Bio-based materials and biotechnologies for eco-efficient construction. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Fernando Pacheco-Torgal, Volodymyr Ivanov, Daniel C.W. Tsang.
• Editors: Torgal, Fernando Pacheco; Ivanov, Volodymyr; Tsang, Daniel C. W
• Contents: 1. Introduction to bio-based materials and biotechnologies for eco-efficient construction PART I BIO-BASED MATERIALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATIONS 2. Sustainable carbohydrate-derived building materials 3. Biobased Polymers for Mitigating Early- and Late-Age Cracking in Concrete 4. Influence of two commercial superplasticizers and a biopolymer on the performance of waste based alkali-activated mortars 5. Fire-retardant bioproducts for green buildings 6. Properties of bio-asphalt derived from castor oil PART II BIO-BASED MATERIALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES FOR BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY 7. Building insulation materials based on agricultural wastes 8. Bio-based insulation materials performance in an old building envelope system 9. Tilia sp. ’s pruning residues wood panels for thermal insulation 10. Properties of clayey plasters with olive fibers 11. Thermal insulation biomaterial base on Hydrangea macrophylla 12. Bio-based phase change materials 13. Building integrated photobioreactor PART III BIO-BASED MATERIALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES FOR OTHER APPLICATIONS 14. Biotechnology for soil decontamination 15. Botanical biofiltration for reducing indoor air pollution 16. Cellulose-TiO2 composites for the removal of water pollutants 17. Environmental safety of biotechnological materials and processes 18. Biotechnology for immobilization of chemical, biological and radioactive pollutants on land and infrastructure demolition waste after industrial accident or terroristic attack
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Woodhead Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 690.0286; Sustainable construction; Building materials -- Environmental aspects; Biotechnology; Sustainable buildings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128223819
• Related ISBNs: 9780128194812
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