Sustainability and Toxicity of Building Materials: Manufacture, Use and Disposal Stages provides a review of toxicity impacts from building materials, including the consideration of the toxicity in the extraction and manufacture of the materials and eventual dismantling and disposal. This book also offers the potential to stimulate future developments in this area, both in terms of knowledge-building and methods for future research. With the increasing emphasis on sustainable construction, it has become important to better understand the impacts of common materials. Civil and structural engineers, postgraduates, researchers as well as architects will find this book to be useful in selecting sustainable building materials.
While many building and furnishing materials are safe to use, in recent decades, some have had to be redesigned due to recognition that they contained problem chemicals like formaldehyde. Unfortunately, there is still limited understanding of the toxic impacts of many synthetic chemicals which means that the risks in this area are not well recognized. With increasing interest in using limited resources more sustainably, definitions of what is sustainable should be expanded to move from the focus on energy and carbon impacts to also include more explicit consideration of toxicity impacts.
BCC List of Contributors Table of Contents IntroductionSection 1: Contextualising the importance of evaluating toxic impacts1. Importance of recognising toxicity of building materials in manufacture, use and disposal stages for planetary sustainability and restoration 2. The role of regulation in shifting to sustainable and non-toxic building materials 3. The role of environmental certifications in fostering changes 4. Evaluation of Global Research on Greenwashing by Scientometric Indicators 5. Springboard to sustainable behaviour: a study of environmental attitudes toward material usage 6. An evolution of sustainable house construction technologiesSection 2: Sustainability and toxicity issues with natural and conventional construction materials7. Timber: Trees and Wood in construction 8. Timber: Industrial processes of treatments and adhesives 9. Bricks: a review of sustainability and toxicity issues 10. Concrete: Positive and negative aspects of its use in construction 11. Metals: issues with everyday use and toxicity within standard construction metals 12. Ecological and Health Impacts of Non-Metallic Minerals 13. Agricultural by-products as construction materials 14. Life-Cycle Assessment of the Environmental Impact of Earthen Buildings versus Conventional Buildings on Human HealthSection 3: Sustainability and toxicity issues with synthetic and composite materials15. Sustainability and toxicity of polymers, plastics, and coatings in buildings 16. Recycling and reutilization opportunities and techniques of the insulation material EPS (Expanded Polystyrene) after the lifetime of EIFS (Exterior Insulation Finishing System). 17. Implications of persistent environmental toxins prevalent in interior building materials and furnishings 18. Sustainability and toxicity of formaldehyde-based resins for composite wood products like plywood, particleboard, and medium density fibreboard (MDF)Section 4: Sustainability and toxicity issues with systems and built examples19. Circular Tiny House CTH Project - 11/2020 - 02/22 20. Kitchen joinery – Past, Present, and Future 21. Case study of a Non-Recyclable Glued Façade System and the Development of a Façade System with a Reclosable Fastener Fixation for the Recycle and Reuse of Single Façade Components 22. Eco Cottages: Using local indigenous non-toxic renewable cypress resources for sustainable construction and production 23. Design With Air, Towards Nontoxic Sustainable Microclimates using Earthen Materials 24. Unearthing sustainable material futuresSection 5: Emerging considerations25. Mycelium-based materials for the built environment: A case study on simulation, fabrication and repurposing myco-materials 26. Hazardous building materials threaten circular economy and sustainable outcomes 27. Composite building materials and construction and demolition waste (C&DW): Ecotoxicological perspectives 28. Digital systems supporting improvements of material information dissemination
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