Eco-efficient construction and building materials
Eco-efficient Construction and Building Materials provides essential reading about materials for the construction industry in the twenty-first century. It covers the latest findings in the field, especially the toxicity aspects, embodied energy, construction and demolition wastes, the use of wastes in concrete, masonry units, materials reinforced with vegetable fibres, earth construction, the durability aspects, and also the importance of nanotechnology to the development of more environmentall…
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- Full title :Eco-efficient construction and building materials / Fernando Pacheco Torgal, Said Jalali.
Summary
Eco-efficient Construction and Building Materials provides essential reading about materials for the construction industry in the twenty-first century. It covers the latest findings in the field, especially the toxicity aspects, embodied energy, construction and demolition wastes, the use of wastes in concrete, masonry units, materials reinforced with vegetable fibres, earth construction, the durability aspects, and also the importance of nanotechnology to the development of more environmentally-friendly materials. Based on more than nine hundred references, Eco-efficient Construction and Building Materials is of fundamental importance to academics, engineers and architects who are dedicated to the creation of a greener and more holistic construction industry.
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- Publication Date:©2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Springer-Verlag
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (viii, 247 pages) : : illustrations, maps
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780857298928, 0857298925
- oclc:ocn748781414
- LC Classification:TH880
- Dewey Decimal:720.47
Table of Contents
Toxicity of construction and building materials -- Energy -- Construction and demolition (C & D) wastes -- Binders and concretes -- Masonry unitsCement composites reinforced with vegetable fibres -- Earth construction -- Durability of binder materials -- Nanotechnology achievements -- Selection process.
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