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To date, the focus in the field of sustainable building has been on new building design. However, existing residential buildings inflict great environmental burden through three causes: continuous energy consumption, regular building maintenance and replacements. This publication analyses and compares these three causes of environmental burden and shows that material resources needed for replacements generally have a limited potential to reduce environmental impact. Reducing energy consumption for climate control and electrical appliances is much more effective. According to the author, sustain

Sustainable construction. --- House construction.

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There is growing interest in future scenario planning of the construction industry but a disconnect between thinking about the future at the policy-making level and implementing real change. Constructing Futures: industry leaders and futures thinking in construction takes a thematic approach to the future of the UK construction industry by presenting the results of a series of in-depth interviews conducted with leading construction figures and structuring this material into chapters addressing the key contemporary issues in the industry. These high-profile figures are drawn from a

Construction industry --- Sustainable construction --- Leadership

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Un état de l'art de la technique française de construction avec des matériaux organiques, alliant recherche scientifique et expériences de terrain. Après la définition des exigences du développement durable, le cycle de vie des polymères utilisés en construction est détaillé. Une partie est consacrée aux produits manufacturés : les géosynthétiques, les élastomères et les caoutchoucs.

Construction --- Matériaux hybrides. --- Construction durable --- Matériaux. --- Matériaux.

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Reinforced concrete construction. --- Concrete construction --- Design.

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House construction. --- House construction --- Technological innovations.