Durability Of Building Materials And Components

Durability of Building Materials and Components 8: Performance, service life prediction and sustainable construction

This set of conference proceedings focusses on topics related to integrating existing knowledge together with more recent contributions on service life & durability of construction materials, components, and assemblies. Papers presented are arranged under the following topics: maintenance management of building assemblies & facilities; life cycle costing & economics; performance & serviceability of buildings; and life cycle analysis & sustainable, durable design. Includes author & subject indexes.

Durability of Building Materials and Components

Durability of Building Materials and Components provides a collection of recent research works to contribute to the systematization and dissemination of knowledge related to the long-term performance and durability of construction and, simultaneously, to show the most recent advances in this domain. It includes a set of new developments in the field of durability, service life prediction methodologies, the durability approach for historical and old buildings, asset and maintenance management and on the durability of materials, systems and components. The book is divided in several chapters that intend to be a resume of the current state of knowledge for benefit of professional colleagues.

Durability of Building Materials and Components