Résumé
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of ecology in building
- Learn about alternative building materials and how to use them
In a time when environmental labelling is becoming increasingly popular and the producers of building materials are urged to be more environmentally aware, it is obviously important that we are acquainted with these alternatives.
Important issues discussed in this book include:
Can raw materials from non-renewable sources be replaced
with raw materials from widely available or non-depletable
sources?
Can environmentally friendly chemicals replace
environmentally damaging ones?
Can the make-up of building materials be altered so that
individual components can be re-used?
A clear interpretation of complicated Life Cycle Analysis issues and vital guidance are given to specifiers confronted with a plethora of manufacturers' environmental claims.
Contents
- Author's foreword
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Resources 3
- 2 Pollution 25
- 3 Local production and the human ecological aspect 43
- 4 The chemical and physical properties of building materials 53
- 5 Water and air 65
- 6 Minerals 69
- 7 Stone 107
- 8 Loose materials 117
- 9 Fossil oils 141
- 10 Plants 157
- 11 Materials of animal origin 179
- 12 Industrial by-products 183
- 13 Structural materials 189
- 14 Climatic materials 243
- 15 Surface materials 307
- 16 Building components 375
- 17 Fixings and connections 385
- 18 Paint, varnish, stain and wax 401
- 19 Impregnating agents, and how to avoid them 429
- Index 443
Caractéristiques techniques
PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Architectural Press |
Auteur(s) | Bjorn Berge |
Parution | 15/01/2001 |
Nb. de pages | 454 |
Format | 18,8 x 24,5 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 1150g |
Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
EAN13 | 9780750654500 |
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