Bamboo as a sustainable material in the construction industry: An overview

Abstract

Abstract India is the second-biggest producer of bamboo worldwide. The increased dependency on conventional construction materials is held responsible for the degradation of the environment and reduced wood resources, which has led to thought on using bamboo as a substitute for wood and steel. Bamboo is perceived as a sustainable, quickly developing, and crude economic material. The investigation endeavors to legitimize selecting bamboo as an appropriate material for efficient and judicious development and evaluating the literature on how it could be utilized in the construction industry. Bamboo as a composite material can be used for various interior and exterior purposes in buildings like foundation, flyovers, dwellings, multistory buildings, large span structures, and interiors of airports, recreational buildings.