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Materials for a healthy, ecological and sustainable built environment : principles for evaluation /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Duxford, United Kingdom ; Cambridge, MA :
Woodhead Publishing,
[2017]
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| Colección: | Woodhead Publishing series in composites science and engineering.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Materials for a Healthy, Ecological and Sustainable Built Environment; Copyright Page; Contents; List of contributors; Preface: A call for ontological consideration of building materials; References; Acknowledgments; Introduction; References; I. Selecting Building Materials for Reduced Impacts on Ecosystem Services: Ecosystem Services Analysis; 1 Utilizing relationships between ecosystem services, built environments, and building materials; 1.1 Introduction: reducing the environmental impact of built environments; 1.2 Ecosystem services: definitions and boundaries.
- 1.2.1 Provisioning services1.2.2 Regulating services; 1.2.3 Supporting services; 1.2.4 Cultural services; 1.3 Relationships between ecosystem services; 1.4 Defining ecosystem services for a built environment context: key places for change; 1.4.1 Ranking criterion one: integrating ecosystem services into the built environment; 1.4.2 Ranking criterion two: a hierarchy of ecosystem services relative to overall impact; 1.4.3 Ranking criterion three: the built environment's impact on ecosystem services; 1.5 Descriptions of ecosystem services most applicable to a built environment context.
- 1.5.1 Habitat provision1.5.2 Nutrient cycling; 1.5.3 Purification; 1.5.4 Climate regulation; 1.5.5 Provision of fuel/energy source; 1.5.6 Provision of fresh water; 1.5.7 Provision of food; 1.6 Conclusion: ecosystem services and the built environment. Moving towards a more positive relationship; References; 2 Ecosystem services analysis: incorporating an understanding of ecosystem services into built environment design and mater ... ; 2.1 Introduction: a wider perspective on sustainability and the built environment; 2.2 Ecosystem services analysis and whole building or urban design.
- 2.3 Ecosystem services analysis and materials selection2.4 Benefits and difficulties of applying the ecosystem services concept to built environment design and materials selection; 2.5 Potential impacts on ecosystem services of common building materials; 2.5.1 Materials that are grown; 2.5.2 Materials that are extracted or mined; 2.5.3 Materials that are made or processed; 2.6 Conclusion: Materials selection and ecosystem services. A shift in thinking; References; II. Choosing Sustainable Materials; 3 Building materials; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Materials that are grown; 3.2.1 Grasses.
- 3.2.2 Hemp3.2.3 Bamboo; 3.2.4 Vines; 3.2.5 Wood; 3.2.6 Rewards for using materials that are grown; 3.3 Materials that are extracted; 3.3.1 Earth; 3.3.2 Stone; 3.3.3 Brick; 3.3.4 Concrete; 3.4 Materials that are made; 3.4.1 Glass; 3.4.2 Metals; 3.4.2.1 Steel; 3.4.2.2 Copper; 3.4.2.3 Aluminum; 3.4.2.4 Zinc; 3.4.2.5 Lead; 3.4.2.6 Other metals and issues; 3.4.3 Plastics; 3.4.3.1 Necessary plastics; 3.4.3.2 Benefits of plastics; 3.4.3.3 Avoidable plastics; 3.4.3.4 Plastics: good or bad?; 3.4.4 Composites; 3.4.4.1 Reinforced concrete; 3.4.4.2 Fiber cement sheets; 3.4.4.3 Timber composites; Glulam.