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Title:
NEW CARBON ARCHITECTURE
BUILDING TO COOL THE PLANET
By:
Bruce King
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Paperback
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ISBN 10:
0865718687
ISBN 13:
9780865718685
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Publisher:
NEW SOCIETY PUBLISHERS
Pub. date:
14 November, 2017
Pages:
160
Description:
Soak up carbon into beautiful, healthy buildings that heal the climate
Synopsis:
Author is a structural engineer who has designed sustainable building world-wideHe founded the Ecological Building NetworkHe has written three other books on low-carbon buildingThe embodied carbon of building materials accounts for 10% of global carbon emissionsThe author believes the future of building will be an amalgam of the best of traditional and modern construction technologiesThis book explains how it is possible to build using materials which create a carbon sink, absorbing more carbon than they emit through construction materials and the building processThe resulting buildings cost less to build and are more comfortable to live inCovers wood, alternatives to concrete, recycled plastic waste, and materials inspired by biomimicry
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Color photos, B&W photos throughout
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US
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