Glass Fibre Reinforced Gypsum (GFRG) as an Emerging Technology

A well-planned and socially inclusive city provides an unprecedented opportunity to transform its challenges like urbanization, management of infrastructure, etc. to a smooth sustainable transformation. The implementation a material technology like Glass Fibre Reinforced Gypsum (GFRG) in construction also links itself to the important Sustainable Development of providing affordable housing for all (besides its other possible applications). This technology involve greater thought in planning and rapid construction of quality eco-friendly homes. Thus, weighing the advantages, uses, and shortcomings of this gypsum composite material through key governing attributes, the technical, economic, and social implications of this perspective solution for mainstream construction challenges were theoretically discussed. Further, the reasons for its limited practice in the Indian industry, user satisfaction, and challenges in the incorporation of this technology were also studied and compared with the conventional methods of construction in our point of view.