Integrated sustainability assessment method applied to structural concrete columns

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 882-893

  Pons, Oriol ^a   De La Fuente, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AHP; Columns; Economic; Environmental; Index; MCDM; MIVES; Social

Indexed keywords

AHP; ENVIRONMENTAL; INDEX; MCDM; MIVES; SOCIAL;

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETES; ECONOMICS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; RESEARCH;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84885089485     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. European Commission. COM (2011) 571 final. Communication from the commission to the European parliament, the council, the European economic and social committee and the committee of the regions. Roadmap to a resource efficient Europe. Brussels [20.09.11].
2. United Nations. Resolution adopted by the general assembly, 60/1. World summit outcome, Pg 2; 2005. < http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/ documents/un/unpan021752.pdf > [04.13].
3. B. Viñolas, A. Aguado, A. Josa, N. Villegas, and M.A. Fernández Application of the value analysis for the integral and objective assessment of university professors Revista de universidad y sociedad del conocimiento 6 1 2009 22 37 < http://upcommons.upc.edu/e-prints/handle/ 2117/7822 > [in Spanish]
4. G. Ormazabal, B. Viñolas, and A. Aguado Enhancing value in crucial decisions: the Line 9 of the Barcelona subway J Manage Eng 24 2008 265 273
5. J.T. San-José, and J. Cuadrado Industrial building design stage based on a system approach to their environmental sustainability Constr Build Mater 24 4 2010 438 447 < http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2009.10.019 >
6. A. Aguado, A. del Caño, P. de la Cruz, P.J. Gómez, and A. Josa Sustainability assessment of concrete structures within the Spanish structural concrete code J Constr Eng M ASCE 138 2 2012 268 276 10.1061/ (ASCE) CO.1943-7862.000041
7. Viñolas B. Applications and advances of MIVES methodology in multi-criteria assessments. PhD thesis. UPC; 2011. < http://www.tesisenxarxa. net/ > [in Spanish].
8. O. Pons, and A. Aguado Integrated value model for sustainable assessment applied to technologies used to build schools in Catalonia, Spain Build Environ 53 2012 49 58 10.1016/ j.buildenv.2012.01.007
9. A. Caño, D. Gómez, and M.P. Cruz Uncertainty analysis in the sustainable design of concrete structures: a probabilistic method Constr Build Mater 2012 < http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2012.04.020 >
10. Building Research Establishment Ltd. Building research establishment environmental assessment method (BREAM). < http://www.bre.co.uk > [04.13].
11. Japan GreenBuild Council (JaGBC). Comprehensive Assessment System for Building Environmental Efficiency (CASBEE). < http://www.ibec.or.jp/CASBEE > [04.13].
12. German Sustainable Building Council - GeSBC. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen (DGNB). [04.13].
13. USGBC. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). < http://www.leedonline.com > [04.13].
14. P.C. Aïtcin Developments in the application of high-performance concretes Constr Build Mater 9 1 1995 13 17
15. Malhotra VM, Mehta PK. High-performance, high-volume fly ash concrete: materials, mixture proportioning, properties, construction practice, and case histories. Ottawa: Supplementary Cementing Materials for Sustainable Development; 2002.
16. J.K.W. Wong, and H. Li Application of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in multi-criteria analysis of the selection of intelligent building systems Build Environ 43 1 2008 108 125 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.11.019
17. Z. Hatush, and M. Skitmore Contractor selection using multicriteria utility theory: an additive model Build Environ 33 2-3 1998 105 115 10.1016/S0360-1323(97)00016- (Pubitemid 128403419)
18. T.Y. Hsieh, S.T. Lu, and G.H. Tzeng Fuzzy MCDM approach for planning and design tenders selection in public office buildings Int J Project Manage 22 7 2004 573 584 10.1016/j.ijproman.2004.01.002 (Pubitemid 38994795)
19. T.L. Saaty How to make a decision: the analytic hierarchy process Eur J Oper Res 48 1990 9 26
