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Advances in Bio-Based Materials for Construction and Energy Efficiency
- 1st Edition - March 1, 2025
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 2 8 0 0 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 2 8 0 1 - 5
Advances in Bio-Based Materials for Construction and Energy Efficiency fills a gap in the published literature, discussing bio-based materials and biotechnologies that are crucia… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Bio-Based Materials for Construction and Energy Efficiency fills a gap in the published literature, discussing bio-based materials and biotechnologies that are crucial for a more sustainable construction industry. With comprehensive coverage and contributions from leading experts in the field, the book includes sections on bio-based materials and biotechnologies for infrastructure applications, bio-based materials and biotechnologies for building energy efficiency, and other applications, such as using biotechnology to reduce indoor air pollution, for water treatment, and in soil decontamination. The book will be an essential reference resource for academic researchers, civil engineers, contractors working in construction works, postgraduate students and other professionals.
- Covers recent trends on bio-based materials and biotechnologies for eco-efficient construction
- Focus on sustainability and green concepts
- Includes infrastructure applications, building energy efficiency and biotechnology
- Presents cutting-edge technologies that includes the use of nanocellulose, geopolymer mortars using agricultural waste, and photosynthetic panels made of algae-laden biological materials
Academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists, chemists and civil engineers, construction industry professionals, architects and manufacturers working on the development of low-carbon building materials.
1. Introduction to bio-based materials and biotechnologies for eco-efficient construction
PART I- BIO-BASED MATERIALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATIONS
2. Soybean oil-based derivatives for asphalt binders
3. Microalgae oil as an aged bitumen rejuvenator
4. Nanocellulose fibers and crystals as emulsifying agents
5. Concrete with wood ash and vegetable aggregates
6. Low carbon geopolymers using sunflower straw ash as an activator
7. Geopolymer mortars using agricultural waste
8. Performance of concrete using bacteria and bio fibers
9. Fire performance of hemp concrete
10. Environmental performance of concrete with a bio-additive based on opuntia ficus-indica
11. Strain-hardening cementitious composites incorporating nanocellulose fibers
12. Bio-based sandwich beams made of paper honeycomb cores
13. Rice straw foamed gypsum hollow blocks
14. LCA of wall infill made with agriculture waste
PART II- BIO-BASED MATERIALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES FOR BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
15. Limitations of building codes regarding the use of hemp materials
16. Thermal insulating lightweight aerogels based on nanocellulose
17. Thermal insulation walls based on expanded perlite and hemp stalks
18. Thermal insulation composites based on desert cotton and areca nut husk fibres
19. Bio-based walls made of Arundo donax and gypsum
20. Performance of Bio-PCMs for building energy efficiency
21. Performance of dry-assembled wooden walls with Bio-PCM
22. Photosynthetic panels made of water-based algae-laden biological materials
23. Thermal behavior of a building equipped with facade-integrated photobioreactors
24. LCA of photobioreactors for Algae Cultivation on Façades
PART I- BIO-BASED MATERIALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATIONS
2. Soybean oil-based derivatives for asphalt binders
3. Microalgae oil as an aged bitumen rejuvenator
4. Nanocellulose fibers and crystals as emulsifying agents
5. Concrete with wood ash and vegetable aggregates
6. Low carbon geopolymers using sunflower straw ash as an activator
7. Geopolymer mortars using agricultural waste
8. Performance of concrete using bacteria and bio fibers
9. Fire performance of hemp concrete
10. Environmental performance of concrete with a bio-additive based on opuntia ficus-indica
11. Strain-hardening cementitious composites incorporating nanocellulose fibers
12. Bio-based sandwich beams made of paper honeycomb cores
13. Rice straw foamed gypsum hollow blocks
14. LCA of wall infill made with agriculture waste
PART II- BIO-BASED MATERIALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES FOR BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
15. Limitations of building codes regarding the use of hemp materials
16. Thermal insulating lightweight aerogels based on nanocellulose
17. Thermal insulation walls based on expanded perlite and hemp stalks
18. Thermal insulation composites based on desert cotton and areca nut husk fibres
19. Bio-based walls made of Arundo donax and gypsum
20. Performance of Bio-PCMs for building energy efficiency
21. Performance of dry-assembled wooden walls with Bio-PCM
22. Photosynthetic panels made of water-based algae-laden biological materials
23. Thermal behavior of a building equipped with facade-integrated photobioreactors
24. LCA of photobioreactors for Algae Cultivation on Façades
- No. of pages: 710
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 1, 2025
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443328008
- eBook ISBN: 9780443328015