Sustainable concrete solutions / Professor Costas Georgopoulos, Andrew Minson.

Author/creator Georgopoulos, Costas
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, [2014]
Description1 online resource.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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Contents 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
Abstract "The book will provide students with a thorough evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of concrete a sustainable building material"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Source of descriptionDescription based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Issued in other formPrint version: Georgopoulos, Costas. Sustainable concrete solutions Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons Inc., [2014] 9781119968641
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013033011
ISBN9781118654309 (ePub)
ISBN9781118654293 (Adobe PDF)

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