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The life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology can be used as a decision-making tool in the sustainable design and construction of buildings. However, there are not many stu [...]
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Building reparability after an earthquake is a central issue for a sustainable engineering. Effective policies concerning building reparability should account for buildin [...]
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The quality of repointing work in historic masonry is to an important degree determined by the composition of the repair mortar. Apart from this good workmanship is a bas [...]
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Compatibility requirements for repair mortars used in restoration works are defined based on the original mortar characteristics, but the quality and the performance of t [...]
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Veiga, R.
In an intervention on historic renders and plasters, the first step is to decide upon the strategy: repair or substitution, based on an evaluation of the cultural value o [...]
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In several newly built or modernised strip rolling mills in the Czech Republic, defects leading to products of low quality or product wasting have appeared. The article e [...]
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High quality recycling aggregate nearly same with virgin aggregate has been passionately developing in the recent years due to the establishment of the low emission socie [...]
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Current loads from cement production make material responsible for 5-7% of CO2 emissions with more than 2x109 ton of CO2 emitted. Considering available industrial product [...]
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The challenge for civil engineers is to develop structures in harmony with the concept of sustainable development by using of high performance materials, of low environme [...]
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The European residential sector accounts for over two-fifths of the final energy consumption, representing residential use more than three-fifths of the total, whereas in [...]
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The concept of protecting historical buildings emerged because historical buildings carry the architectural, historical, cultural, social, artistic and aesthetic values w [...]
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UOMOTO, Taketo
Many structures are being built in various parts of the world. To make the existing structures more sustainable and to utilize these structures for longer period of time, [...]
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In Japan, coal-fired power is one of the main electric powers along with atomic power and natural gas -fired power. The annual amount of coal used for coal-fired power ge [...]
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As disposal and treatment of industrial wastes are often costly and hazardous for the environment, its use in concrete mixing can lead to a greener solution to environmen [...]
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PETCHERDCHOO, Aruz
This paper presents an approach to assess environmental impacts in terms of CO2 resulting from applying combined repairs in order to extend service life of concrete struc [...]
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This contribution describes a comparison of the concrete structure design results obtained via the partial reliability factor method and using the fully probabilistic met [...]
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A PRACTICAL ENGINEERING TOOL IS BEING DEVELOPED FOR CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERS. THE TOOL ALLOWS FOR AN ENGINEER TO QUICKLY EVALUATE STRUCTURAL ELEMENT DESIGN VARIATIONS FOR S [...]
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The Integrated Material Profile and Costing Tool (IMPACT) project provides a methodology and data for the production of tools for consistent integrated LCA and lifecycle [...]
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A large number of existing reinforced concrete slab bridges are found to be insufficient for shear when calculated according to the governing codes. Seeking improved meth [...]
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The effective design of a mortar for repairing masonry depends on a clear understanding of its function within masonry. The functions of mortar materials in masonry are c [...]
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The cement industry is one of the typical energy-intensive industries. So, the conservation of energy to product cement clinker and cement is very important. This paper d [...]
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A new technology is presented for transforming returned concrete into a granular material that can be reused as aggregates for concrete. The new method is based on non-to [...]
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This paper presents a probabilistic framework for design of concrete structures to achieve targeted improvements in quantitative sustainability indicators. The framework, [...]
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Civil infrastructure around the world is in a state of utter disrepair and significant efforts are needed on the part of all stakeholders to render our failing infrastruc [...]
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A database of carbon dioxide emissions intensity was compiled for environmental life-cycle assessment of construction activities. The database consists of three smaller d [...]
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The Japanese Concrete Standard Specifications prescribe that concrete structures shall sufficiently take into consideration the environment impacts, but it shows no speci [...]
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