environmental construction Books
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ASTM Standards on Building Economics: 6th Edition (CD-ROM)
This new edition provides a comprehensive resource for evaluating the economic performance of investments in buildings, building systems, and other constructed facilities. Learn how to: • Decide whether to accept or reject a given investment • Design and size building systems • Establish ...
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Education and Training in Indoor Air Sciences
Many buildings fail to perform adequately, causing illness and productivity loss among the inhabitants. The growing impact of this problem on people and property values - and the increasing litigation to which it gives rise - clearly reveals the limitations in and piecemeal character of the current education of building and health professionals in addressing the relationship between a ...
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ASTM Standards on TRANSPORTATION APPLICATIONS
"This efficient and cost-effective 3-volume set focuses on all aspects of transportation engineering. It allows the practitioner in these fields to access the latest versions of standards directly related to transportation design, construction and maintenance." Professor Thomas C. Sheahan, Civil & ...
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Water Treatment Plant Design, Fifth Edition
An engineering design classic, Water Treatment Plant Design is your total reference on water treatment plant upgrades or new construction. ...
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M61 Desalination of Seawater
As worldwide fresh water supplies become increasingly stressed from population growth and uncontrolled water use, desalination of seawater has become an increasingly sought-after alternative for new water supply in coastal areas. AWWA Manual of Water Supply Practices M61 provides technical and planning guidance for drinking water utilities that currently operate, are developing, or are ...
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Materials Engineering and Environmental Science
This book consists of one hundred and nine selected papers presented at the 2015 International Conference on Materials Engineering and Environmental Science (MEES2015), which was successfully held in Wuhan, China during September 25–27, 2015. All papers selected for this proceedings were subjected to a ...
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Wetlands Ecosystems in Asia: Function and Management
Description Wetlands are among the most important and productive ecosystems on earth. Wetlands are valuable as sources, sinks and transformers of a multitude of chemical, biological and genetic materials. They stabilize water supplies, clean polluted waters, protect shorelines, and recharge groundwater aquifers. In recent years, the importance of wetland conservation has been recognized by ...
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Marine Wastewater Outfalls and Treatment Systems
Wastewater disposal by marine outfalls is proven and effective and is a reliable and cost effective solution with minimal environmental impacts. The design and siting of submarine outfalls is a complex task that relies on many disciplines including oceanography, civil and environmental engineering, marine ...
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Environmental Role of Wetlands in Headwaters
Internationally, the wetlands of headwater and upland regions provide many valuable environmental services. They influence flood flows, sediment loads and aquifer recharge; biochemical water qualities and biodiversity. They affect the livelihoods of many communities providing water, peat, timber, grazing, ...
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Environmental Role of Wetlands in Headwaters
Internationally, the wetlands of headwater and upland regions provide many valuable environmental services. They influence flood flows, sediment loads and aquifer recharge; biochemical water qualities and biodiversity. They affect the livelihoods of many communities providing water, peat, timber, grazing, ...
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