Sustainable Structural Engineering
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Bibliographic Details
| Editor(s): |
John E. Anderson
Christian Bucher Bruno Briseghella
Xin Ruan Tobia Zordan |
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| Medium: | book | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Publisher: | International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) | ||||
| Published in: | Zurich, Switzerland | ||||
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| Page(s): | 200 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 212 | ||||
| Year: | 2015 | ||||
| ISBN-10: | 3857481412 | ||||
| ISBN-13: | 978-3-85748-141-3 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/sed014 | ||||
| Series: | Structural Engineering Documents (No. 14) | ||||
| Cover: | soft-cover (paper binding) | ||||
| Notes: |
Sustainability is the defining challenge for engineers in the twenty-first century. In addition to safe, economic, and effi-cient structures, a new criterion, sustainable, must be met. Furthermore, this new design paradigm–addressing social, economic, and environmental aspects–requires prompt action. In particular, mitigation of climate change requires sustainable solutions for new as well as existing structures. Taking from both practice and research, this book provides engineers with applicable, timely, and innovative information on the state-of-the-art in sustainable structural design. This Structural Engineering Document addresses safety and regulations, integration concepts, and a sustainable approach to structural design. Life-cycle assessment is presented as a critical tool to quantify design options, and the importance of existing structures–in particular cultural heritage structures–is critically reviewed. Consideration is also given to bridge design and maintenance, structural reassessment, and disaster risk reduction. Finally, the importance of environmentally friendly concrete is examined. Consequently, structural engineers are shown to have the technical proficiency, as well as ethical imperative, to lead in designing a sustainable future. |
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| Keywords: |
sustainable engineering sustainability structural engineering
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| Copyright: | © International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering | ||||
| License: | This creative work is copyrighted material and may not be used without explicit approval by the author and/or copyright owner. |
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Articles
| Author(s) | Title | Page(s) |
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| Anderson, John E. | Measuring Sustainability and Life-Cycle Assessment | 69-92 |
| Bucher, Christian | Structural Reassessment for Lifetime Extension | 141-152 |
| de Brito, Jorge | Green Materials for Concrete Production | 165-195 |
| Grundy, Paul | Sustainability through Disaster Risk Reduction | 153-164 |
| Kanda, Jun | Safety and Sustainability—the Structural Engineer's Role | 1-8 |
| Limsuwan, Ekasit | Integration Concept of Sustainable Engineering | 9-24 |
| Lourenço, Paulo B. | Sustainability and Cultural Heritage Buildings | 53-68 |
| Martin, Andrew J. | Sustainability and Bridges | 111-140 |
| Matos, José C. | Asset Management | 93-110 |
| Zordan, Tobia | A Sustainable Approach to Structural Design | 25-52 |