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Examining the environmental impacts of materials and buildings / edited by Blaine Erickson Brownell.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Building materials--Environmental aspects.
- Building materials.
- Construction and demolition debris--Environmental aspects.
- Construction and demolition debris.
- Architecture--Environmental aspects.
- Architecture.
- Sustainable construction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (23 PDFs (358 pages))
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- Hershey, Pennsylvania (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA) : IGI Global, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Section 1. Embodied impact. Chapter 1. The embodied impact of existing building stock ; Chapter 2. Building codes don't measure up: a case for urban material performance standards ; Chapter 3. Teardown index: emissions of single-family homes in vancouver
- Section 2. Material topics. Chapter 4. Toxicity in architectural plastics: life-cycle index of human health in building (LCI-HHB) ; Chapter 5. Green charcoal: developing biodegradable construction materials for a circular economy ; Chapter 6. Fluid matters: the water footprint of building materials
- Section 3. Expanded frameworks. Chapter 7. Life-cycle assessment-based environmental performance targets for buildings: what is next? ; Chapter 8. Social life-cycle assessment for building materials ; Chapter 9. Improving the weather: on architectural comforts and climates ; Chapter 10. Post-normal material practice: "building" as inquiry.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Hershey, Pa. Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on title screen (IGI Global, viewed 03/19/2020).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 1799824284
- 9781799824282
- Publisher Number:
- 99983992317
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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