Abstract
There is a story of an advertising campaign heralding the launch of a new model by one of the leading motor manufacturers which announced proudly that the car’s engine would not harm the ozone layer; this is a truism — to know why is to have an appreciation of the main environmental issues and reference to this chapter is probably not necessary, but if not then read on.
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Further Reading
Building Effects Review Group Report, The Effects of Acid Deposition on Buildings and Building Materials in the United Kingdom ( London: HMSO, 1989 ).
Building Research Establishment, BRE Digest 358 CFCs and Buildings ( Watford: BRE, 1991 ).
B. Evans, ‘Trouble in the air–ozone/greenhouse effects’, Architect’s Journal (April 1989), pp. 75–80.
Central Electricity Generating Board, Acid Rain ( London: CEGB, 1984 ).
Department of the Environment, The Effects of Acid Deposition on the Terrestrial Environment in the United Kingdom (London: HMSO, 1988).
G. Henderson and L. D. Shorrock, BRE Information Paper 2/90 Greenhouse-gas Emissions and Buildings in the United Kingdom ( Watford: BRE, 1990 ).
M. Ridley, ‘Acid rain — the risk to our stone buildings’, Estates Gazette 274 (29 June 1985), pp. 1320–2.
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Johnson, S. (1993). Environmental Issues. In: Greener Buildings Environmental impact of property. Macmillan Building and Surveying Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22752-5_2
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