Sustainable Steel Buildings

List of contributors xi
 
Preface xvii
 
1 What does 'sustainable construction' mean? An overview 1
 
1.1 Introduction 1
 
1.1.1 The influence of the building sector 3
 
1.1.2 Can we afford sustainability? 6
 
1.1.3 How can we achieve sustainability in the building sector? 6
 
1.2 Aims of sustainable construction 7
 
1.2.1 Ecological aims 8
 
1.2.2 Social aims 10
 
1.2.3 Economic aims 11
 
References 12
 
2 Legal background and codes in Europe 13
 
2.1 Normative background 14
 
2.2 Comments on EN 15804 and EN 15978 14
 
2.2.1 Modular life?-cycle stages 14
 
2.2.2 Comparability of EPDs for construction products 16
 
2.2.3 Functional equivalent 17
 
2.2.4 Scenarios at product or building level 17
 
2.2.5 Reuse and recycling in module D 18
 
2.2.6 Aggregation of the information modules 19
 
2.3 Legal framework 19
 
2.3.1 EU waste framework directive and waste management acts in European countries: product responsibility 19
 
2.3.2 EU construction products regulation 22
 
2.3.3 EU building directive and energy saving ordinance 23
 
2.3.4 Focus increasingly on construction products 26
 
2.3.5 EU industrial emissions directive 26
 
References 27
 
3 Basic principles of sustainability assessment 29
 
3.1 The life?-cycle concept 29
 
3.1.1 What is the meaning of the life?-cycle concept? 29
 
3.1.2 Life?-cycle phases of a building 29
 
3.2 Life?-cycle planning 32
 
3.2.1 Building Information Modeling in steel construction 32
 
3.2.2 Integrated and life?-cycle?-oriented planning 39
 
3.3 Life?-cycle assessment and functional unit 45
 
3.3.1 Environmental impact categories 47
 
3.4 Life?-cycle costing 48
 
3.4.1 Life?-cycle costing - cost application including cost planning 51
 
3.4.2 Net present value method

The Editors
Bernhard Hauke is CEO of bauforumstahl, the association of the German Steel Construction Industry
Markus Kuhnhenne is Professor of Sustainability of Metal Constructions at RWTH Aachen University
Mark Lawson is Professor of Construction Systems at the University of Surrey
Milan Veljkovic is Professor of Steel and Composite Structures at the Technical University of Delft