20. CYPE. Costs generator, CYPE Engineers, S.A. Software for Architects. Eng Constructors. < http://www.generadordeprecios.com/ > [04.13].
21. P. Van den Heede, and N. De Belie Environmental impact and life cycle assessment (LCA) of traditional and 'green' concretes: literature review and theoretical calculations Cem Concr Comput 34 4 2012 431 442 10.1016/j. cemconcomp.2012. 01.004
22. BS EN 15804:2012. Sustainability of construction works. Environmental product declarations. Core rules for the product category of construction products. Committee B/558. BSI British Standards Institution; 2012.
23. M.K. Dixit, J.L. Fernández-Solís, S. Lavy, and C.H. Culp Need for an embodied energy measurement protocol for buildings: a review paper Renew Sust Energy Rev 16 2012 3730 3743 10.1016/j.rser.2012.03.021
24. Duran P. Método de discriminación entre distintas soluciones de pilares mediante criterios de sostenibilidad. Tesina de especialidad de Ingeniería de Caminos. Canales y Puertos. Barcelona, España: Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya; 2011.
25. Wuppertal (Wuppertal Institut für Klima). Material intensity of materials, fuels, transport services, food. Umwelt, Energie GmbH; 2011.
26. Low MS. Material flow analysis of concrete in the United States. PhD thesis. Directors: Ochsendorf JA and Gutowski TG. MIT; 2005. < http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/33030 >.
27. M. Calkins Materials for sustainable sites: a complete guide to evaluation, selection, and use of sustainable construction materials 2009 John Wiley & Sons. Inc. Hoboken, New Jersey
28. Rincón L. Material flow analysis of the building sector in Lleida. PhD thesis. Directors: Cabeza LF. Cuchí A. UDL; 2011.
29. Loga T, Diefenbach D, editors. Use of building typologies for energy performance assessment of national building stocks, existent experiences in European countries and common approach. First TABULA synthesis report; 2010. < www.building-typology.eu/downloads/public/docs/report/TABULA-SR1.pdf >.
30. E. Oikonomou, M. Davies, A. Mavrogianni, P. Biddulph, P. Wilkinson, and M. Kolokotroni Modelling the relative importance of the urban heat island and the thermal quality of dwellings for overheating in London Build Environ 57 2012 223 238 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.04.002
31. M. Pinto, J. Viegas, and V.P. de Freitas Air permeability measurements of dwellings and building components in Portugal Build Environment. 46 12 2011 2480 2489 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.06.009
32. CEB-FIP. Model code 2010. Comité Euro-International du Beton-Federation International de la Precontrainte. Paris; 2010.
33. ENV 1992-1-1. Eurocode 1: actions on structures. Part 1-1: General actions. Densities, self-weight, imposed loads for buildings. CEN; 1992.
34. ASTM C39/C39M-09a. Standard test method for compressive strength of cylindrical concrete specimens; 2009.
35. Cubus. Cubus engineering software. 2012 Cubus AG. < http://www.cubus-software.com/Guests/Home/e-main.html >.
36. CEN.EN 197-1. Cement - Part 1: Composition, specifications and conformity criteria for common cements. European committee for standardization; 2000.
37. Kind-Barkauskas, Kauhsen, Polonyi, Brandt. Concrete construction manual. Basel: Birkhäuser; München: Detail; 2001.
38. N. Bouzoubaâ, M.H. Zhang, and V.M. Malhotra Superplasticized Portland cement: production and compressive strength of mortars and concrete Cem Concr Res 28 12 1998 1783 1796 (Pubitemid 128638427)
39. P.K. Mehta, and P. Monteiro Concrete: microstructure, properties, and materials 2006 McGraw-Hill New York
40. J. Zhang, D. Cusson, P. Monteiro, and J. Harvey New perspectives on maturity method and approach for high performance concrete applications Cem Concr Res 38 12 2008 1438 1446 10.1016/j.cemconres. 2008.08.001
41. B. Alarcón, A. Aguado, R. Manga, and A. Josa A value function for assessing sustainability: application to industrial buildings Sustainability 3 2011 35 50
42. A.M. Jarkas The impacts of buildability factors on formwork labour productivity of columns J Civ Eng Manage 16 4 2010 471 483
43. SIA D 0146 Environmental aspects of concrete: information on environmental compatibility 1998 Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects, SIA Zurich