GRAPHICS AND STRUCTURAL DESIGN
CONTENTS PART I SELECTING BUILDING MATERIALS FOR REDUCED IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES: ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ANALYSIS UTILIZING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, BUILT ENVIRONMENTS, AND BUILDING MATERIALS INTRODUCTION: REDUCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF BUILT ENVIRONMENTS ECOSYSTEM SERVICES: DEFINITIONS AND BOUNDARIES RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ECOSYSTEM SERVICES DEFINING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES FOR A BUILT ENVIRONMENT CONTEXT: KEY PLACES FOR CHANGE DESCRIPTIONS OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES MOST APPLICABLE TO A BUILT ENVIRONMENT CONTEXT CONCLUSION: ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT MOVING TOWARDS A MORE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP REFERENCES ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ANALYSIS: INCORPORATING AN UNDERSTANDING OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES INTO BUILT ENVIRONMENT DESIGN AND MATERIALS SELECTION INTRODUCTION: A WIDER PERSPECTIVE ON SUSTAINABILITY AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ANALYSIS AND WHOLE BUILDING OR URBAN DESIGN ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ANALYSIS AND MATERIALS SELECTION POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES OF COMMON BUILDING MATERIALS CONCLUSION: MATERIALS SELECTION AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES A SHIFT IN THINKING PART II CHOOSING SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS BUILDING MATERIALS INTRODUCTION MATERIALS THAT ARE GROWN MATERIALS THAT ARE EXTRACTED MATERIALS THAT ARE MADE CONCLUSION MATERIALS AND BUILDINGS CHOOSING MATERIALS DESIGNING TO MINIMIZE BUILDING LIFECYCLE IMPACT CAVEAT: BUILDING USERS CHOOSING HEALTHY AND LOW-IMPACT MATERIALS PART III INDOOR TOXICITY FROM BUILDING MATERIALS A LACK OF RECOGNITION OF POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS FROM BUILDING MATERIALS THE PROBLEM BEYOND THE CHALLENGES: THREE STAGES OF RECOGNITION OF HEALTH RISKS PERSISTING ISSUES WITH THE MOST RECOGNIZED BUILDING MATERIAL HEALTH RISKS: LEAD AND ASBESTOS ISSUES WITH LEAD ISSUES WITH ASBESTOS HOW SUBSTANCES GET REGULATED AGAINST IN THE BUILDING INDUSTRY: FORMALDEHYDE, PHTHALATE PLASTICIZERS IN POLYVINYL CHLORIDE/VINYL OVERVIEW OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ISSUES WITH FORMALDEHYDE ISSUES WITH VINYL, POLYVINYL CHLORIDE, AND PLASTICIZERS NEW AND LESS RECOGNIZED RISKS WITH BUILDING MATERIALS: VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, REPLACEMENT CHEMICALS, AND NANOPARTICLES ON-GOING SUSPICION—VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM CARPETS REPLACEMENT AND NEW SUBSTANCES DISCUSSION ON STAGE 1 AND CONCLUSION AN OVERVIEW OF HEALTH HAZARDS FROM MATERIALS: APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES KEY COMMONALITIES IN POLYMER SOURCES PLASTICS—MORE SOLID POLYMERS DISPOSAL OF PLASTICS FILM-FORMING FINISHES: PAINTS, VARNISHES, AND OILS BIOPOLYMERS RADON TITANIUM DIOXIDE (TIO2) LINOLEUM—A NATURAL COMPOSITE TIMBER PART IV CASE STUDIES SUSTAINABILITY AND THE MATERIAL ASPECT OF TRADITIONAL RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN SERBIA HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, AND SOCIAL CONTEXT BASIC TYPES OF TRADITIONAL RURAL AND URBAN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES OF BUILDING MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PALM THATCHED BUILDING IN MEXICO PALM THATCH BUILDING ASSESSMENT THE EFFECT OF GLOBAL TRADE ON THE NEW ZEALAND HOUSE BACKGROUND MATERIAL SELECTION AND DATA SOURCES DISCUSSION THURGOONA CAMPUS: A LIVING LABORATORY OF HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS CONTEXT THE SITE BUILDINGS MATERIALS: EVOLVING THE DETAIL CONCLUSION: THE ISSUES ARE COMPLEX THE HOCKERTON HOUSING PROJECT: A CASE STUDY OF THE USE OF CONCRETE THERMAL MASS IN ZERO-HEATING HOUSES THERMAL MASS IN THE TWO PROJECTS THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF THE PROJECTS COMPARED OTHER CONSIDERATIONS CONCLUSIONS LAMBIE HOUSE: DECONSTRUCTION AND ECO-REFURBISHMENT INTRODUCTION: A DOMESTIC ECO-REFURBISHMENT THE BUILDER AND THE CLIENTS: COMMITMENT TO RESOURCE SAVINGS REUSING WINDOWS AND DOORS REUSING THE ROOF RECOVERING EXISTING FITTINGS AND FIXTURES MATERIALS: MINIMIZING WASTE CONCLUSIONS: INTENTIONS, ATTITUDES, AND REALITIES MERIDIAN: NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST GREEN STAR-RATED BUILDING INTRODUCTION TO NEW ZEALAND BUILT ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT SITE AND DESIGN BRIEF MATERIALS SELECTION WASTE MINIMIZATION SUSTAINABLE AND HEALTHY BUILDING PRACTICE IN GERMANY SUSTAINABLE AND HEALTHY CONSTRUCTION IN GERMANY EXAMPLE 1: A SEMIDETACHED HEALTHY RESIDENCE EXAMPLE 2: ENERGY-EFFICIENT WATER RESIDENCE THE BULLITT CENTER: A “LIVING BUILDING” LIVING BUILDING CERTIFICATION MATERIALS “PETAL” FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL PROJECT CERTIFICATION MATERIAL SELECTION PRODUCT TRANSPARENCY