Concrete and sustainability / / Per Jahren, Tongbo Sui |
Autore | Jahren Per. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton : , : Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (437 p.) |
Disciplina |
624.1/8340286
624.18340286 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SuiTongbo |
Soggetto topico |
Concrete construction
Concrete - Environmental aspects Sustainable construction |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-429-07356-9
1-62870-756-9 1-4665-9249-4 |
Classificazione | TEC005000TEC063000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; The authors; About this book; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Environmental issues; Chapter 3 - Emissions and absorptions; Chapter 4 - Recycling; Chapter 5 - The environmental challenges-other items; Chapter 6 - New possibilities and challenges; Chapter 7 - The future; References; Back Cover |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910573006603321 |
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Construction for a Sustainable Environment / / editors, Meggyes, Tamas |
Autore | Sarsby Robert |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (555 p.) |
Disciplina | 624.068 |
Soggetto topico |
Sustainable construction
Construction industry - Environmental aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-429-20646-1
1-135-15342-6 0-203-85691-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front cover; Table of contents; Foreword; Keynote presentations; Mineral barriers in landfill capping systems - Conditions of durability; Preventing pollution caused by mining activities; MOKKA: Modern engineering tools for environmental risk management; Physical modelling of New Orleans levee flood protection system performance during Hurricane Katrina: London Avenue and Orleans; Assessment of the use of recycled aggregates in vibro-stone column ground improvement techniques; The BORASSUS Project: Towards an integrated approach to soil conservation; Engineered disposal of wastes
Asphalt liners in landfill constructionOptimization of disposal logistics for household waste; Application of the experience from the industrial landfill mining in the Vienna basin to problems of threshold and developing c; Long-term hazard to drinking water resources from landfills; Novel criteria to classify the stabilization of organic material; New model laws to calculate long-term hazards to drinking water resources from landfills; Spontaneous ignition of plastic deposits and avoidance by fire protection measures and subsequent transformation of plastics in Evaluation of gas regime and climatic influence in an ageing municipal solid waste landfill site: A case studyPretreatment of waste prior to landfilling; Recycling different wastes to produce 'topsoil' for seeding embankment slopes; Treatment of contaminated and derelict land; Innovative technology for metal-polluted soils - Combined chemical and phytostabilisation; Cyclodextrins for the enhancement of soil remediation technologies; Multistage verification of soil remediation; Environmental Risk Management of diffuse pollution of mining origin; Direct testing of soil mutagenicity In situ delineation of point sources and high resolution mapping of polluted sites by field-portable X-ray fluorescence measuriReclamation and cultivation of the Cracow soda plant lagoons; Investigation and remediation of oil lagoons - Selected technological approaches; Bioremediation of soils contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons using a natural biodegradable product; Phytostabilisation - An appropriate remediation technique for metals in soils along highways; Remediation of arsenic-contaminated groundwater; Rationalisation of water use in multistage washing of dispersive materials An old quarry: Natural attenuation remediates historic ignoranceTrace element features in Yanzhou-Jining-Tengzhou mining site: A case study; Sustainable construction and infrastructure; Fly ash and silica fume for green shotcrete; Effect of curing regime on the bearing capacity of soil stabilized with class F fly ash and cement; Partnering for a greener future; Interaction between cement and superplasticizer in pozzolanic mineral admixtures; Environmental and engineering properties of processed Portuguese steel slags; Rebuilding of a road across an old Jewish cemetery in northern Poland Use of waste glass as fine aggregate in structural concrete |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459319403321 |
Sarsby Robert
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Construction for a Sustainable Environment |
Autore | Sarsby Robert |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : CRC Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (555 p.) |
