Sustainable Steel Buildings: A Practical Guide for Structures and Envelopes - Hardcover

Veljkovic, Milan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1118741110 ISBN 13: 9781118741115

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

Sustainable Steel Buildings reviews steel and its potential as a sustainable building material and shows how steel can be used to deliver buildings and structures with a high level of sustainability. The book's main focus is on the advantages and disadvantages of steel and how those characteristics can be used under a range of international certification systems (DGNB, LEED, BREEAM, openhouse etc).

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

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


Bernhard Hauke ist Geschäftsführer von bauforumstahl, der die deutsche Stahlbauindustrie repräsentierenden Organisation. Mit einem Abschluss als Bauingenieur (Dipl.-Ing.) und einem PhD im Hoch- und Tiefbau war Dr. Hauke vor seiner Zeit bei bauforumstahl als Bauingenieur, Planungsleiter und später als Leiter des Bereichs Steel Design der Hochtief Construction AG tätig.

Oliver Hechler ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften, Technologie und Kommunikation der Universität Luxemburg.

Markus Kuhnhenne ist Prof. am Institut für Stahlbau an der RWTH Aachen.

Milan Veljkovic ist Prof. an der Luleå University of Technology (Schweden).

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Sustainable Steel Buildings: A Practical Guide for Structures and Envelopes Edited by Bernhard Hauke, Markus Kuhnhenne, Mark Lawson and Milan Veljkovic

Sustainability is a high priority for all professionals involved in the design, construction and operation of buildings, yet detailed information on the sustainability credentials of steel as a construction material is scattered over a wide range of publications, reports and company data. Sustainable Steel Buildings: A Practical Guide for Structures and Envelopes provides a thorough review of steel as a sustainable building material, bringing together detailed information on its sustainability credentials, focusing on the advantages and drawbacks of steel in construction applications, and illustrating how its characteristics are assessed under a range of international certification systems.

It covers: The background of sustainable building Basic concepts of sustainable construction Methods and design tools for the delivery of sustainable buildings Steel and its performance in certification systems Information and data on relevant steel construction products Examples of sustainable steel buildings

Sustainable Steel Buildings shows specifiers, contractors, building authorities, lecturers and students how steel can be used to deliver buildings and structures with a high level of inherent sustainability.

Sustainability is a high priority for all professionals involved in the design, construction and operation of buildings, yet detailed information on the sustainability credentials of steel as a construction material is scattered over a wide range of publications, reports and company data. Sustainable Steel Buildings: A Practical Guide for Structures and Envelopes provides a thorough review of steel as a sustainable building material, bringing together detailed information on its sustainability credentials, focusing on the advantages and drawbacks of steel in construction applications, and illustrating how its characteristics are assessed under a range of international certification systems.

It covers:  The background of sustainable building  Basic concepts of sustainable construction  Methods and design tools for the delivery of sustainable buildings  Steel and its performance in certification systems  Information and data on relevant steel construction products  Examples of sustainable steel buildings

Sustainable Steel Buildings shows specifiers, contractors, building authorities, lecturers and students how steel can be used to deliver buildings and structures with a high level of inherent sustainability.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1118741110
• ISBN 13: 9781118741115
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384
• Herausgeber: Hauke Bernhard, Kuhnhenne Markus, Lawson Mark
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Wiley-VCH GmbH; product_safety@wiley.com; ; Boschstrasse 12; Weinheim; 69469; Deutschland