“Sustainable” Is Synonymous to “Eco-Friendly”: Student Perceptions about Sustainability and Sustainable Behavior

Green Concrete: An Efficient and Eco-Friendly Sustainable Building Material

Green concrete is a concept of thinking environment into concrete considering every aspect from raw materials manufacture over mixture design to structural design, construction and service life. Green concrete is a type of concrete which resembles the conventional concrete but the production or usage of such concrete requires minimum amount of energy and causes least harm to the environment. Si...

What Is Sustainability? Quantifying Sustainability Achieving a Sustainable Marine Environment

Sustainability of Infrastructure: Achieving Sustainable Cities with Sustainable Infrastructures

A number of chapters in this book describe innovative infrastructure components and practices that represent efficient ways to improve the sustainability of urban development. History teaches us, however, that the take-up of innovations depends on their social acceptability and their economics. When the frame is expanded to incorporate sustainability considerations, the relevant take-up issues ...

The Sustainability of ' ' Sustainable Consumption

Sustainable and environmentally friendly production of leather

Focus of the leather producing industry is the transformation of untreated skins that are brittle under dry conditions and may rot under wet conditions into durable, imperishable leather by processes which incorporate tanning agents into the hides. The traditional processes comprise a multitude of different steps (up to 70), are time-consuming and water intensive. An accrual of 20 to 40 t of wa...