Sustainability of Construction Materials, Second Edition

✍ Scribed by Khatib, Jamal

• Publisher: Elsevier Science;Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 290
• Series: Woodhead Publishing series in civil and structural engineering
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Sustainability of Construction Materials, Second Edition, explores an increasingly important aspect of construction. In recent years, serious consideration has been given to environmental and societal issues in the manufacturing, use, disposal, and recycling of construction materials.

This book provides comprehensive and detailed analysis of the sustainability issues associated with these materials, mainly in relation to the constituent materials, processing, recycling, and lifecycle environmental impacts.

The contents of each chapter reflect the individual aspects of the material that affect sustainability, such as the preservation and repair of timber, the use of cement replacements in concrete, the prevention and control of metal corrosion and the crucial role of adhesives in wood products.

• Provides helpful guidance on lifecycle assessment, durability, recycling, and the engineering properties of construction materials
• Fully updated to take on new developments, with an additional nineteen chapters added to include natural stone, polymers and plastics, and plaster products
• Provides essential reading for individuals at all levels who are involved in the construction and selection, assessment and use, and maintenance of materials

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Front Cover
Sustainability of Construction Materials
Copyright
Contents
List of Contributors
Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering
1 Introduction
References
2 Principles of sustainability and life-cycle analysis
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The concept of sustainable construction
2.3 Construction materials and sustainability
2.4 The role of the LCA concept
2.4.1 Origins of LCA
2.4.2 Definitions and basic processes in LCA
2.4.3 Generic concepts in LCA
2.5 LCA application in construction
2.5.1 Contextual challenges in the application of LCA. 2.5.2 Towards the wider application of LCA in construction material selection practice2.6 Conclusion
References
3 Intrinsic properties controlling the sustainability of construction
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Effect of physical properties on durability
3.3 Diffusion coefficient in cementitious materials
3.4 Correlation between porosity and permeability
3.5 Heat and mass interlinking
3.6 Vapor-liquid interaction
3.7 Durability of bio-based material
3.8 Future trends
References
4 Nanotechnologies for sustainable construction
4.1 Introduction
4.1.1 Nanotechnology. 4.1.2 Advances in nanotechnology in recent years4.1.3 Special properties of nanotechnology
4.1.4 Sustainable construction
4.2 Nanotechnology for sustainable construction
4.3 Health and environmental risks
4.4 Selected examples of green nanoconstruction
4.4.1 Synthesis of nanosilica via a sustainable route
4.4.2 Replacement of cement by other materials such as pozzolanic materials, nanosilica, nanofillers
4.4.3 Nanotechnology in AAMs
4.4.4 Advanced construction materials using photocatalysis
4.4.5 Phase change materials for energy storage
4.4.6 Batteries. 4.4.7 Solar panels4.4.8 Future trends
References
5 Sustainability of glass in construction
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Silica glass
5.3 Production of soda-lime-silica flat glass sheets
5.4 Properties having influence on choice of glass as a construction material
5.4.1 Physical and optical properties
5.4.2 Chemical and thermal properties
5.4.3 Stress corrosion cracking
5.4.4 Surface coatings
5.5 Glass as a construction material
5.5.1 Low carbon and sustainable construction
5.5.1.1 UK construction strategy
5.5.2 Low carbon, energy-efficient buildings. 5.6 Applications of glass to engineer reductions in operational carbon5.6.1 Features and benefits of glass in buildings
5.6.1.1 Daylighting
5.6.1.2 Solar control glass
5.6.1.3 Thermally insulated glazing and low-e glass
5.6.1.4 Noise control glass
5.6.1.5 Vibration control glass
5.6.1.6 Self-cleaning glass
5.6.1.7 Fire-resistant glass
5.7 Use of glass in low energy, passive house buildings
5.8 Glass: A sustainable construction material
5.8.1 Embodied energy and carbon
5.8.2 Embodied energy and carbon of common construction materials.