Application of Wall and Insulation Materials on Green Building: A Review

Hao Wang, Pen-Chi Chiang, Yanpeng Cai, Chunhui Li, Xuan Wang, Tse-Lun Chen, Shiming Wei and Qian Huang
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Hao Wang: State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Pen-Chi Chiang: Carbon Cycle Research Center, National Taiwan University, 71 Fan-Lan Road, Da-an District, Taipei City 10672, Taiwan
Yanpeng Cai: State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Chunhui Li: Key Laboratory for Water and Sediment Sciences of the Ministry of Education, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Xuan Wang: Beijing Engineering Research Center for Watershed Environmental Restoration and Integrated Ecological Regulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Tse-Lun Chen: Carbon Cycle Research Center, National Taiwan University, 71 Fan-Lan Road, Da-an District, Taipei City 10672, Taiwan
Shiming Wei: State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resource and Prospecting, Beijing 102249, China
Qian Huang: College of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 9, 1-21

Abstract: The construction materials utilized in the building sector have accounted for a large amount of natural resource and energy consumption. Green building, which has developed over three decades, can be regarded as a management and technical approach for building and construction sectors to achieve resource and energy sustainability in building sectors. Therefore, the development and deployment of green construction materials play an important role in the green building field due to the contribution of sustainable resources and energy. To realize the barriers of energy and resources utilization on green building, the development trend, application, and some case studies on wall materials and thermal insulation materials are described. A summary of plant fibers, recycled wastes, and photochromic glass is developed to show applications of green construction materials, which contributes to sustainable development. The challenges and barriers from business, technical, and policy aspects are also reviewed. Finally, perspectives and prospects of green construction material life-cycle framework are illustrated. This paper presents a snapshot review of the importance of wall materials and thermal insulation materials from the point of view of energy and resources consumption.

Keywords: green construction material; wall material; thermal insulation material (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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