建筑可持续性.pptx

SustainabilityDefinition: Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.SustainabilityASCE: Sustainable development is the challenge of meeting human needs for natural resources, industrial products, energy, food, transportation, shelter and effective waste management while conserving and protecting environmental quality and the natural resource base essential for future development.SustainabilityThomas Jefferson (1789): The earth belongs to each of these generations during its course, fully, and in their own right. The second generation receives it clear of the debts and encumbrances of the first, the third of the second and so on. For if the first could charge it with a debt, then the earth would belong to the dead and not the living generation.(emphasis added)Resources that are being depletedLandFossil fuelsFoodClean water (aquifers)Clean airArable landEtc. What can we do as structural engineers?Structural Systems – particularly methods of constructionMinimize the impact of the construction process on the environmentMinimize contact with the ground (reduce footings, foundation size, etc.)Design for deconstructionMaterial SelectionUnderstand environmental costs to manufacture materialsMaximize lifespan/cost ratio – depends on initial environmental load of the material vs material lifeSelect materials that can be recycledStructural Systems – Example: Linn Cove ViaductOne of the most complicated concrete bridges ever builtConstructed from 1979 – 1982 Cost: $9.8 millionPart of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North CarolinaSnakes around Grandfather Mountain1,243 ft long comprised from 153 weighing 50 T eachIn order to protect the environment under the bridge, the structure was built as a unidirectional continuous cantilever.Segments of the bridge were cast 1 mile away and brought in using the constructed road deck.Most construction activities, equipment, and personal were restricted to the deck of the b