability assessment of brick work for low-cost housing: a comparison between waste based bricks and burnt clay bricks0 aSustainability assessment of brick work for lowcost housing a co  cFEB   a396-4060 v373 aManufacturing of bricks, using clay or fly ash, is one of the major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions as their manufacturing involves utilization of coal and cement. To overcome this limitation, alternative construction materials are developed by author using industrial and agro wastes like cotton mill waste, recycled paper mill waste, and rice husk ash. This work aims at performing a sustainability assessment of burnt clay bricks and bricks made of industrial and agro wastes used for brickwork in a low-cost house. The criteria considered for the assessment are economic, environmental, social, and technical aspects for manufacture of bricks and use of different bricks for brickwork. For the evaluation of environmental criterion, a life cycle assessment (LCA) tool is used. Overall sustainability index (SI) is calculated for alternatives based on the various criteria using MIVES approach. The relative SIs of clay and fly ash bricks, were 0.25 and 0.26, respectively. Overall, bricks made of industrial and agro wastes are found more sustainable with the highest SI for cotton waste bricks (0.94). Sensitivity analysis also confirmed that brickwork from waste based bricks is more sustainable compared to brickwork made from clay brick or fly ash brick.10aLife cycle assessment10aLow cost housing10aMulticriteria decision10aSustainability index10aSustainable construction material1 aJoglekar, S., N.1 aKharkar, R., A.1 aMandavgane, S., A.1 aKulkarni, B., D.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/sustainability-assessment-brick-work-low-cost-housing-comparison-between-waste-based-bricks