Sustainability of Construction Materials

Alberto Muciño Vélez

doi:10.32870/rvcs.v0i7.141

Sostenibilidad de materiales de construcción

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Alberto Muciño Vélez National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6386-0249

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https://doi.org/10.32870/rvcs.v0i7.141

Abstract

The book "Sustainability of Construction Materials" in its second edition and edited by Jamal M. Khatib presents a compilation of research, in different chapters, focused on construction materials to assess their sustainable application, includes the analysis of certifications, of the construction procedures and as through laws and regulations, efforts have been added in materials engineering to reduce waste, bet on recycling and good resource management. The book addresses the study of conventional construction materials and non-conventional materials, which when properly applied in construction are an approach to the practice of sustainable construction. It is discussed that governments, scientists and builders can be actors of change to reduce the impact that the construction industry has caused at different levels through supervision and verification of processes, establishing quality standards and compliance with established requirements. to achieve sustainability. The current search to develop sustainable buildings has become the objective of several investigations that link social, environmental and economic aspects. However, reality has shown that the achievement of a green building requires a valuation process that is confusing or partially attended, since it involves different variables of analysis and research methods that are not always approached in a dynamic way.

Author Biography

Alberto Muciño Vélez, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico

He completed his undergraduate studies in Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture (fa) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (unam), with a diploma of merit for the quality of his thesis (2007). He obtained the degrees of master and doctor in Architecture, both with honorable mention, by the unam. In 2018, he received the Alfonso Caso Medal, for being the most distinguished graduate of the Doctorate Program in Architecture during 2015. As of that year, he is attached to the FA's Center for Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape Research, where He is a senior researcher "A". Currently, he is part of the Equivalence Stimulus Program of the General Directorate of Academic Personnel Affairs (dgapa) of the unam, in addition to belonging as a candidate to the National System of Researchers of the National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt). In 2016, he founded the Structural Materials and Systems Laboratory (lmse), for which he is currently responsible. It is part of the National Laboratory of Housing and Sustainable Communities of Conacyt, representing the Regional Directorate Center of this laboratory.

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2020-01-31

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Muciño Vélez, A. (2020). Sostenibilidad de materiales de construcción. Vivienda Y Comunidades Sustentables, (7), 93–95. https://doi.org/10.32870/rvcs.v0i7.141

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No. 7 (2020): Vivienda y Comunidades Sustentables

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