
Sustainable Construction Technologies
Life-Cycle Assessment
Description
Key Features
- Provides a framework for analyzing sustainable construction technologies and economic viability
- Introduces key credit criteria for different sustainable construction technologies
- Covers the most relevant construction areas
- Includes technologies that can be employed during the process of construction, or to the product of the construction process, i.e. buildings
- Analyzes international rating systems and provides supporting case studies
Readership
Researchers and Practitioners in Construction Engineering and Built Environment
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Current Management Approach
3. Management
4. Indoor environmental quality
5. Life Cycle Energy Consumption of Buildings; Embodied + Operational
6. Energy: Current Approach
7. Sustainable Procurement and Transport of Construction Materials
8. Sustainable Water Use in Construction
9. Materials
10. Emissions
11. Sustainable Construction Technology Adoption
12. Lean Principles in Construction
13. BIM-Enabled Sustainable Housing Refurbishment-LCA Case Study
14. Bridging Sustainable Construction Technologies and Heritage: Novel Approach to the Conservation of the Built Environment
15. Conclusions
Product details
- No. of pages: 490
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Butterworth-Heinemann 2019
- Published: January 3, 2019
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- eBook ISBN: 9780128117507
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128117491
About the Authors
Vivian Tam
Affiliations and Expertise
Khoa Le
Affiliations and Expertise
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