Green building, materials and civil engineering

Green building is the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle from siting to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation and deconstruction. This practice expands and compleme...

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Other Authors: Chauhan, Vivek Pratap (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Valley Cottage, NY SCITUS Academics LLC [2016]
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Table of Contents:
  • Synthesis of a green nano-silica material using beneficiated waste dunites and its application in concrete
  • Examination of green building drivers in the South African construction industry: economics versus ecology
  • An automated BIM model to conceptually design, analyze, simulate, and assess sustainable building projects
  • Green roofs; building energy savings and the potential for retreofit
  • Evaluation of the reference numerical parameters of the monthly method in ISO 13790 considering S/V radio
  • Economic feasibility analysis of the application of geothermal energy facilities to public building structures
  • A multi-objective (energy economic environmental performance) life cycle analysis for better building design
  • A financing model to solve financial barriers for implementing green building projects
  • Building quality, building green: vonventions theory and industry transformation
  • Efficacy of LEED-certification in reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission for large New York City office buldings
  • A framework to reconcile green goals with budget reality