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Resource salvation the architecture of reuse

It is certain to become required reading in university courses in sustainable architecture, as well as materials engineering and environmental engineering curricula with a sustainable design component

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gorgolewski, Mark
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2018
Subjects:
Building Materials / Recycling
Buildings / Salvaging / Fast
Buildings / Salvaging / Http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85017794
Sustainable Architecture / Http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00004838
Architecture / Professional Practice / Bisacsh
Construction / Matériaux / Recyclage
Architecture / Adaptive Reuse & Renovation / Bisacsh
Building Materials / Recycling / Fast
Sustainable Architecture / Fast
Architecture / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments / Bisacsh
Constructions / Récupération
Architecture / Reference / Bisacsh
Architecture Durable
Online Access:
Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Definitions
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Background
  • 1.2 Scarcity of resource
  • 1.3 Waste and obsolescence
  • 1.4 Permanence and repair
  • 1.5 Material efficiency
  • 1.6 Embodied energy and carbon
  • 1.7 The circular economy
  • 1.8 Reuse v recycling
  • 1.9 Summary
  • References
  • Image Credits
  • Chapter 2 Concepts Supporting Reuse
  • 2.1 History of building component reuse
  • 2.2 Barriers to reuse
  • 2.3 Urban metabolism and resource flows
  • Chapter 4 Materials Investigations4.1 Nordic Built Component Reuse
  • 4.2 Storywood
  • 4.3 Reuse of structural steel
  • 4.4 Rebrick project
  • References
  • Image Credits
  • Chapter 5 Practitioners
  • 5.1 Rotor
  • 5.2 Milestone Project Management
  • 5.3 Lendager Group
  • 5.4 Superuse Studios
  • Image Credits
  • Chapter 6 Implications for Design
  • 6.1 Design process characteristics
  • 6.2 Performance issues
  • 6.3 Understanding sources and opportunities
  • 6.4 Decision process
  • 6.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Image Credits
  • Bibliography

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