Materials for sustainable sites : a complete guide to the evaluation, selection, and use of sustainable construction materials
- Type:
- boek
- Titel:
- Materials for sustainable sites : a complete guide to the evaluation, selection, and use of sustainable construction materials
- Jaar:
- 2009
- Onderwerp:
- Verkeerswegen en -netten. Wegenaanleg. Floorscaping. Openbare ruimten. Voetgangers. Straatmeubilair. Openbare verlichting
Tuinaanleg. Tuinonderhoud. Tuin- en landschapsarchitectuur: Uitvoeringstechnieken - Taal:
- Engels
- Uitgever:
- Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2009
- Plaatsnummer:
- 711.7 CALK (Kunstenbibliotheek)
- ISBN:
- 9780470134559
0470134550 - Paginering:
- vi, 457 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
- Reeks:
- Wiley book on sustainable design
- Samenvatting:
- This title provides current information on construction materials for sustainable sites. Part one introduces tools, techniques, ideologies and resources for evaluating, sourcing and specifying sustainable site materials. Part two devotes a chapter each to 16 types of materials - both conventional and emerging green materials., Materials for sustainable sites defined -- Background : inputs, outputs and impacts of construction materials -- Evaluating the environmental and human health impacts of materials -- Resource reuse : designing with and specifying reclaimed, reprocessed and recycled-content materials -- Concrete -- Earthen materials -- Brick masonry -- Asphalt pavement -- Aggregates and stone -- Wood and wood products -- Metals -- Plastics and rubber -- Biobased materials / by Ruth Stafford -- Appendix A: Embodied energy and embodied carbon of construction materials by weight -- Appendix B: Health and environmental impacts of hazardous air pollutants and metals related to construction materials.
- Nota:
- boek
- Permalink:
- https://www.cageweb.be/catalog/kub01:000565498
