Sustainable Building Materials Guided by Ecological Wisdom to Combat Environmental Issues

TY - CHAP

T1 - Sustainable Building Materials Guided by Ecological Wisdom to Combat Environmental Issues

AU - Li, Mengmeng

AU - Achal, Varenyam

PY - 2019/1/1

Y1 - 2019/1/1

N2 - Developing an ecology of construction is very important step to achieve sustainability in infrastructures that requires adopting ecological principles while choosing building materials. Nature provides some insights into sustainability in the built environment for sustainable construction. However, it is very important to know the concept of ecological wisdom that prevails in nature to get concept of sustainability in the built environment. Ecosystems are the source of important lessons and models for transitioning built environment onto sustainable path that opens option for sustainable building material to construct new infrastructures to fulfill the demand of growing population. Increasing needs for environmental protection has attracted the scientific community to develop building materials with less adverse impact on the environment. The use of plant-based materials or supplementary cementitious materials in concrete can reduce the environmental impacts of concrete and thus provide an option as sustainable building material. Microbial carbonate precipitation is another promising way of emulating nature’s sustainable ways that act as building material. The various building materials discussed in this article promote green buildings leading to energy and carbon emission reduction and demonstrate the scope for carbon mitigation options in the construction sector.

AB - Developing an ecology of construction is very important step to achieve sustainability in infrastructures that requires adopting ecological principles while choosing building materials. Nature provides some insights into sustainability in the built environment for sustainable construction. However, it is very important to know the concept of ecological wisdom that prevails in nature to get concept of sustainability in the built environment. Ecosystems are the source of important lessons and models for transitioning built environment onto sustainable path that opens option for sustainable building material to construct new infrastructures to fulfill the demand of growing population. Increasing needs for environmental protection has attracted the scientific community to develop building materials with less adverse impact on the environment. The use of plant-based materials or supplementary cementitious materials in concrete can reduce the environmental impacts of concrete and thus provide an option as sustainable building material. Microbial carbonate precipitation is another promising way of emulating nature’s sustainable ways that act as building material. The various building materials discussed in this article promote green buildings leading to energy and carbon emission reduction and demonstrate the scope for carbon mitigation options in the construction sector.

KW - Sustainability

KW - Building materials

KW - Ecological wisdom

KW - Cement

KW - Earth construction

U2 - 10.1007/978-981-13-0571-9_10

DO - 10.1007/978-981-13-0571-9_10

M3 - 章节

SN - 978-981-13-0570-2

SP - 177

EP - 192

BT - Ecological Wisdom

A2 - Yang, Bo

A2 - Yong, Robert Fredrick

PB - Springer Singapore

ER -