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In Chile there is a social-housing deficit that needs to be addressed hopefully with solutions that increase habitability and environmental benefits. This paper addresses the benefits of using Earthbag Building system a possibility for new social housing in Chile. A complete literature review presents details on its widespread use around the world, the motivations and obstacles for Earthbag building system use in Chile. In particular, the results of a case study where the evaluation of sustainable performance of a social house built with Earthbags is compared with conventional construction practices based upon energy, costs and CO 2 emissions. It is concluded that a social Earthbag building performs equally to a Reinforced Brick Masonry House in terms of CO 2 emissions but can save up to 20% energy during its Life Cycle. Most importantly, it has been shown can also bring 49.5% savings in initial investment costs and savings of 38.3% over the Life Cycle Cost as compared to the conventional brick reinforced masonry social house. In Chile, there is a need for a normative framework that allows for guidance on the safe use of the technique in order to be able to fully take advantage of its benefits.

Obstacles and motivations for earthbag social housing in Chile: energy, environment, economic and codes implications