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Examining the environmental impacts of materials and buildings / edited by Blaine Erickson Brownell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brownell, Blaine Erickson, 1970- author.
- 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:
- 23 PDFs (358 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Engineering Science Reference
- Hershey, Pennsylvania : IGI Global, [2020]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- This book provides emerging research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of ecological performance within modern building design and materials-based construction. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as life cycle assessment, material flows analysis, and sustainability, this book is ideally designed for architects, civil engineers, construction professionals, environmentalists, ecologists, business practitioners, scientists, policymakers, designers, researchers, and academicians seeking research on current trends in environmental performance within building design.
- 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:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781799824282
- 1799824284
- OCLC:
- 1145363075
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