Thames & Kosmos Green Engineering: Clean Energy & Sustainable Living handleiding
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Can buildings be
recycled?
When a building has to be demolished, a lot of
rubble is produced. This material, which accounts
for around a quarter of all waste in the United
States alone, is usually dumped in landfills or used
as gravel in road construction. However, rubble
contains many valuable raw materials such as wood,
glass or aluminum. This is why attempts are now being
made to recycle building materials such as concrete. Old concrete
is ground into small granules to reuse. New houses can also be designed so that
their components can later be easily separated and reused.
... are a special form of sustainable
building and living. These houses,
designed by the architect Michael Reynolds in the 1970s, are built largely from
recycled waste materials such as tires, bottles or cans and plastered with clay.
The so-called Earthships produce their own electricity using a solar system. Like
passive houses, they do not need to be heated, as they maintain their temperature
in summer and winter solely through solar radiation through large windows,
geothermal energy, and good insulation. The house also processes rainwater and
feeds it into its own water cycle.
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Productinformatie
| Merk | Thames & Kosmos |
| Model | Green Engineering: Clean Energy & Sustainable Living |
| Categorie | Niet gecategoriseerd |
| Taal | Nederlands |
| Grootte | 33452 MB |
