Sustainable Construction Technologies - Life-Cycle Assessment

Sustainable Construction Technologies: Life-Cycle Assessment provides practitioners with a tool to help them select technologies that are financially advantageous even though they have a higher initial cost. Chapters provide an overview of LCA and how it can be used in conjunction with other indicators to manage construction. Topics covered include indoor environment quality, energy efficiency, transport, water reuse, materials, land use and ecology, and more. The book presents a valuable tool for construction professionals and researchers that want to apply sustainable construction techniques to their projects. Practitioners will find the international case studies and discussions of worldwide regulation and standards particularly useful.

List of contents

1. Introduction2. Current Management Approach3. Management4. Indoor environmental quality5. Life Cycle Energy Consumption of Buildings; Embodied + Operational6. Energy: Current Approach7. Sustainable Procurement and Transport of Construction Materials8. Sustainable Water Use in Construction9. Materials10. Emissions11. Sustainable Construction Technology Adoption12. Lean Principles in Construction13. BIM-Enabled Sustainable Housing Refurbishment-LCA Case Study14. Bridging Sustainable Construction Technologies and Heritage: Novel Approach to the Conservation of the Built Environment15. Conclusions

Product details

• Authors: Khoa N. Le, Khoa N. Le, Vivian Y. Tam, Vivian Y. Tam
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.01.2019
• EAN: 9780128117491
• ISBN: 978-0-12-811749-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 23 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 750 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General, Structural engineering, Building construction & materials, Building physics and energy-efficient construction