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Title: An Overview of Recycled Content Building Materials: Their Uses and Applications
Author: Christie Balogh
File: Free Paper, PDF 283 KB, 28 pages
Audience: Written for builders, designers and homeowners.

Review
Academic paper discussing recycled content in construction materials.

Issues covered include:

• short history of recycled materials in construction
• purpose of building with recycled materials
• green building program, 7 principles of conservation
• resource conservation house explained, examples of recycled content in construction of a house
• recraft 90 example house explained, examples of recycled content in construction of a house
• USDA minimizing waste programs
• eco resort, upscale tourist resort made of recycled materials explained, examples of recycled content in construction of a resort
• houses in Canada, examples of recycled content in construction of a house
• roofing
• framing - steel vs wood
• insulation
• alternatives to drywall
• building blocks
• plastic lumber
• conclusion
• bibliography
  

Detail drawings include:

• no graphics

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