Whole building life cycle assessment
Subtitle: reference building structure and strategies
By: edited by Frances Yang, S.E.
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Reston, Virginia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780784481448; 9781523120147; 9780784415054
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Sustainable construction; Structural engineering; Building materials; Service life; Ecological risk assessment; Service life (Engineering); Example; Construction durable; Technique de la construction; Construction; Matériaux; Durée de vie; Durée de vie (Ingénierie); Exemple; Durability; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING; General
Description: This report serves as a guide for the project team to define and model the structural system within the reference building design as required by green building standards and rating systems--
Notes: "Sponsored by Sustainability Committee of the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, WBLCA Guide Special Project Working Group."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: General considerations; title: Reference building options; title: Structural material quantity reduction; title: Structure as finish; title: Nonstructural material quantity reduction; title: Performance-based design for material damage reduction; title: Impact reductions achieved by using alternate structural systems; title: Impact reduction of functionally equivalent materials; title: Incorporating salvaged materials; title: Design for deconstruction; title: Participating in operational energy savings