Title :
Life cycle balance of building structures in Taiwan and substitution effect of wood structure
Author :
Li, Sheng-Han ; Altan, Hasim
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Archit., Univ. of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Abstract :
Materials of building construction have significant environmental impacts in terms of energy consumption and CO2 emissions. This paper discusses environmental burdens of reinforced concrete structure, wood structure and steel structure in Taiwan from the construction phase and the material recovery phase. The outcomes show that wood structure has highly environmentally friendly potential than that reinforced concrete and steel structures.
Keywords :
building; reinforced concrete; steel; structural engineering; wood; Taiwan; building construction; building structures; construction phase; life cycle balance; material recovery phase; reinforced concrete structure; steel structure; substitution effect; wood structure; Aggregates; Concrete; Energy consumption; Global warming; Steel; Embodied CO2; Embodied Energy; Life Cycle; Material Recovery; Wood Structure;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia Technology (ICMT), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-771-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICMT.2011.6003129
