EAN: 9783319194905

SUSTAINABLE BUILDING WITH EARTH - HORST SCHROED...

This book provides an insightful overview of the current state of earth building. The author
approaches the subject from the perspective of the building material¿s life cycle  featuring
in-depth explanations of the cycle's individual steps: extraction and classification of
construction soil  production of earth building materials and earthen structures  planning 
construction and renovation of earth buildings  and demolition and recycling of earthen
structures. This unique resource provides examples of sophisticated earth building projects and
illustrates the diverse applications of earth as a building material. Compared to conventional
mineral building materials  earth possesses particularly positive ecological qualities such as
its energy balance and recyclability. Architects  engineers  students  manufacturers and
distributors of building materials  building contractors  building biologists  public
authorities and preservationists will benefit from this book¿s ample coverage of restoring 
optimizing and building with this material of the past  present and future.

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