"Sustainable Buildings: Interaction Between a Holistic Conceptual Act and Materials Properties" ed. by Amjad Almusaed

This book has been written to represent the efficient applications of sustainability upon building designs. The book intends to illustrate various techniques of action of sustainability on building conceptions.

The book is divided into four parts and eight chapters. Part I "Introduction into Target Theme" includes a chapter with title "Introductory Chapter." It makes an overview of the meaning and the target of sustainable building and sustainable building material. Part II "Sustainable Building Design, Process, and Management" discusses many forms and concepts of sustainable building and includes three chapters. Part III "Sustainable Building by Using Energy Efficiency in Building Design" includes one chapter. Part IV "Sustainability in Building Materials: Study Cases" includes three chapters.


Contents
1 Introductory Chapter: Overview of a Competent Sustainable Building
2 A Holistic Conceptual Scheme for Sustainable Building Design in the Context of Environmental, Economic and Social Dimensions
3 Risk Management in Construction
4 Optimization of Building Facade Voids Design, Facade Voids Position and Ratios - Wind Condition Relation
5 Advanced Control Strategies with Simulations for a Typical District Heating System to Approaching Energy Efficiency Buildings
6 Development of Sustainable High-Strength Self-Consolidating Concrete Utilising Fly Ash, Shale Ash and Microsilica
7 Research on Strength, Alkali-Silica Reaction and Abrasion Resistance of Concrete with Cathode Ray Tube Glass Sand
8 Development of Clay Plasters Containing Thermoregulating Microcapsules for Indoor Walls