Disciplina | 624.068 |
Soggetto topico |
Sustainable construction
Construction industry - Environmental aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-429-20646-1
1-135-15342-6 0-203-85691-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front cover; Table of contents; Foreword; Keynote presentations; Mineral barriers in landfill capping systems - Conditions of durability; Preventing pollution caused by mining activities; MOKKA: Modern engineering tools for environmental risk management; Physical modelling of New Orleans levee flood protection system performance during Hurricane Katrina: London Avenue and Orleans; Assessment of the use of recycled aggregates in vibro-stone column ground improvement techniques; The BORASSUS Project: Towards an integrated approach to soil conservation; Engineered disposal of wastes
Asphalt liners in landfill constructionOptimization of disposal logistics for household waste; Application of the experience from the industrial landfill mining in the Vienna basin to problems of threshold and developing c; Long-term hazard to drinking water resources from landfills; Novel criteria to classify the stabilization of organic material; New model laws to calculate long-term hazards to drinking water resources from landfills; Spontaneous ignition of plastic deposits and avoidance by fire protection measures and subsequent transformation of plastics in Evaluation of gas regime and climatic influence in an ageing municipal solid waste landfill site: A case studyPretreatment of waste prior to landfilling; Recycling different wastes to produce 'topsoil' for seeding embankment slopes; Treatment of contaminated and derelict land; Innovative technology for metal-polluted soils - Combined chemical and phytostabilisation; Cyclodextrins for the enhancement of soil remediation technologies; Multistage verification of soil remediation; Environmental Risk Management of diffuse pollution of mining origin; Direct testing of soil mutagenicity In situ delineation of point sources and high resolution mapping of polluted sites by field-portable X-ray fluorescence measuriReclamation and cultivation of the Cracow soda plant lagoons; Investigation and remediation of oil lagoons - Selected technological approaches; Bioremediation of soils contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons using a natural biodegradable product; Phytostabilisation - An appropriate remediation technique for metals in soils along highways; Remediation of arsenic-contaminated groundwater; Rationalisation of water use in multistage washing of dispersive materials An old quarry: Natural attenuation remediates historic ignoranceTrace element features in Yanzhou-Jining-Tengzhou mining site: A case study; Sustainable construction and infrastructure; Fly ash and silica fume for green shotcrete; Effect of curing regime on the bearing capacity of soil stabilized with class F fly ash and cement; Partnering for a greener future; Interaction between cement and superplasticizer in pozzolanic mineral admixtures; Environmental and engineering properties of processed Portuguese steel slags; Rebuilding of a road across an old Jewish cemetery in northern Poland Use of waste glass as fine aggregate in structural concrete |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910535778303321 |
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Construction Research Congress 2018 : sustainable design and construction and education : selected papers from the Construction Research Congress 2018, April 2-4, 2018, New Orleans, Louisiana / / edited by Chao Wang [and four others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Reston, Virginia : , : American Society of Civil Engineers, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (806 pages) |
Disciplina | 624.0684 |
Soggetto topico | Sustainable construction |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-7844-8130-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910467334003321 |
Reston, Virginia : , : American Society of Civil Engineers, , 2018 | ||
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Eco-efficient construction and building materials : life cycle assessment (LCA), eco-labelling and case studies / / edited by F. Pacheco-Torgal [and three others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, PA : , : Woodhead Pub., , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (641 p.) |
Disciplina |
690.028
690.0286 |
Altri autori (Persone) | TorgalFernando Pacheco |
Collana | Woodhead Publishing series in civil and structural engineering |
Soggetto topico |
Sustainable construction
