""Think globally, act locally"": A regionalistic approach to the selection of building materials in Greece

Bougiatioti, F; Oikonomou, A; Evangelinos, E

dc.contributor.author	Bougiatioti, F	en
dc.contributor.author	Oikonomou, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Evangelinos, E	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:51:54Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:51:54Z
dc.date.issued	2009	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/35736
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dc.subject	Environmental impact	en
dc.subject	Local construction methods	en
dc.subject	Local materials	en
dc.subject.other	Building construction	en
dc.subject.other	Flexible system	en
dc.subject.other	Local construction methods	en
dc.subject.other	Past and present	en
dc.subject.other	Practical systems	en
dc.subject.other	Architecture	en
dc.subject.other	Building materials	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental impact assessments	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental impact	en
dc.title	""Think globally, act locally"": A regionalistic approach to the selection of building materials in Greece	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.publicationDate	2009	en
heal.abstract	This paper proposes the methodology for the development of a practical system for the assessment of the environmental impact of local materials. It focuses on the evaluation of materials that are produced in a region, both the contemporary, which are currently produced, and the traditional, which have been widely used and have shaped regional architecture in the past, and which today tend to be used less or excluded from building construction. Departing from the concept ""think globally, act locally"", and having in mind regional vernacular building tradition, past and present, this system applies the issues of the sustainable choice of materials on those, which are available in the different regions of the country. It is a flexible system, which draws data from all existing methods, but its starting point is the use of, as far as possible, local materials, in a way similar to traditional construction.	en
heal.journalName	PLEA 2009 - Architecture Energy and the Occupant's Perspective: Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture	en