Developed Sustainable Scoring System for Structural Materials Evaluation
Publication: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 138, Issue 1
Abstract
Structural materials are fundamental to application in construction, and the process of selecting these materials can be considered one of the keys to sustainable construction development. Making structures sustainable is a major challenge because of serious environmental impacts, limitation of natural resources, and socioeconomic issues. However, there is a lack of information on the aspect of sustainability related to construction, which is one of the largest users of energy, material resources, and water, and is responsible for a very significant portion of pollution by harmful and damaging emissions and wastes. Comprehensive review of sustainable materials in the construction industry is carried out to identify the sustainable criteria related to the structural materials based on life-cycle thinking. This criterion is utilized to develop a sustainable scoring system (SSS), which is intended to be a reasonable way to assess the structural material sustainability from extraction to demolition and linked to the design of the structural element. This system consists of three major items: phases of material total life, developed list of 10 sustainable factors including their relevant indicators, and a material sustainable measurement scale (MSMS).
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
References
Anink, D., Boonstra, C., and Mak, J. (1996). Handbook of sustainable building: An environmental preference method for selection of materials for use in construction and refurbishment, James & James, London.
Ashby, M. F. (1999). Materials selection in mechanical design, 2nd Ed., Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford.
Augenbroe, G., and Pearce, A. R. (1998). “Sustainable construction in the United States of America: A perspective to the year 2010.” Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia. 〈http://web.mac.com/urbangenesis/iWeb/Products/Publications_files/BC001.pdf〉
Bennett, M., and James, P. (1999). Sustainable measures: Evaluation and reporting of environmental and social performance, Greenleaf, Sheffield, UK.
Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). (2003). “Sustainability and construction.” 〈http://www.ciob.org.uk/resources/publications〉 (Dec. 27, 2011).
Constructing Excellence. (2004). “Sustainable construction: An introduction.” 〈www.constructingexcellence.org.uk〉 (Dec. 27, 2011).
Corus. (2006). “Sustainable steel construction: The design and construction of sustainable buildings.” 〈http://www.tatasteelconstruction.com/file_source/StaticFiles/Construction/Library/sustainable%20steel%20construction.pdf〉
Department of Trade and Industry. (2006). “Sustainable construction strategy rep. 2006 DTI.” 〈http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file21326.pdf〉.
Ding, G. K. C. (2008). “Sustainable construction: The role of environmental assessment tools.” J. Environ. Manage., 86(3), 451–464.
Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD). (2006). “Consultancy study on life cycle energy analysis of building construction.” Ove Arup and Partners, Hong Kong Ltd. 〈http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/pee/FinalReport.pdf〉.
Environmental Technology Best Practice Programme. (2000). “Life cycle assessment: An introduction for industry.” 〈http://www.tangram.co.uk/TI-Life_Cycle_Assessment_(ET257).pdf〉.
Lacasse, M. A. (1999). “Materials and technology for sustainable construction.” Building Res. Info., 27(6), 405–408.
Ljungberg, L. Y. (2007). “Materials selection and design for development of sustainable products.” Mater. Des., 28(2), 466–479.
Mora, E. P. (2007). “Life cycle, sustainability and the transcendent quality of building materials.” Build. Environ., 42(3), 1329–1334.
Naik, T. R., and Moriconi, G. (2005). “Environmental-friendly durable concrete made with recycled materials for sustainable concrete construction.” 〈http://www4.uwm.edu/cbu/Coventry/Naiefd.pdf〉.
Pearce, A. R., Hastak, M., and Vanegas, J. A. (1995). “A decision support system for construction materials selection using sustainability as a criterion.” Proc., NCSBCS Conf. on Building Codes and Standards, Albuquerque.
Rameezdeen, R., and Manewa, R. M. (2006). “An integration of value management and environment sustainability to select construction materials.” The Value Manager, 12(1), 8–12.
Roaf, S. (2004). Closing the loop: Benchmarks for sustainable buildings, RIBA, London.
SAIC. (2006). Life cycle assessment: Principles and practice, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.
Santamouris, M. (2006). “Environmental design of urban buildings: An integrated approach.” Earthscan.
Steele, K. N., et al. (2002). “The application of life cycle assessment technique in the investigation of brick arch highway bridges.” Proc., Conf. for the Engineering Doctorate in Environmental Technology.
Sturges, J. (1999). “Towards sustainable construction materials for the new millennium.” COBRA, RICS. 〈http://www.rics.org/site/download_feed.aspx?fileID=2801&fileExtension=PDF〉.
The Institution of Civil Engineers. (2002). “Society, sustainability and civil engineering.” ICE. 〈http://www.ice.org.uk/getattachment/364a1bb4-e9ad-4674-976e-9b96d8305883/Society,-sustainability-and-civil-engineering.aspx〉.
Trusty, W. B., and Horst, S. W. (2002). “Integrating LCA tools in green building rating systems.” The Austin Papers: Best of the 2002 Int. Green Building Conf., Building Green Inc. 〈http://www.athenasmi.ca/publications/docs/LCA_Tool_Integr_Paper.pdf〉.
Yagi, K., and Halada, K. (2001). “Materials development for a sustainable society.” Mater. Des., 22(2), 143–146.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 138 • Issue 1 • January 2012
Pages: 110 - 119
Copyright
© 2012 American Society of Civil Engineers.
History
Received: Dec 1, 2009
Accepted: Apr 28, 2011
Published online: Apr 30, 2011
Published in print: Jan 1, 2012
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.