The ultimate user's manual to green building materialsTo properly select and specify green building materials, successful architects need authoritative, real-world advice on how to select and use nontoxic, recycled, and recyclable products, and how to integrate these products into the design proces
Green building materials : a guide to product selection and specification
✍ Scribed by Ross Spiegel; Dru Meadows
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 402
- Edition
- 3rd ed
- Category
- Library
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✦ Table of Contents
Content: Introduction --
Why use green building materials? --
What are green building materials? --
How does the product selection process work? --
Eco-labeling, green standards, and product certification --
How does the construction process work? --
Green building materials and green building programs --
Conclusion.
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