Building materials |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-85709-772-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | part I. Life cycle assessment (LCA), eco-labelling and procurement -- part II. Assessing the environmental impact of construction and building materials -- part III. Assessing the environmental impact of particular types of structure. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463739003321 |
Philadelphia, PA : , : Woodhead Pub., , 2014 | ||
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Eco-efficient construction and building materials : life cycle assessment (LCA), eco-labelling and case studies / / edited by F. Pacheco-Torgal [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, PA : , : Woodhead Pub., , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (641 p.) : illustrations |
Disciplina |
690.028
690.0286 |
Altri autori (Persone) | TorgalFernando Pacheco |
Collana | Woodhead Publishing series in civil and structural engineering |
Soggetto topico |
Sustainable construction
Building materials |
ISBN | 0-85709-772-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | part I. Life cycle assessment (LCA), eco-labelling and procurement -- part II. Assessing the environmental impact of construction and building materials -- part III. Assessing the environmental impact of particular types of structure. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910538155203321 |
Philadelphia, PA : , : Woodhead Pub., , 2014 | ||
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Ecological and health effects of building materials / / edited by Junaid Ahmad Malik and Shriram Marathe |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XV, 609 p. 85 illus., 69 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 690.0286 |
Soggetto topico |
Building materials - Environmental aspects
Sustainable construction Construction industry - Health aspects |
ISBN | 3-030-76073-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- 1. Potentially toxic construction materials: An Introduction -- 2. The main ecological health hazards from building materials -- 3. Atmospheric emissions from construction sector -- 4. PVC (The poison plastic), Chlorinated Polyethylene (CPE), Chlorinated Polyvinylchloride (CPVC), Chlorosulfonated Polyethylene (CSPE), Polychloroproprene Rubber (CR)- Chemistry, Applications and ecological impacts -- 5. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) emission and its adverse health effects from building sector -- 6. Heavy metal contaminations from construction materials -- 7. Nanoparticles in construction industry and their toxicity -- 8. Traditional and novel thermal insulation materials and their implications -- 9. Sulfo-Aluminate cement and magnesium phosphate cement in eco-conservation -- 10. Exposure to airborne concrete, stone, brick and granite dust -- 11. Carpets and textiles: Effect on indoor environment and health -- 12. Soil contaminations from the construction projects -- 13. Water pollution from construction industry -- 14. Construction sector, biodiversity and wildlife conservation -- 15. Embodied carbon in constructions and its ecological implications -- 16. Building Material Assessment System (BMAS) and its determination -- 17. Advances in Environmental impact assessment methods/tools in construction engineering -- 18. Special Concretes for Ecological Preservations. -- 19. Use of industrial waste materials in Civil Engineering Applications -- 20. Utilization of waste water for the construction projects -- 21. Use of Construction and Demolition wastes in Civil Engineering for Ecological preservation -- 22. Sustainable Techniques for building waste disposals -- 23. Ecological and sustainable Road constructions -- 24. Health impacts of thee Construction Workers -- 25. Sustainable Geotechnical practices in the Constructions -- 26. Sustainable infrastructural Development through Ecological Conservations. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910522942403321 |
Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] | ||
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Efficient and sustainable wood-based constructions / / Jozef Svajlenka and Mária Kozlovská |
Autore | Svajlenka Jozef |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (113 pages) |
Disciplina | 694 |
Soggetto topico |
Building, Wooden
Sustainable buildings Sustainable construction |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
9783030875756
9783030875749 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910523785503321 |
Svajlenka Jozef
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Engineering for sustainable human development : a guide to successful small-scale community projects / / Bernard Amadei, Ph.D., NAE |
Autore | Amadei Bernard <1954-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Reston, Virginia : , : American Society of Civil Engineers, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (520 p.) |
