Topics and structural elements essential to sustainable steel buildings will be addressed. Examples include topics such as flexibility, benefits of high-strength steel, demolition design, hot-dip galvanizing and fire proof cladding. In addition, the efficient design of structures and elements such as multi-story buildings, bridges, renewable energy structures, column, beam, and floor systems, and exterior skin are discussed.
Various sustainability certification labels have been established. The major certification labels, DGNB, LEED, and BREEAM, will be presented and the performance of steel frames in these certification systems will be discussed. Finally, several examples and contemporary case studies of sustainable steel buildings will be presented to provide further guidance to practitioners.
About the Book
Focusing on the design and construction of sustainable steel buildings, this book looks at the steel frame, steel structure, and steel envelope as building materials and illustrates all of this with numerous examples. To do so, it brings together European experts and professionals from avariety of fields.
The book begins with general introductory information on the background of sustainable construction, followed by highlights of the legal and normative framework. It then focuses on the basic concepts of sustainability assessment, such as lifecycle thinking and environmental product information, with a particular focus on steel building products, as well as methods and design tools to achieve sustainable steel buildings and construction in general.
Topics and structural elements important to sustainable steel construction will be addressed in the following chapters. For example, topics such as flexibility, benefits of high-strength steel, demolition design, hot-dip galvanizing, and fire protection coatings.
In addition, efficient design of structures and elements such as multi-story buildings, bridges, renewable energy structures, column, beam, and floor systems, and exterior skins will be discussed. Various sustainability certification labels have been established.