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This open access book includes detail on various structures, buildings, and building materials from different structural and sustainability perspectives. It describes how the building and construction industry is vital for the achievement of the sustainable development goals. The aim of this collection is to foster the design and construction of sustainable structures, buildings, and building materials to reduce their environmental impact and connect with the environment. Presenting the knowledge, trends, and developments from a group of contributors in the field working with different kinds of structures, structural components, buildings, and building materials, the book is ideal for practitioners working in commercial settings, as well as engineering students and researchers concerned with sustainability issues. Explains sustainability in the context of structures, buildings, and building materials Demonstrates performance of structures, buildings, and building materials Illustrates trends towards Sustainable Development Goals This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access.

Sustainable architecture. --- Buildings --- Building materials. --- Sustainability. --- Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. --- Building Construction and Design. --- Structural Materials. --- Design and construction.

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This is an open access book. How Designers are Transforming Healthcare is a bold manifesto for change, demonstrating the value of a strategic design-led approach. Drawing on a rich array of real-world projects, this book illustrates how designers, in collaboration with clinicians and consumers, are co-creating transformative change across healthcare environments, products, services, and systems. In a fascinating multi-voice conversation, this book outlines how design methods and mindsets, including co-design, prototyping, design and futures thinking, facilitates creative problem-solving. The ideas, tools, and challenges in How Designers are Transforming Healthcare make it a vital text - a doer’s guide - for designers, clinicians, academics, consumers, and policymakers seeking innovative strategies for engagement, innovation and improvement in healthcare.

Practice of medicine. --- Hospitals --- Health services administration. --- Buildings --- Architecture. --- Public health. --- Practice and Hospital Management. --- Health Care Management. --- Building Construction and Design. --- Public Health. --- Administration. --- Design and construction.

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This open access book offers a comprehensive exploration of the digital innovations that have emerged in recent years for the circular built environment. Each chapter is meticulously crafted to ensure that both academic readers and industry practitioners can grasp the inner workings of each digital technology, understand its relevance to the circular built environment, examine real-life implementations, and appreciate the intriguing business models behind them. Our primary objective is to blend scholarly knowledge with practical inspiration by providing real-life case studies for each innovation. The authors, who possess extensive expertise in their respective fields, have contributed chapters dedicated to digital technologies within their areas of specialization. The book is organized into three distinct parts. The first part focuses on data-driven digital technologies and delves into how their capabilities can facilitate the transition to a circular built environment. Essential aspects such as building information modeling (BIM), digital twins, geographical information systems (GIS), scanning technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), data templates, and material passports are explored as vital tools for data collection, integration, and analysis in the context of circular construction. In the second part, various digital technologies for design and fabrication are introduced. Topics covered include computational design algorithms, additive and subtractive manufacturing, robotic manufacturing, and extended reality. These discussions shed light on how these technologies can be leveraged to enhance design and fabrication processes within the circular built environment. Finally, the last part of the book presents emerging digital concepts related to business and governance. It explores the role of deconstruction and reverse logistics, blockchain technology, digital building logbooks, and innovative business models as enablers of circularity in the built environment. The book concludes with a chapter dedicated to digital transformation and its potential to propel the built environment towards a regenerative future. In addition to the substantive content, the book features forewords and perspectives from esteemed experts, providing valuable economic and creative insights to complement its comprehensive approach.

Buildings --- Environmental sciences --- Sustainability. --- Quantitative research. --- Mathematical statistics --- Building Construction and Design. --- Mathematical Applications in Environmental Science. --- Data Analysis and Big Data. --- Statistics and Computing. --- Design and construction. --- Mathematics. --- Data processing.

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The world’s extant building stock accounts for a significant portion of worldwide energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. In 2020, buildings and construction accounted for 36% of global final energy consumption and 37% of energy related CO2 emissions. The EU estimates that up to 75% of the EU’s existing building stock has poor energy performance, 85–95% of which will still be in use in 2050. To meet the goals of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change will require a transformation of construction processes and deep renovation of the extant building stock. It is widely recognized that ICTs can play an important role in construction, renovation and maintenance as well as supporting the financing of deep renovation. Technologies such as sensors, big data analytics and machine learning, BIM, digital twinning, simulation, robots, cobots and UAVs, and additive manufacturing are transforming the deep renovation process, improving sustainability performance, and developing new services and markets. This open access book defines a deep renovation digital ecosystem for the 21st century, providing a state-of-the art review of current literature, suggesting avenues for new research, and offering perspectives from business, technology and industry domains. Theo Lynn is Full Professor of Digital at DCU Business School, Ireland. He is Series Editor on the Palgrave Studies in Digital Business & Enabling Technologies. Pierangelo Rosati is Associate Professor of Digital Business & Society at the University of Galway, Ireland and is Series Editor on the Palgrave Studies in Digital Business & Enabling Technologies. Mohamad Kassem is Professor of Digital Construction Management at Newcastle University, United Kingdom. Stelios Krinidis is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Management Science & Technology of the International Hellenic University, Greece and a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Centre of Research & Technology Hellas, Greece. Jennifer Kennedy is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Irish Institute of Digital Business at DCU Business School, Ireland.

Technological innovations. --- Buildings --- Civil engineering. --- Robotics. --- Innovation and Technology Management. --- Building Construction and Design. --- Civil Engineering. --- Design and construction. --- Automation --- Machine theory --- Engineering --- Public works --- Breakthroughs, Technological --- Innovations, Industrial --- Innovations, Technological --- Technical innovations --- Technological breakthroughs --- Technological change --- Creative ability in technology --- Inventions --- Domestication of technology --- Innovation relay centers --- Research, Industrial --- Technology transfer

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This open access book is a collection of accepted papers from the 8th International Conference on Civil Engineering (ICCE2021). Researchers and engineers have discussed and presented around three major topics, i.e., construction and structural mechanics, building materials, and transportation and traffic. The content provide new ideas and practical experiences for both scientists and professionals.

Civil engineering, surveying & building --- Building construction & materials --- Highway & traffic engineering --- Civil Engineering --- Construction and Structural Mechanics --- Building Materials --- Seismic Engineering --- Transportation and Traffic --- Civil engineering. --- Buildings --- Building materials. --- Transportation engineering. --- Traffic engineering. --- Civil Engineering. --- Building Construction and Design. --- Building Materials. --- Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering. --- Design and construction. --- Engineering, Traffic --- Road traffic --- Street traffic --- Traffic, City --- Traffic control --- Traffic regulation --- Urban traffic --- Highway engineering --- Transportation engineering --- Civil engineering --- Engineering --- Architectural materials --- Architecture --- Building --- Building supplies --- Construction materials --- Structural materials --- Materials --- Public works