Sustainable steel buildings : a practical guide for structures and envelopes

Content: Title Page 
 Copyright Page
 Contents
 List of contributors
 Preface
 Chapter 1 What does 'sustainable construction' mean? An overview
 1.1 Introduction
 1.1.1 The influence of the building sector
 1.1.2 Can we afford sustainability?
 1.1.3 How can we achieve sustainability in the building sector?
 1.2 Aims of Sustainable Construction
 1.2.1 Ecological aims
 1.2.2 Social aims
 1.2.3 Economic aims
 References
 Chapter 2 Legal background and codes in Europe
 2.1 Normative Background
 2.2 Comments on EN 15804 and EN 15978
 2.2.1 Modular life-cycle stages 2.2.2 Comparability of EPDs for construction products2.2.3 Functional equivalent
 2.2.4 Scenarios at product or building level
 2.2.5 Reuse and recycling in module D
 2.2.6 Aggregation of the information modules
 2.3 Legal Framework
 2.3.1 EU waste framework directive and waste management acts in European countries: product responsibility
 2.3.2 EU construction products regulation
 2.3.3 EU building directive and energy saving ordinance
 2.3.4 Focus increasingly on construction products
 2.3.5 EU industrial emissions directive
 References Chapter 3 Basic principles of sustainability assessment3.1 The Life-Cycle Concept 
 3.1.1 What is the meaning of the life-cycle concept? 
 3.1.2 Life-cycle phases of a building 
 3.2 Life-Cycle Planning 
 3.2.1 Building Information Modeling in steel construction
 3.2.2 Integrated and life-cycle-oriented planning 
 3.3 Life-Cycle Assessment and Functional Unit 
 3.3.1 Environmental impact categories
 3.4 Life-Cycle Costing 
 3.4.1 Life-cycle costing --
cost application including cost planning 
 3.4.2 Net present value method
 3.4.3 Life-cycle cost analysis 
 3.5 Energy Efficiency 3.6 Environmental Product Declarations3.6.1 Institute Construction and Environment (IBU) - Program Operator for EPDs in Germany
 3.6.2 The ECO Platform
 3.7 Background Databases
 3.8 European Open LCA Data Network
 3.8.1 ÖKOBAUDAT
 3.8.2 eLCA, an LCA tool for buildings
 3.8.3 LCA - a European approach
 3.9 Environmental Data for Steel Construction Products
 3.9.1 The recycling potential concept
 3.9.2 EPD for structural steel
 3.9.3 EPD for hot-dip galvanized structural steel 
 3.9.4 EPDs for profiled sheets and sandwich panels
 3.10 KBOB-recommendation --
LCA Database from Switzerland 3.10.1 KBOB-recommendation as a basis for planning tools 3.10.2 Environmental impact assessment within the KBOB-recommendation 
 3.10.3 Environmental impacts of hot-rolled steel products 
 3.10.4 Example using data from the KBOB-recommendation 
 References
 Chapter 4 Sustainable steel construction
 4.1 ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF STEEL PRODUCTION
 4.2 PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTING
 4.2.1 Sustainability aspects of tender and contracting
 4.3 SUSTAINABLE BUILDING QUALITY
 4.3.1 Space efficiency
 4.3.2 Flexibility and building conversion
 4.3.3 Design for deconstruction, reuse and recycling