| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2013031272 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781119968641 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Call number |
624.1/8340286 |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Authors |
Georgopoulos, Costas |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Sustainable concrete solutions |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Costas Georgopoulos |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
Chichester, West Sussex : |
| Publisher |
John Wiley & Sons Inc., |
| Date |
2014. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
216 p. : |
| Other Details |
ill. ; |
| Size |
24 cm. |
| CONTENTS |
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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 . |
| SUMMARY |
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| Summary |
"The book will provide students with a thorough evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of concrete a sustainable building material"-- |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Concrete construction |
| General |
Environmental aspects |
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| Topical Heading |
Sustainable buildings |
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| Topical Heading |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development |
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| Name |
Minson, Andrew |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://uowd.box.com/s/xfozezdqgwbjkhdf6losdhqdpv938rwk |
| Public note |
Location Map |
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