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Using Sustainability as a Driver for Change in Denmark’s Construction Industry

 Using Sustainability as a Driver for Change in Denmark’s Construction Industry
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Presented at IABSE Congress: Challenges in Design and Construction of an Innovative and Sustainable Built Environment, Stockholm, Sweden, 21-23 September 2016, published in , pp. 747-754
DOI: 10.2749/stockholm.2016.0726
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The main aim of this research is to compare two structural systems – PC (precast concrete) and CLT (cross laminated timber) with respect to commercial viability and environmental credibility. The f...
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Author(s): (Søren Jensen Consulting Engineers, Copenhagen, Denmark)
(Søren Jensen Consulting Engineers, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Congress: Challenges in Design and Construction of an Innovative and Sustainable Built Environment, Stockholm, Sweden, 21-23 September 2016
Published in:
Page(s): 747-754 Total no. of pages: 8
Page(s): 747-754
Total no. of pages: 8
Year: 2016
DOI: 10.2749/stockholm.2016.0726
Abstract:

The main aim of this research is to compare two structural systems – PC (precast concrete) and CLT (cross laminated timber) with respect to commercial viability and environmental credibility. The findings from this work are then set against two environmental ambitions of Copenhagen that are intrinsically linked to the construction industry in Denmark.

  1. To be the first city in the world to be carbon neutral by the year 2025.

  2. To build 6.8 million sqm of new buildings by the year 2025.

The aim of this paper is to challenge the use of PC in the light of Copenhagen’s environmental ambitions and of the availability of CLT. In this way, we hope to promote the role of engineers not just as technical problem solvers but as valuable contributors to contemporary social and political discourse.

Keywords:
sustainability residential buildings cross laminated timber pre-cast concrete

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