Concrete and sustainability / Per Jahren & Tongbo Sui.
Publication details: Boca Raton ; London ; New York : CRC press, c2014.Description: xxi, 440 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781138073500
- 624.18340 JAH 22
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Content
1 Introduction
1.1 The economical impact of concrete 2
1.2 Concrete and social progress 7
2 Environmental issues
2.1 Global/regional/local aspects 53
2.2 Rating systems 53
2.3 Evaluation systems/tools 58
2.4 ISO methodology/standards 67
2.5 Variation in focus 73
2.6 Traditions/testing 76
3 Emissions and absorptions
3.1 General
3.2 CO2 emission from cement and concrete production
3.3 Emission of other greenhouse gases
3.4 Absorption/carbonation
etc.
4 Recycling
4.1 Recycling of concrete
4.2 Recycling of other materials as aggregate in concrete
4.3 Recycling of other materials as reinforcement in concrete
etc.
5 The environmental challenges _ other items
5.1 Aggregate shortage?
5.2 Durability/longevity
5.3 Energy savings
5.4 Health
etc.
6 New possibilities and challenges
6.1 Small hydroelectric power stations
6.2 Windmills
6.3 New raw materials/low energy and low CO2 cements
6.4 New concrete products and components
7 The future
Includes index : p. 413 - 440
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