Materials for Sustainable Sites

This complete guide to the evaluation, selection, and use of sustainable materials in the landscape features strategies to minimize environmental and human health impacts of conventional site construction materials as well as green materials. Providing detailed current information on construction materials for sustainable sites, the book introduces tools, techniques, ideologies and resources for evaluating, sourcing, and specifying sustainable site materials. Chapters cover types of materials, both conventional and emerging green materials, environmental and human health impacts of the material, and detailed strategies to minimize these impacts. Case studies share cost and performance information and lessons learned.

Preface iv Acknowledgments vi CHAPTER 1 Materials for Sustainable Sites Defined 1 CHAPTER 2 Background: Inputs, Outputs, and Impacts of Construction Materials 13 CHAPTER 3 Evaluating the Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Materials 53 CHAPTER 4 Resource Reuse: Designing with and Specifying Reclaimed, Reprocessed, and Recycled-content Materials 77 CHAPTER 5 Concrete 103 CHAPTER 6 Earthen Materials 143 CHAPTER 7 Brick Masonry 179 CHAPTER 8 Asphalt Pavement 199 CHAPTER 9 Aggregates and Stone 235 CHAPTER 10 Wood and Wood Products 271 CHAPTER 11 Metals 327 CHAPTER 12 Plastics and Rubber 373 CHAPTER 13 Biobased Materials, BY RUTH STAFFORD 409 Appendix A Embodied Energy and Embodied Carbon of Construction Materials by Weight 437 Appendix B Health and Environmental Impacts of Hazardous Air Pollutants and Metals Related to Construction Materials 441 Index 453