Testing and Characterisation of Earth-based Building Materials and Elements: State-of-the-art Report of the Rilem Tc 274-tce

Jean-Claude Morel is professor at the Centre for the Built and Natural Environment, Coventry University, UK, and also serves as director of research of the French Ministry of Sustainabilty at Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat of Lyon, France.

Domenico Gallipoli is professor at University of Genoa, Italy, and researcher at Institut Supérieur Aquitain du Bâtiment et Travaux Publics, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, France.

Venkatarama Reddy B.V. is professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. His research interests include structural masonry, mechanics of materials, energy in buildings, green buildings, low carbon construction materials, flowable earth mix concrete, geopolymers and recycling solid wastes into construction materials.

Jean-Emmanuel Aubert is professor at Laboratoire Matériaux et Durabilité des Constructions, University Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, France. His research themes are the sustainable and low-impacts construction materials especially in the fields of waste valorization in concrete and road construction, and earthen construction materials.