Sustainability, Energy and Architecture

Chapter 3

Sustainable Construction Materials

Andrew Miller and Kenneth Ip,    Brighton University, Brighton, Sussex, UK

Chapter Outline

3.1 Introduction

3.1.1 World Resources

3.2 Demand for Construction Materials

3.3 Material Resources

3.4 Renewable Materials

3.5 Recycled Materials

3.6 Life Cycle Analysis

3.7 Embodied Energy

3.8 Gross Energy Requirement

3.9 Process Energy Requirement

3.10 Embodied Carbon

3.11 Natural Building Materials

3.11.1 Renewable Construction Materials: Timber

3.11.1.1 Structural Timber

3.11.1.2 Glue Laminated Timber (Glulam)

3.12 Short Rotation Renewable Materials

3.12.1 Hemp

3.13 Summary

3.1 Introduction

3.1.1 World Resources

As we reach the end of the year 2011 the population of the world is approximately seven billion ...