1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453527903321

Autore

Georgopoulos Costas

Titolo

Sustainable concrete solutions / / Costas Georgopoulos, Andrew Minson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; Oxford, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-65429-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Classificazione

BUS072000

Altri autori (Persone)

MinsonAndrew

Disciplina

624.1/8340286

Soggetti

Concrete construction - Environmental aspects

Sustainable buildings

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note:  Preface Foreword Professor Jacqui Glass Chair in Architecture and Sustainable Construction, Loughborough University 1. Introduction 1.1 Sustainability and Sustainable Development 1.2 The Role of the Design Team in Sustainable Development 1.3 Sustainability Credentials of Concrete 1.4 Book Layout and Context 2. Challenges & Responses 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Climate Change 2.3 Environmental Protection 2.4 Social Progress 2.5 Economic Growth 2.6 Regulatory Responses 2.7 Summary 3. Conceptual Design of Buildings & Infrastructure 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Conceptual Design of Buildings 3.3 Conceptual Design of Infrastructure 3.4 Summary 4. Material Specification 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Assessing Environmental Impacts of Materials 4.3 Responsible Sourcing of Materials 4.4 Cements and Combinations 4.5 Aggregates 4.6 Water 4.7 Admixtures 4.8 Novel Constituents 4.9 Reinforcement 4.10 Special Concretes 4.11 Specification Examples 4.12 Summary 5. Construction, Operation and End of Life 5.1 Construction 5.2 Operation 5.3 End of Life 5.4 Summary Appendix A: Thermal Mass Appendix B: Biomass Product Appendix C: Choice of Concrete Slab Options Appendix D: Worked Example on Embodied CO2 for a Building Slab Index .



Sommario/riassunto

"The book will provide students with a thorough evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of concrete a sustainable building material"--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785275203321

Autore

Lachman Seymour

Titolo

The man who saved New York [[electronic resource] ] : Hugh Carey and the great fiscal crisis of 1975 / / Seymour P. Lachmann and Robert Polner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, c2010

ISBN

1-4384-3454-5

1-4416-6841-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Collana

Excelsior Editions

Altri autori (Persone)

PolnerRob

Disciplina

974.7/043092

B

Soggetti

Finance, Public - New York (State) - New York

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""The Man Who Saved New York""; ""The Man Who Saved New York""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1: The Life Stinks Club  ""; ""2: “Oh, Now What Have You Done?â€?  ""; ""3: Party Crasher   ""; ""4: On Borrowed Time   ""; ""5: Visible Means of Support ""; ""6: “We Confront, therefore, a Formidable Dilemmaâ€? ""; ""7: The Battle of Washington ""; ""8: Thus Passes the Glory of the World ""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""