Materials for a Healthy, Ecological and Sustainable Built Environment: Principles for Evaluation (Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering)

__Principles for Evaluating Building Materials in Sustainable Construction: Healthy and Sustainable Materials for the Built Environment__ provides a comprehensive overview of the issues associated with the selection of materials for sustainable construction, proposing a holistic and integrated approach. The book evaluates the issues involved in choosing materials from an ecosystem services perspective, from the design stage to the impact of materials on the health of building users. The three main sections of the book discuss building materials in relation to ecosystem services, the implications of materials choice at the design stage, and the impact of materials on building users and their health. The final section focuses on specific case studies that illustrate the richness of solutions that existed before the rise of contemporary construction and that are consistent with a sustainable approach to creating built environments. These are followed by modern examples which apply some, if not all, of the principles discussed in the first three sections of the book. * Provides a holistic and integrated approach to the issues associated with the selection of materials for sustainable construction * Provides a thorough understanding of ecosystem services based on ecology research for built environment design * Provides an original review of the impact of materials on human health * Provides case studies to illustrate the points above Content: Front-matter,Copyright,List of contributors,Preface: A call for ontological consideration of building materials,Acknowledgments,IntroductionEntitled to full textPart I: Selecting Building Materials for Reduced Impacts on Ecosystem Services: Ecosystem Services Analysis1 - Utilizing relationships between ecosystem services, built environments, and building materials, Pages 3-27 2 - Ecosystem services analysis: Incorporating an understanding of ecosystem services into built environment design and materials selection, Pages 29-63 3 - Building materials, Pages 67-112 4 - Materials and buildings, Pages 113-136 5 - A lack of recognition of potential health risks from building materials, Pages 139-154 6 - Persisting issues with the most recognized building material health risks: Lead and asbestos, Pages 155-174 7 - How substances get regulated against in the building industry: Formaldehyde, phthalate plasticizers in polyvinyl chloride/vinyl, Pages 175-189 8 - New and less recognized risks with building materials: Volatile organic compounds, replacement chemicals, and nanoparticles, Pages 191-202 9 - An overview of health hazards from materials: Application of principles, Pages 203-236 10 - Sustainability and the material aspect of traditional residential buildings in Serbia, Pages 239-254 11 - Palm thatched building in Mexico, Pages 255-269 12 - The effect of global trade on the New Zealand house, Pages 271-286 13 - Thurgoona Campus: A living laboratory of healthy and sustainable materials, Pages 287-308 14 - The Hockerton Housing Project: A case study of the use of concrete, Pages 309-319 15 - Lambie House: Deconstruction and eco-refurbishment, Pages 321-329 16 - Meridian: New Zealand’s first Green Star-rated building, Pages 331-343 17 - Sustainable and healthy building practice in Germany, Pages 345-355 18 - The Bullitt Center: A “Living Building”, Pages 357-371 Conclusion, Pages 373-374 Index, Pages 375-389

Principles for Evaluating Building Materials in Sustainable Construction: Healthy and Sustainable Materials for the Built Environment provides a comprehensive overview of the issues associated with the selection of materials for sustainable construction, proposing a holistic and integrated approach.

The book evaluates the issues involved in choosing materials from an ecosystem services perspective, from the design stage to the impact of materials on the health of building users.

The three main sections of the book discuss building materials in relation to ecosystem services, the implications of materials choice at the design stage, and the impact of materials on building users and their health. The final section focuses on specific case studies that illustrate the richness of solutions that existed before the rise of contemporary construction and that are consistent with a sustainable approach to creating built environments. These are followed by modern examples which apply some, if not all, of the principles discussed in the first three sections of the book.

• Provides a holistic and integrated approach to the issues associated with the selection of materials for sustainable construction
• Provides a thorough understanding of ecosystem services based on ecology research for built environment design
• Provides an original review of the impact of materials on human health
• Provides case studies to illustrate the points above