Sustainable Infrastructure Systems Using Engineered Cementitious Composites

More than ever, engineers are realizing the importance of sustainability-oriented design, construction, operation, and demolition of the built environment. This is best demonstrated by the recent widespread adoption of LEED (Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design) criteria for building construction in the US and CEEQUAL standards for infrastructure in the UK. But exactly how to incorporate sustainability into design and evaluate the effectiveness of sustainability efforts through analytical, quantitative methods remains unclear to many engineers. This research details the steps a design engineer would take to engage in "sustainable" engineering of building systems and civil infrastructure that integrates green materials engineering with design of structures for prolonged service life and strategic management of infrastructure and building systems to minimize life cycle cost, social impacts, and environmental burdens.