Pacheco Torgal, Fernando. creator author. Jalali, Said. author. SpringerLink (Online service) text xxk 2011 monographic eng

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access VIII, 247p. 109 illus. online resource. 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. 1. Introduction -- 2. Toxicity of Construction and Building Materials -- 3. Energy -- 4. Construction and Demolition C&D Wastes -- 5. Binders and Concretes -- 6. Masonry Units -- 7. Cement Composites Reinforced with Vegetable Fibres -- 8. Earth Construction -- 9. Durability of Binder Materials -- 10. Nanotechnology Achievements -- 11. Selection Process. by Fernando Pacheco Torgal, Said Jalali. ENGINEERING BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MATERIALS ENGINEERING BUILDING MATERIALS ENERGY EFFICIENCY (INCL. BUILDINGS) STRUCTURAL MATERIALS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 691 9780857298928 99780857298928 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-892-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-892-8 110729 20260521092044.0 978-0-85729-892-8