Download or read book Eco-efficient Construction and Building Materials written by Fernando Pacheco Torgal and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-07-31 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eco-efficient Construction and Building Materials provides essential reading about materials for the construction industry in the twenty-first century. It covers the latest findings in the field, especially the toxicity aspects, embodied energy, construction and demolition wastes, the use of wastes in concrete, masonry units, materials reinforced with vegetable fibres, earth construction, the durability aspects, and also the importance of nanotechnology to the development of more environmentally-friendly materials. Based on more than nine hundred references, Eco-efficient Construction and Building Materials is of fundamental importance to academics, engineers and architects who are dedicated to the creation of a greener and more holistic construction industry.