Disciplina | 624.068/4 |
Soggetto topico | Sustainable construction |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-7844-7840-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1 Context""; ""1.2 Scope""; ""1.3 Proposed Framework Goal and Objectives""; ""1.4 Framework Characteristics and Caveats""; ""1.5 Book Content""; ""References""; ""2. International Development""; ""2.1 Toward a Sustainable World""; ""2.2 The Spectrum of Human Needs""; ""2.3 Poverty""; ""2.4 Development and Human Development""; ""2.5 Sustainability and Sustainable Development""; ""2.6 Frameworks for Sustainability""; ""2.7 Progress in Human Development""; ""2.8 Concluding Remarks""; ""References""; ""3. Engineers and Development""
""3.1 Context""""3.2 Engineers Indispensable to Development""; ""3.3 Engineering and Society""; ""3.4 Engineering for Sustainable Human Development""; ""3.5 Design for Sustainable Human Development""; ""3.6 Engineering Education for Sustainable Human Development""; ""3.7 The Making of the Global Engineer""; ""3.8 Chapter Summary""; ""References""; ""4. Development Project Frameworks""; ""4.1 Guiding Principles""; ""4.2 Project Life-Cycle Management""; ""4.3 Project Design""; ""4.4 Project Life-Cycle Frameworks""; ""4.5 Review of Major Development Frameworks""; ""4.6 Proposed Framework"" ""4.7 Rights-Based Approach""""4.8 Uncertainty in Development Projects""; ""4.9 Project Delivery in Complex Systems""; ""4.10 Chapter Summary""; ""References""; ""5. Defining and Appraising the Community""; ""5.1 About Appraisal""; ""5.2 Appraisal Outcome""; ""5.3 Community Diagnostic Tools""; ""5.4 A Reality Check: Challenges and Biases""; ""5.5 Building a Support Team""; ""5.6 Data Collection""; ""5.7 Designing and Carrying Out the Appraisal""; ""5.8 Analysis and Presentation of Data""; ""5.9 Problem Identification and Ranking""; ""5.10 Social Network Analysis""; ""5.11 Chapter Summary"" ""References""""6. A System Dynamics Approach to Community Development""; ""6.1 Communities as Systems""; ""6.2 Systems and Systems Thinking Basics""; ""6.3 What Systems Thinking Is Not About""; ""6.4 Systems Components and Archetypes""; ""6.5 Modeling Systems Dynamics Using iThink and STELLA""; ""6.6 Systems and Community Development""; ""6.7 Illustrative Example Using iThink and STELLA""; ""6.8 Chapter Summary""; ""References""; ""7. From Appraisal to Project Hypothesis""; ""7.1 Preliminary Design""; ""7.2 Causal Analysis: Problem and Solution Trees""; ""7.3 Preliminary Solutions"" ""7.4 Chapter Summary""""References""; ""8. Focused Strategy and Planning""; ""8.1 Comprehensive Planning""; ""8.2 Strategy""; ""8.3 Operation�Logistics and Tactics""; ""8.4 Planning of Management Activities""; ""8.5 Project Quality Planning""; ""8.6 Refining the Work Plan""; ""8.7 Behavior Change Communication""; ""8.8 Chapter Summary""; ""References""; ""9. Capacity Analysis and Capacity Development""; ""9.1 From Development Aid to Capacity""; ""9.2 Capacity Assessment""; ""9.3 Capacity Development Response""; ""9.4 Chapter Summary""; ""References""; ""10. Risk Analysis and Management"" ""10.1 Capacity, Vulnerability, and Risk"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459842603321 |
Amadei Bernard <1954->
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Environmental impacts during the operational phase of residential buildings [[electronic resource] /] / Inge Blom |
Autore | Blom Inge |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : IOS Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (202 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.79/6317 |
Collana | Sustainable urban areas |
Soggetto topico |
Sustainable construction
House construction |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
6612956321
1-282-95632-9 9786612956324 1-60750-674-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Contents; Introduction; Environmental impact of dwellings in use: maintenance of facade components; LCA-based environmental assessment of the use and maintenance of heating and ventilation systems in Dutch dwellings; Environmental impact of building-related and user-related energy consumption in dwellings; Total environmental impact of maintenance, replacement and energy consumption in Dutch dwellings; Discussion, conclusions and recommendations; Summary; Samenvatting (Dutch summary); Appendix 1. Environmental impact categories; Appendix 2. Results Chapter 2
Appendix 3. Results Chapter 3 Appendix 4. Results Chapter 4; Appendix 5. Results Chapter 5; Curriculum vitae |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458903803321 |
Blom Inge
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