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Sustainable Building with Earth
Horst Schroeder
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Description for Sustainable Building with Earth
Hardback. Sustainable Building with Earth Num Pages: 576 pages, 83 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: THX; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1185.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319194905
SKU
V9783319194905
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Ref
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About Horst Schroeder
Dr.-Ing. Horst Schroeder is a founding member of the German Association of Building with Earth (Dachverband Lehm e. V.). For twenty years he was the chairman of the association and has been its honorary president since 2012. Up to 2012, he was a lecturer in the fields of “earth building” and “planning and building in developing countries” at the Bauhaus ... Read more
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