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Materials for a Healthy, Ecological and Sustainable Built Environment
Principles for Evaluation
Provides a comprehensive overview of the issues associated with the selection of materials for sustainable construction, proposing a holistic and integrated approach
Emina K. Petrovi? (Author), Brenda Vale (Author), Maibritt Pedersen Zari (Author)
9780081007075
Hardback, published 28 March 2017
416 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.7 cm, 0.79 kg
"A specific technical background is not necessary to understand the content. This book focuses on the ontological considerations of building materials and is relevant for all those interested in sustainable building, including professionals in the construction industry." --MRS Bulletin
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.
Part I: Selecting Building Materials for Reduced Impacts on Ecosystem Services: Ecosystem Services Analysis1. Utilizing relationships between ecosystem services, built environments, and building materials2. Ecosystem services analysis: Incorporating an understanding of ecosystem services into built environment design and materials selection Part II: Choosing Sustainable Materials3. Building materials4. Materials and buildings Part III: Indoor Toxicity from Building Materials5. A lack of recognition of potential health risks from building materials6. Persisting issues with the most recognized building material health risks: Lead and asbestos7. How substances get regulated against in the building industry: Formaldehyde, phthalate plasticizers in polyvinyl chloride/vinyl8. New and less recognized risks with building materials: Volatile organic compounds, replacement chemicals, and nanoparticles9. An overview of health hazards from materials: Application of principles Part IV: Case Studies10. Sustainability and the material aspect of traditional residential buildings in Serbia11. Palm thatched building in Mexico12. The effect of global trade on the New Zealand house13. Thurgoona Campus: A living laboratory of healthy and sustainable materials14. The Hockerton Housing Project: A case study of the use of concrete15. Lambie House: Deconstruction and eco-refurbishment16. Meridian: New Zealand’s first Green Star-rated building17. Sustainable and healthy building practice in Germany18. The Bullitt Center: A “Living Building?
Subject Areas: Sustainable agriculture [TVF], Materials science [TGM], The environment [RN], Construction industry [KNJC], Architecture: professional practice [AMD]
