Advances in Bio-Based Materials for Construction and Energy Efficiency (Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering). Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Advances in Bio-Based Materials for Construction and Energy Efficiency (Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering)

Advances in Bio-Based Materials for Construction and Energy Efficiency fills a gap in the published literature, discussing bio-based materials and biotechnologies that are crucial for a more sustainable construction industry. With comprehensive coverage and contributions from leading experts in the field, the book includes sections on bio-based materials and biotechnologies for infrastructure applications, bio-based materials and biotechnologies for building energy efficiency, and other applications, such as using biotechnology to reduce indoor air pollution, for water treatment, and in soil decontamination. The book will be an essential reference resource for academic researchers, civil engineers, contractors working in construction works, postgraduate students and other professionals.

Fernando Pacheco Torgal is a Principal Investigator at C-TAC, University of Minho. He holds the title of Counsellor (Top 0.5%) from the Portuguese Engineers Association and has been consistently recognized as a Scopus Highly Cited Scientist in the global rankings by Stanford University. With over 300 publications to his name, he has carried out in-depth peer reviews of more than one thousand scientific papers and assessed nearly one hundred research grant proposals across 15 countries. He serves on the editorial boards of nine international journals and has been involved in editorial decisions for several hundred manuscripts. In addition, he has edited 33 international books, many of which are available in the libraries of prestigious institutions such as Harvard, MIT, and Stanford.

Dan Tsang is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Director of the Research Center on Decarbonization Technology at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He has more than 20 years of R&D experience, and along with his team aspires to develop green technologies for long-term decarbonization and promote resource circularity and sustainable development.