Abstract
The real estate and construction sector is in change that
is mainly driven by increasing requirements concerning
the performance of constructions during their whole
life-time: the overall performance of buildings and
constructions need to be managed from cradle to grave,
and with a great emphasis on customer and user needs.
The true success of the change in relation to demands
depends largely upon management of innovations and
processes. Methods, tools and skills to handle data and
knowledge from various domains have become crucial. In
order to have a reliable basis for new practices,
research and higher education need to work on
science-based approaches. This concerns all aspects from
prediction of safe life-time of constructions to methods
of integration.
This paper gives an overview of relatively new
disciplines - like sustainability science - and
technologies - like Building Information Modelling - that
can be applied to support life-time engineering through
integration and synergy.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Sustainability of Constructions – Integrated Approach to Life-time Structural Engineering |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of International Seminar on COST action C25 |
| Editors | Luís Bragança |
| Pages | 1.(1-10) |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | Seminar on Sustainability of Constructions - Dresden, Germany Duration: 6 Oct 2008 → 7 Oct 2008 |
Conference
| Conference | Seminar on Sustainability of Constructions |
|---|---|
| Country/Territory | Germany |
| City | Dresden |
| Period | 6/10/08 → 7/10/08 |
Keywords
- sustainable construction
- life-time engineering
- integrated research
- performance-based building
