{"product_id":"the-new-carbon-architecture-9780865718685","title":"The New Carbon Architecture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Soak up carbon into beautiful, healthy buildings that heal the climate \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Green buildings that slash energy use and carbon emissions are all the rage, but they aren''t enough. The hidden culprit is embodied carbon  the carbon emitted when materials are mined, manufactured, and transported  comprising some 10% of global emissions. With the built environment doubling by 2030, buildings are a carbon juggernaut threatening to overwhelm the climate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It doesn''t have to be this way. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Like never before in history, buildings can become part of the climate solution. With biomimicry and innovation, we can pull huge amounts of carbon out of the atmosphere and lock it up as walls, roofs, foundations, and insulation. We can literally make buildings out of the sky with a massive positive impact. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e The New Carbon Architecture \u003c\/i\u003e is a paradigm-shifting tour of the innovations in architecture and construction that are making this happen. Office towers built fro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Preface: Buildings Made of Sky \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Introduction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Word about \"Carbon\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e 1. Beyond Zero: The Time Value of Carbon \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e by Erin McDade \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Global Carbon Limit \u003cbr\u003e Buildings Are the Problem; Buildings Are the Solution \u003cbr\u003e Zero by 2050 \u003cbr\u003e The Zero Net Carbon Gold Standard \u003cbr\u003e Embodied Carbon: Getting to Real Zero \u003cbr\u003e Emissions Now Hurt More than Emissions Later: The Relative Importance of Embodied Carbon \u003cbr\u003e Embodied Carbon in the Future \u003cbr\u003e The Time Value of Carbon \u003cbr\u003e Zero Energy in a Nutshell by \u003ci\u003e Ann V. Edminister \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e 2. Counting Carbon: What We Know and How We Know It \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e by Catherine De Wolf, Barbara Rodriguez Droguett, and Kathrina Simonen \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Building Carbon Neutral \u003cbr\u003e The Relative Impact of Embodied Carbon in Typical Buildings \u003cbr\u003e Comparing Structural Materials \u003cbr\u003e Comparing LCA Methods \u003cbr\u003e Concrete \u003cbr\u003e Steel \u003cbr\u003e Wood \u003cbr\u003e Other Structural Materials \u003cbr\u003e Nonstructural Materials \u003cbr\u003e Comparing the Embodied Carbon of Buildings \u003cbr\u003e Getting to Zero: Embodied Carbon \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e 3. Rebuild: What You Build Matters, What You Don't Build Matters More \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e by Larry Strain \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We Can't Build Our Way Out of This \u003cbr\u003e Reuse: A Complete Strategy \u003cbr\u003e Reducing Embodied Carbon \u003cbr\u003e Reducing Operating Carbon: Renovation + Upgrade \u003cbr\u003e Upgrading to Zero \u003cbr\u003e Retrofit Opportunities \u003cbr\u003e Energy Efficiency Opportunities \u003cbr\u003e Net-zero Opportunities \u003cbr\u003e Saving Embodied Carbon Opportunities \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e 4. Wood: Like Never Before \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mass Timber Construction \u003ci\u003e by Frances Yang and Andrew Lawrence \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Carbon Argument \u003cbr\u003e So How Tall Can Timber Really Go? \u003cbr\u003e Enter Cross-laminated Timber (CLT) \u003cbr\u003e Stiffness \u003cbr\u003e Fire \u003cbr\u003e Acoustics \u003cbr\u003e Seismic Performance \u003cbr\u003e Beyond Carbon \u003cbr\u003e The Future \u003cbr\u003e Seeing the Forests for the Mass Timber \u003ci\u003e by Jason Grant \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e 5. Straw and Other Fibers: A Second Harvest \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e with Chris Magwood and Massey Burke \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Straw Bales and Straw Bale Panels \u003cbr\u003e Prefabricated Straw Bale Wall Panels \u003cbr\u003e Straw Blocks \u003cbr\u003e Straw Panels \u003cbr\u003e Bonded Plant Fiber Insulation Systems \u003cbr\u003e The Planet's Sixth Carbon Sink: A Success Story \u003ci\u003e by Craig White \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e 6. Concrete: The Reinvention of Artificial Rock \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e with Fernando Martirena and Paul Jaquin \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What