Nano and Biotech Based Materials for Energy Building Efficiency (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This book presents the current state of knowledge on nanomaterials and their use in buildings, ranging from glazing and vacuum insulation to PCM composites. It also discusses recent applications in organic photovoltaics, photo-bioreactors, bioplastics and foams, making it an exciting read while also providing copious references to current research and applications for those wanting to pursue possible future research directions. Derek Clements-Croome, Emeritus Professor in Architectural Engineering, University of Reading (From the Foreword) Demonstrating how higher energy efficiency in new and existing buildings can help reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, this book details the way in which new technologies, manufacturing processes and products can serve to abate emissions from the energy sector and offer a cost-effective means of improving competitiveness and drive employment. Maximizing reader insights into how nano and biotech materials - such as aerogel based plasters, thermochromic glazings and thermal energy adsorbing glass, amongst others - can provide high energy efficiency performance in buildings, it provides practitioners in the field with an important high-tech tool to tackle key challenges and is essential reading for civil engineers, architects, materials scientists and researchers in the area of the sustainability of the built environment.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	August 2016
First published:	2016
Editors:	F. Pacheco Torgal • Cinzia Buratti • S. Kalaiselvam • Claes-Goeran Granqvist • Volodymyr Ivanov
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	484
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-27503-1
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > Nanotechnology Books > Professional & Technical > Mechanical engineering & materials > Materials science > General Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > Building construction & materials > General Promotions
LSN:	3-319-27503-8
Barcode:	9783319275031

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