Dr. Nemcsics Ákos:
A földből való építkezés néhány aspektusa

Using earth as building material is the most ecological way to build. As a building material the earth is versatile and has a number of advantageous properties, such as the temperature and humidity compensation that is the natural air conditioning. The subject of this paper is to describe these properties and also the history of the technology using earth as building material. As a problem linked to the earth built houses, we have to deal with the danger of radioactivity level given out by the natural radon content of the earth. The possible protection from the radiation is described. The paper is concluded with an ecological aspect of the subject.