Better environmental practices in terms of processes and products are becoming a major issue. Construction technologies focused on the production of social housing can contribute to reduce the housing demand. This paper focuses on identifying construction processes based on concepts of sustainability and their influence on technological, economic, social, and environmental aspects of social housing construction. Used mostly in suburbs and rural areas for single family dwellings, elements of the building envelope such as walls and roofs made of rammed earth are analyzed. The objective of this paper is to contribute to new technological and sustainable approaches based on the use of soil, also considering appropriate technologies in social sustainability. Copyright © 2011 IAHS.
