Green Building Materials
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2018) | Viewed by 77046
Special Issue Editor
Interests: sustainable and low carbon concrete; advanced composite materials; phase change materials; nanomaterials; energy efficient building design; environmental sustainability; waste management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Green building materials are eco-friendly and are composed of renewable, rather than non-renewable resources. They offer specific benefits to the building owner and building occupants:
- Reduced maintenance/repair/replacement costs over the life of the building
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Improved occupant health and productivity
- Greater design and construction flexibility
- Affordable
Using green building materials promotes conservation of dwindling non-renewable resources internationally. The integration of green building materials into building projects can also help reduce the environmental impacts associated with the extraction, transport, processing, fabrication, installation, reuse, recycling, and disposal of these building industry source materials.
The followings are the topics proposed for this special issue (but not limited to):
- Renewable building materials
- Reusable or reycable building materials
- Energy-efficient building materials
- Low embodied energy building materials
- Durable building materials
- Low-VOC building materials
A/Prof. Patrick Tang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Green building materials
- Energy efficient
- Renewable materials
- Recycled materials
- Embodied energy
- Sustainable materials
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