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By
Bjorn Berge, Civil Architect, Gaia Lista AS
Description
As both a practising architect and a researcher, Berge introduces us authoritatively to issues such as using raw materials from renewable
sources, and the possibilities of designing and manufacturing reusable building materials. The alternatives to modern building materials
are outlined and discussed from an ecological perspective.
In a time when environmental labelling is becoming increasingly popular
and the producers of building materials are urged to be more environmentally aware, it is obviously important that we are acquainted
with these alternatives.
Important issues discussed in this book include:
Can raw materials from non-renewable sources be replaced
with raw materials from widely available or non-depletable sources?
Can environmentally friendly chemicals replace environmentally damaging
ones?
Can the make-up of building materials be altered so that individual components can be re-used?
A clear interpretation of complicated
Life Cycle Analysis issues and vital guidance are given to specifiers confronted with a plethora of manufacturers' environmental claims.
Audience
Architectural students/professionals, surveyors, builders, environmental groups.
Contents
Preface; Introduction; Section 1 - Eddies and water-level markers: Resources; Pollution; Local production and the human ecological aspect;
The chemical and physical properties of building materials; Section 2: The flower, iron and the ocean: Water and air, Minerals; Stone;
Loose materials; Fossil oils; Plants; Materials of animal origin; Industrial by-products; Part 3: The construction of a Sea-Iron Flower:
Structural Materials; Climatic Materials; Surface Materials, Building components; Fixings and connections; Paint, varnish, stain and
wax; Impregnating agents, and how to avoid them; Index.
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 480 pages, publication date: SEP-2001
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-5450-0
ISBN-10: 0-7506-5450-3
Imprint: ARCHITECTURAL PRESS
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