ASSESSMENT OF PRACTITIONERS AWARENESS ON THE APPLICATION OF COMPRESSED EARTH BRICK AS A WALL MATERIAL IN NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA
Keywords:
compressed earth brick, north-western Nigeria, professional architects, sustainable building material, wall material.Abstract
The study was designed to assess professional Architects' awareness of the use of compressed earth brick
(CEB) as a sustainable wall material in North-Western Nigeria for decades, most parts of the world have
used the earth as a building material for various structures. Earth material was well-known for its numerous
long-term benefits. Therefore, this study aims to assess professional Architects awareness on the use of
C.E.B as a wall materials for buildings. To collect data, a cross-sectional online survey design was used.
The data was analysed using descriptive statistics and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) on SPSS 25 software
package. The ANOVA results were evaluated using a 5% significance level. results shows that Architects
are aware of the use of C.E.B as a sustainable wall material because the mean scores of the level of
awareness on the use of C.E.B. is greater than 3 (>3) out of the five (5) possible scores. Also, there is no
significant difference in professional Architects' awareness based on their educational qualifications p
value (0.091) is greater than the alpha value of 0.05). Similarly, there is no significant difference based on
their years of experience p-value (0.740) is greater than the alpha value of 0.05). These spark the need
for government policies and professional bodies to enlighten the general public.
