Examining the Environmental Impacts of Materials and Buildings (Practice, Progress, and Proficiency in Sustainability)

Fundamental environmental challenges such as climate change, resource depletion, and pollution are still widely relevant in today's world. Many of these problems have been associated with the architecture, engineering, and construction industries due to the level of resources used in these professions. In recent years, many manufacturers in these fields have expressed the motivation to make necessary changes that would be beneficial to the environment. Despite this progress, there remains a lack of research and assessment on the methods to achieve environmental stability within these architectural fields. Examining the Environmental Impacts of Materials and Buildings 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. Cement production : pollution and abatement / Sylvain Tome, Victor Shikuku, Rodrigue Kaze -- The green charcoal : developing biodegradable construction materials for a circular economy / Shreyas More, Meenal Sutaria -- Material and ecological resonance : ecological approaches to the future of building materials / Peter Raab -- Toxicity in architectural plastics : life-cycle index of human health in building (LCI-HHB) / Franca Trubiano -- Eco-labeling energy flow in built environment / Sarmada Kone -- Fluid matters: water footprint of building materials / Aletheia Ida -- Building codes don't measure up : a case for urban material performance standards / Jeana Ripple -- Social life cycle assessment for building materials / Liz Kutschke -- Impact of heavy metals on aquatic environment / Junaid Malik -- The embodied impact of the existing building stock / Ming Hu -- Teardown index : emissions of single family homes in Vancouver / Joseph Dahmen, Jens von Bergmann, Misha Das -- The role of materials toxicity assessment in building circularity / Sara Tepfer Provides emerging research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of ecological performance within modern building design and materials-based construction. The book features coverage on a broad range of topics, including life cycle assessment, material flows analysis, and sustainability. "This book explores the environmental impact of building design, construction, maintenance, demolition, and related activities"-- Provided by publisher