Materials for sustainable sites
By: by Meg Calkins.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 457
ISBN-13: 9780470134559
Subjects: Sustainable buildings -- Materials; Building materials
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Materials for sustainable sites defined; title: Background : inputs, outputs and impacts of construction materials; title: Evaluating the environmental and human health impacts of materials; title: Resource reuse : designing with and specifying reclaimed, reprocessed and recycled-content materials; title: Concrete; title: Earthen materials; title: Brick masonry; title: Asphalt pavement; title: Aggregates and stone; title: Wood and wood products; title: Metals; title: Plastics and rubber; title: Biobased materials / by Ruth Stafford.