TY - BOOK ID - 7690745 TI - Eco-efficient Construction and Building Materials AU - Torgal, Fernando Pacheco. AU - Jalali, Said. PY - 2011 SN - 1447161327 0857298917 0857298925 PB - London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Buildings -- Environmental engineering. KW - Sustainable architecture. KW - Sustainable buildings -- Design and construction. KW - Sustainable construction. KW - Sustainable construction KW - Building materials KW - Chemical & Materials Engineering KW - Civil & Environmental Engineering KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Civil Engineering KW - Materials Science KW - Sustainable buildings KW - Green products. KW - Design and construction. KW - Earth-friendly products KW - Environmentally safe products KW - Ecologically sustainable design (Buildings) KW - Environmentally sustainable design (Buildings) KW - ESD design (Buildings) KW - Green building design KW - Green design (Buildings) KW - Sustainable design (Buildings) KW - Engineering. KW - Energy efficiency. KW - Building materials. KW - Sustainable development. KW - Structural materials. KW - Building Materials. KW - Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings). KW - Structural Materials. KW - Sustainable Development. KW - Architectural materials KW - Architecture KW - Building KW - Building supplies KW - Buildings KW - Construction materials KW - Structural materials KW - Materials KW - Development, Sustainable KW - Ecologically sustainable development KW - Economic development, Sustainable KW - Economic sustainability KW - ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) KW - Smart growth KW - Sustainable development KW - Sustainable economic development KW - Economic development KW - Consumption of energy KW - Energy efficiency KW - Fuel consumption KW - Fuel efficiency KW - Power resources KW - Energy conservation KW - Construction KW - Industrial arts KW - Technology KW - Environmental aspects KW - Commercial products KW - Green marketing KW - Recycled products KW - Building construction. KW - Materials. KW - Energy Efficiency. KW - Engineering KW - Engineering materials KW - Industrial materials KW - Engineering design KW - Manufacturing processes UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7690745 AB - Eco-efficient Construction and Building Materials provides essential reading about materials for the construction industry in the twenty-first century. It covers the latest findings in the field, especially the toxicity aspects, embodied energy, construction and demolition wastes, the use of wastes in concrete, masonry units, materials reinforced with vegetable fibres, earth construction, the durability aspects, and also the importance of nanotechnology to the development of more environmentally-friendly materials. Based on more than nine hundred references, Eco-efficient Construction and Building Materials is of fundamental importance to academics, engineers and architects who are dedicated to the creation of a greener and more holistic construction industry. ER -