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Sustainable Concrete Architecture by David Bennett (2010, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRiba Publications
ISBN-101859463525
ISBN-139781859463529
eBay Product ID (ePID)228957149
Product Key Features
Number of Pages240 Pages
Publication NameSustainable Concrete Architecture
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2010
SubjectConstruction / General, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability & Green Design, General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaArchitecture, Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics
AuthorDavid Bennett
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight33.7 Oz
Item Length10.4 in
Item Width7.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2010-497891
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal721.0445
SynopsisBased on fresh thinking and real world evidence, this book offers a rational method for accounting for the carbon impact of concrete in contemporary architecture. It sets out a series of case studies of different building types constructed in concrete. Based on new thinking and real world evidence, "Sustainable Concrete Architecture" offers a rational method for accounting for the carbon impact of concrete in contemporary architecture. Highly illustrated and detailed in scope, the book marries technical know-how with inspirational case studies. A technical front section looks at recent innovations in concrete technology with a comprehensive, balanced account of the material's embodied energy and impact-in-use. Often maligned as environmentally unfriendly, the technical evidence about concrete reveals its legitimate place in the current lexicon of low carbon building design. The second half of the book sets out a series of cutting-edge case studies of different building types constructed in concrete. The inspirational images and focused commentary conclude this refreshingly challenging reappraisal of concrete in the debate about sustainability., Based on new thinking and real world evidence, "Sustainable Concrete Architecture" offers a rational method for accounting for the carbon impact of concrete in contemporary architecture. Highly illustrated and detailed in scope, the book marries technical know-how with inspirational case studies. A technical front section looks at recent innovations in concrete technology with a comprehensive, balanced account of the material's embodied energy and impact-in-use. Often maligned as environmentally unfriendly, the technical evidence about concrete reveals its legitimate place in the current lexicon of low carbon building design. The second half of the book sets out a series of cutting-edge case studies of different building types constructed in concrete. The inspirational images and focused commentary conclude this refreshingly challenging reappraisal of concrete in the debate about sustainability., Based on fresh thinking and real world evidence, this book offers a rational method for accounting for the carbon impact of concrete in contemporary architecture. It sets out a series of case studies of different building types constructed in concrete.
LC Classification NumberTA681.B385 2010
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