Is Concrete? \u003cbr\u003e The Problem with Concrete \u003cbr\u003e The Reinvention Is On \u003cbr\u003e But First, Some Basics \u003cbr\u003e Clay: The First Cement \u003ci\u003e by Paul Jaquin \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Historical Building Using Clay as a Binder \u003cbr\u003e What Makes Clay Special? \u003cbr\u003e Bonding in Clay \u003cbr\u003e Sheets, Layers, and Assemblages \u003cbr\u003e Sheets \u003cbr\u003e Layers \u003cbr\u003e The Assemblage \u003cbr\u003e Friction \u003cbr\u003e Suction \u003cbr\u003e How Strong Is Clay Concrete? \u003cbr\u003e Humidity Buffering and Thermal Mass \u003cbr\u003e Future \u003cbr\u003e Rethinking Cement \u003ci\u003e by Fernando Martirena \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e More Ways to Reinvent Concrete \u003cbr\u003e What About Reinforcing — Steel and More \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e 7. Plastic: So Great, So Awful — Some New Directions \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e by Mikhail Davis, Wes Sullens, and Wil Srubar \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e Biopolymers and Bioplastics \u003cbr\u003e Plant Biopolymers \u003cbr\u003e Animal Biopolymers \u003cbr\u003e Bacterial Biopolymers \u003cbr\u003e The Bioplastics Dilemma \u003cbr\u003e Existing Plastics in the World \u003cbr\u003e The Scale of the Plastics Problem: How Much Is Already Out There? \u003cbr\u003e What To Do With All That Existing Plastic? \u003cbr\u003e Barriers to Plastics Recovery and Recycling \u003cbr\u003e Bright Spots for Plastics \u003cbr\u003e What You Can Do: The Low-carbon Plastics Hierarchy \u003cbr\u003e Guidelines: The Low-carbon Plastics Hierarchy \u003cbr\u003e From Obstacles to Opportunities to Solutions: Can We Redeem Plastic? \u003cbr\u003e Trash to Treasure: Can We Harvest the Existing Plastic Pollution from the Environment to Make New Products? \u003cbr\u003e Carbon-loving Plastics: Can We Produce Plastics that Capture or Store Carbon? \u003cbr\u003e Paths to Bio-based Plastics \u003cbr\u003e Regenerative Agriculture \u003cbr\u003e GHG to Plastic \u003cbr\u003e Carbon-plastic Composites: Can We Put New Carbon into Old Plastic? \u003cbr\u003e Closing the Loop: Can We Truly Manage Plastics in a Circular System? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e 8. To Your Health: The Health Benefits and Impacts of Natural Building Materials \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e by Pete Walker, Andrew Thomson, and Daniel Maskell \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Health Benefits \u003cbr\u003e Moisture Buffering Materials \u003cbr\u003e The Breathing Wall Concept: Vapor Permeability and Capillarity \u003cbr\u003e Controlling Volatile Organic Compounds \u003cbr\u003e Health Risks \u003cbr\u003e Radioactivity \u003cbr\u003e Silica Dust \u003cbr\u003e Handling Lime \u003cbr\u003e Protective Treatments \u003cbr\u003e Concluding Comments \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e 9. Size Matters: Can Buildings Be Too Tall? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e by Ann Edminster \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Height Problem \u003cbr\u003e Aspects of the Problem \u003cbr\u003e Ground Zero: Height as a Driver of Embodied Carbon \u003cbr\u003e Will Transit Catch Up? \u003cbr\u003e Middle Ground, Perhaps \u003cbr\u003e Livability \u003cbr\u003e Resiliency \u003cbr\u003e Conclusions \u003cbr\u003e Editor's Endnote \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e 10. Technology and Localization: Trends at Play \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nanotechnology \u003cbr\u003e Biotechnology and Biomimicry \u003cbr\u003e Localization: The Convergence of Social and Technological Trends \u003cbr\u003e Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and 3-D Printing \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e 11. Action Plan: Places to Intervene in a System \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Places to Intervene in a System \u003cbr\u003e Building Codes and Standards \u003cbr\u003e Incentives \u003cbr\u003e Research \u003cbr\u003e Information Flows \u003cbr\u003e A Price on Carbon \u003cbr\u003e Necessary Afternote #1 \u003cbr\u003e Necessary Afternote #2 \u003cbr\u003e Necessary Afternote #3: Which System Are We Talking About? \u003cbr\u003e Necessary Afternote #4: In Which the Republicans Make the Case \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Afterword \u003cbr\u003e Contributing Authors \u003cbr\u003e Index \u003cbr\u003e A Note about the Publisher \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Society Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866115322199,"sku":"9780865718685","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780865718685.jpg?v=1722277113","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-new-carbon-architecture-9780865718685","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}