Book 09 2008

Abstract

FOREWORD A. Sustainable building materials - technology transfer to less developed countries A.1 Justification of the ICS New Materials initiatives B. Sustainable building materials and technology B.1 What makes a building sustainable? B.2 What are the economic benefits of sustainable building? C. What are the elements of sustainable buildings? C.1 Site C.2 Energy efficiency C.3 Materials efficiency C.4 Water efficiency C.5 Occupant health and safety C. Building operation and maintenance D Steps to ensure successful sustainability CHAPTER 1 1. Using soil to manufacture blocks 1.1 What is stabilised soil? 1.2 Current trends in stabilised block production 1.3 Dynamic soil compaction techniques 1.4 Building blocks from processed stabilised soil 1.5 Dynamic compaction of stabilised soils CHAPTER 2 2.1 Recovering and recycling materials from demolition debris 2.2 Material processing requirements 2.2.1 Material handling 2.2.2 Quality control 2.3 Engineering properties 2.4 Design considerations 2.4.1 Mix Design 2.5 Construction procedures 2.5.1 Material handling and storage 2.5.2 Mixing, placing, compacting and quality control 2.6 Unresolved issues CHAPTER 3 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The need to minimise waste 3.3 C&D waste streams in the EU and USA 3.4 Challenges of recycling 3.5 Opportunities for recycling 3.5.1 Economy 3.5.2 Policies and strategies 3.5.3 Certification of recycled materials 3.5.4 Planning demolition projects 3.5.5 Education and information 3.6 Integrated resource management 3.7 Global visions 3.8 Conclusion 3.9 Examples and case histories 3.9.1 The Kosovo project 3.9.2 The Kai Tak recycling facility in Hong Kong 3.9.3 European integrated resource management CHAPTER 4 4.1 Recycling of Demolition Material 4.2 Reuse of demolition bituminous layers of road pavement to construct a new base asphalt pavement 4.3 Guidelines for the Reconstruction Organised Solving Enterprise (ROSE) CHAPTER 5 5.1 Composite materials 5.2 Natural fibres 5.3 NFC in the Indian scenario 5.4 Agricultural bio-mass and waste 5.5 Indian scenario 5.5.1 Fibre Reinforced Plastics (FRP) 5.5.2 Coir reinforced plastics 5.5.3 Sisal and jute composites 5.5.4 Indian capabilities 5.6 Bamboo as a building material 5.6.1 Green buildings and related technologies 5.6.2 Benefits 5.6.3 Answer about the feasibility of ‘composite materials’ in the building industry CHAPTER 6 Selected Papers from the workshop ‘Low cost building materials’ in Tanzania–December 2006 6.1 Coal cinder as building material 6.2 Design and manufacture of natural fibre reinforced composites for low cost building materials 6.3 Influence of laminate thickness and fibre type on bending strength of fibre reinforced plastic 6.4 Sao Carlos study 6.5 The potential of agricultural wastes for the building industry CHAPTER 7 7.1 The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method 7.2 State of practice and validity of a product approach 94 CHAPTER 8 8.1 LCA Concepts for Low-Cost Building Materials 8.2 LCA of timber as a building material CHAPTER 9 9.1 LCA Investigation of Low Cost Building Materials: for the Tanzanian Environment and Economy 9.2 Environmental Issues 9.3 LCA Concepts 9.4 Overview of LCA Methodology 9.5 Alternative Materials for Low Cost Housing 9.6 LCA Tools (Software)