Sustainability and Toxicity of Building Materials: Manufacture, Use and Disposal Stages provides a review of toxicity impacts from building materials, including

From long-standing worries regarding the use of lead and asbestos to recent research into carcinogenic issues related to the use of plastics in construction, th

Evaluating building materials for environmental sustainability is a complex prospect. How do governmental agencies and the design industry actually measure sust

Eco-efficient Construction and Building Materials reviews ways of assessing the environmental impact of construction and building materials. Part one discusses

This book deals with the present adverse effects of using precarious building materials on the ecology and human health. Also, the detailed discussions on the n