Materials for Sustainable Sites: A Complete Guide to the Evaluation, Selection, and Use of Sustainable Construction MaterialsISBN: 978-0-470-13455-9
Hardcover
480 pages
October 2008
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Preface iv
Acknowledgments vi
CHAPTER 1 Materials for Sustainable Sites Defined 1
CHAPTER 2 Background: Inputs, Outputs, and Impacts of Construction Materials 13
CHAPTER 3 Evaluating the Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Materials 53
CHAPTER 4 Resource Reuse: Designing with and Specifying Reclaimed, Reprocessed, and Recycled-content Materials 77
CHAPTER 5 Concrete 103
CHAPTER 6 Earthen Materials 143
CHAPTER 7 Brick Masonry 179
CHAPTER 8 Asphalt Pavement 199
CHAPTER 9 Aggregates and Stone 235
CHAPTER 10 Wood and Wood Products 271
CHAPTER 11 Metals 327
CHAPTER 12 Plastics and Rubber 373
CHAPTER 13 Biobased Materials, BY RUTH STAFFORD 409
Appendix A Embodied Energy and Embodied Carbon of Construction Materials by Weight 437
Appendix B Health and Environmental Impacts of Hazardous Air Pollutants and Metals Related to Construction Materials 441
Index 453
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