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Green building handbook volume 3: Demolish or deconstruct

Author: Van Wyk, Llewellyn V Date: Nov 2010 Construction is responsible for 50 per cent of all resources consumed in the world making it one of the least sustainable global industries. Although it is difficult to quantify, largely due to the highly variable amount of waste generated ... Read more
Green building handbook volume 3: Scope and flexibility for end-of-life options

Author: Van Wyk, Llewellyn V Date: Nov 2010 The pursuit of sustainable development brings the construction industry, and specifically the building industry component thereof, into sharp relief. The built environment is a major component of contemporary life. Over half the world’s ... Read more
Green roofs

Author: Van Wyk, Llewellyn V Date: Apr 2010 Green roofs are roofs that have been covered with a growing medium, creating a habitat on what would otherwise be a bland, lifeless surface. It is for this reason that green roofs are sometimes call 'vegetated' or 'living' roofs (Cantor 2008). ... Read more
Introduction: Green Building Handbook

Author: Van Wyk, Llewellyn V Date: Aug 2010 By recognising the specific environmental challenges facing South Africa, mindful of the government‘s commitment to reducing South Africa‘s Greenhouse gas emissions, and acknowledging the need to build social cohesion, the Green Building ... Read more
Mauritius green building handbook, vol 1: Building envelope

Author: Van Wyk, Llewellyn V Date: Aug 2010 The building envelope plays a significant role in the performance of a building, especially with regard to the green building components. This chapter will focus on the external building envelope only, i.e., sub-structure, super structure, ... Read more
Structural concrete and sustainability

Author: Grieve, G ; Gouws, S Date: Apr 2010 During the manufacture of Portland-type cements, significant emissions of carbon dioxide occur, some of which comes from the burning of fuel in the kiln, and the balance from the chemical dissociation of limestone (CaCO3). In South Africa the ... Read more

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