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Sustainability in construction: The urgent need for a new ethics
This paper introduces the key concepts of sustainability in the construction industry, together with a call for an urgent action to change the culture of all implied agents. The work presents an objective framework to evaluate sustainability through the analysis of the stages of the Integrated Life Cycle Assessment (ILCA). Such approach is applied to the global warming emissions indicator, and different aspects are investigated to support designers toward more sustainable designs. First, the principles for ILCA are introduced and sound values for the emissions of different structural materials are critically discussed and filtered taking into account the recently increased sensitivity to environmental aspects. On that basis, objective comparisons are presented for practical examples related to buildings and bridges. Specific design alternatives, based on the use of different materials and structural typologies, are also illustrated and compared to the original solution. The conclusions help the designer to identify which are the critical decisions leading to projects respectful of sustainability considerations. Specifically, material selection, structural efficiency, and a sound conceptual design are identified as the key aspects of sustainability.
Sustainability in construction: The urgent need for a new ethics
This paper introduces the key concepts of sustainability in the construction industry, together with a call for an urgent action to change the culture of all implied agents. The work presents an objective framework to evaluate sustainability through the analysis of the stages of the Integrated Life Cycle Assessment (ILCA). Such approach is applied to the global warming emissions indicator, and different aspects are investigated to support designers toward more sustainable designs. First, the principles for ILCA are introduced and sound values for the emissions of different structural materials are critically discussed and filtered taking into account the recently increased sensitivity to environmental aspects. On that basis, objective comparisons are presented for practical examples related to buildings and bridges. Specific design alternatives, based on the use of different materials and structural typologies, are also illustrated and compared to the original solution. The conclusions help the designer to identify which are the critical decisions leading to projects respectful of sustainability considerations. Specifically, material selection, structural efficiency, and a sound conceptual design are identified as the key aspects of sustainability.
Sustainability in construction: The urgent need for a new ethics
Regúlez, Borja (author) / Faria, Duarte M.V. (author) / Todisco, Leonardo (author) / Fernández Ruiz, Miguel (author) / Corres, Hugo (author)
Structural Concrete ; 24 ; 1893-1913
2023-04-01
21 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
concrete , construction , ethics , steel , sustainability , timber
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