The evaluation of sustainability performance indicators

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2010

Authors

Maria Sampaio (Author) FEUP; Jorge Moreira da Costa (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: XXXVII IAHS World Congress on Housing

Pages: 1-8

XXXVII IAHS World Congress on Housing

Santander, Spain, 26 a 29 de Outubro de 2010

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Civil engineering

Other information

Abstract (EN): The sustainability concept has been progressively recognized as an important pillar in the construction industry. This yields from the intense efforts already undertaken by some countries on the creation of tools capable of its incorporation in the current approaches for design decisions. In this paper a first approach for the integration of some of these aspects in a Design Quality Assessment Method for housing buildings developed at FEUP will be presented. The proposed classification reviews two of the stages of the materials life cycle ¿ the mining and the production ones - where a comparison is performed among the diverse construction materials in terms of their embodied energy, following the established organization matrix for the assessment method. This work aims to provide procedures that allow a more careful choice of the materials, taking in consideration the needs of the upcoming generations.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8