Sustainability analysis of building materials

Abstract

Our analysis of the sustainability of building materials is often overly simplistic. When we think of sustainable materials, it's easy to think of wood, rattan, bamboo, or stone, which are grown in nature, taken from nature, and are undoubtedly renewable resources or renewable materials. However, it would be a dull stereotype to assume that these materials represent an analysis of sustainable materials in construction. Regardless of whether a particular material is suitable for all time and space environments, even if we reduce the consideration of design function, what is the relationship between the serious pollution caused by the huge amount of resources consumed by long-distance transportation over mountains and mountains and green design or sustainable design, not to mention that inappropriate materials may lead to a decline in the quality of the design product, shorten the service life of the design product, and bring more serious waste of resources. In conclusion, there is a lot to discuss about the sustainability of building materials. Green building space design and sustainable building materials analysis is a very complex topic that involves many aspects and the application of knowledge from many disciplines. The sustainability assessment of building materials can lead to at least the following topics: the choice of building materials themselves, building design methods, energy efficiency and the environmental impact of building design. The examples of materials we have just listed, such as wood, bamboo, rattan, are actually based on the perspective of the choice of the material itself, and it cannot be said that there is anything wrong with this, but this analysis is too narrow. This paper will comprehensively analyze and evaluate the sustainability of building materials in terms of material selection, design, utilization and environmental impact, and try to provide a more mature evaluation method or thinking process to assess the sustainability of building materials.