TY  - BOOK
AU  - Calkins,Meg
TI  - Materials for sustainable sites: a complete guide to the evaluation, selection, and use of sustainable construction materials 
SN  - 9780470134559 (cloth)
AV  - TH 880 C35.2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Hoboken, N.J.
PB  - Wiley
KW  - Sustainable buildings
KW  - Materials
KW  - Edificios sustentables
KW  - Materiales
KW  - Building materials
KW  - Materiales de construcción
N1  - "A complete guide to the evaluation, selection, and use of sustainable construction materials" -- Cubierta; Materials for sustainable sites defined -- Background : inputs, outputs and impacts of construction materials -- Evaluating the environmental and human health impacts of materials -- Resource reuse : designing with and specifying reclaimed, reprocessed and recycled-content materials -- Concrete -- Earthen materials -- Brick masonry -- Asphalt pavement -- Aggregates and stone -- Wood and wood products -- Metals -- Plastics and rubber -- Biobased materials / by Ruth Stafford -- Appendix A: Embodied energy and embodied carbon of construction materials by weight -- Appendix B: Health and environmental impacts of hazardous air pollutants and metals related to construction materials
N2  - This title provides current information on construction materials for sustainable sites. Part one introduces tools, techniques, ideologies and resources for evaluating, sourcing and specifying sustainable site materials. Part two devotes a chapter each to 16 types of materials - both conventional and emerging green materials
ER  -