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Improving infrastructure – saving of resources as a criterion for the award of public works contracts?

 Improving infrastructure – saving of resources as a criterion for the award of public works contracts?
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Presented at IABSE Symposium: Improving Infrastructure Worldwide, Weimar, Germany, 19-21 September 2007, published in , pp. 572-573
DOI: 10.2749/weimar.2007.0256
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Continous beneficial development is only possible in consideration of the principles of sustainability. This means that the true profitability of a quotation can only be assessed when the aspect of...
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Author(s):

Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Symposium: Improving Infrastructure Worldwide, Weimar, Germany, 19-21 September 2007
Published in:
Page(s): 572-573 Total no. of pages: 4
Page(s): 572-573
Total no. of pages: 4
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.2749/weimar.2007.0256
Abstract:

Continous beneficial development is only possible in consideration of the principles of sustainability. This means that the true profitability of a quotation can only be assessed when the aspect of sustainability is included. The legal framework in the EU nowadays means that, in addition to the familiar criteria, determining the most economical quotation for building projects requires that environmental properties, in the sense of sustainability, are also assessed. A financial assessment of the CO2 emissions over the entire life cycle of a building is quite suitable for this purpose. Short-term and medium-term approaches to solutions that implement the political will are indicated.

Keywords:
sustainability multidisciplinarity responsibility CO2 emission profitability innovation