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Construction is one of the main sectors that generates greenhouse gases. This industry consumes large amounts of raw materials, such as stone, timber, water, etc. Additionally, infrastructure should provide service over many years without safety problems. Therefore, their correct design, construction, maintenance, and dismantling are essential to reducing economic, environmental, and societal consequences. That is why promoting sustainable construction has recently become extremely important. To help address and resolve these types of questions, this book explores new ways of reducing the environmental impacts caused by the construction sector, as well promotes social progress and economic growth. The chapters collect the papers included in the “Sustainable Construction” Special Issue of the Sustainability journal. The papers cover a wide spectrum of issues related to the use of sustainable materials in construction, the optimization of designs based con sustainable indicators, the life-cycle assessment, the decision-making processes that integrate economic, social, and environmental aspects, and the promotion of durable materials that reduce future maintenance.

Technology: general issues --- rheological properties --- self-sensing --- piezo-resistivity --- graphene nanoplatelets --- structural health monitoring --- urban regeneration --- sustainable construction --- environmental effects --- surface urban heat island --- albedo --- sustainable concrete --- fly ash --- ultra fine fly ash --- sulphuric acid --- nitric acid --- exterior wall painting --- automation robot --- life cycle cost --- performance evaluation --- sustainable business strategies --- competitive advantage --- corporate sustainability --- bio-inspiration --- sustainability assessment --- function --- resource --- burden --- Design for sustainability --- life cycle thinking --- bio-flexi --- apartment housing --- construction process --- CO2 emissions --- high-speed railway (HSR) --- sustainable development --- unascertained measure --- analytic hierarchy process (AHP) --- Harbin-Dalian Passenger Dedicated Line (PDL) --- rebar corrosion --- cracked RC material --- aggressive environment --- durability --- electrochemical test methods --- SDGs --- construction --- supply networks --- sustainability --- FSC --- modern slavery --- bridges --- life-cycle assessment --- optimization --- ReCiPe --- Life Cycle Assessment --- Social Life Cycle Analysis --- reinforced concrete --- chloride corrosion --- preventive measures

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Construction is one of the main sectors that generates greenhouse gases. This industry consumes large amounts of raw materials, such as stone, timber, water, etc. Additionally, infrastructure should provide service over many years without safety problems. Therefore, their correct design, construction, maintenance, and dismantling are essential to reducing economic, environmental, and societal consequences. That is why promoting sustainable construction has recently become extremely important. To help address and resolve these types of questions, this book explores new ways of reducing the environmental impacts caused by the construction sector, as well promotes social progress and economic growth. The chapters collect the papers included in the “Sustainable Construction” Special Issue of the Sustainability journal. The papers cover a wide spectrum of issues related to the use of sustainable materials in construction, the optimization of designs based con sustainable indicators, the life-cycle assessment, the decision-making processes that integrate economic, social, and environmental aspects, and the promotion of durable materials that reduce future maintenance.

rheological properties --- self-sensing --- piezo-resistivity --- graphene nanoplatelets --- structural health monitoring --- urban regeneration --- sustainable construction --- environmental effects --- surface urban heat island --- albedo --- sustainable concrete --- fly ash --- ultra fine fly ash --- sulphuric acid --- nitric acid --- exterior wall painting --- automation robot --- life cycle cost --- performance evaluation --- sustainable business strategies --- competitive advantage --- corporate sustainability --- bio-inspiration --- sustainability assessment --- function --- resource --- burden --- Design for sustainability --- life cycle thinking --- bio-flexi --- apartment housing --- construction process --- CO2 emissions --- high-speed railway (HSR) --- sustainable development --- unascertained measure --- analytic hierarchy process (AHP) --- Harbin-Dalian Passenger Dedicated Line (PDL) --- rebar corrosion --- cracked RC material --- aggressive environment --- durability --- electrochemical test methods --- SDGs --- construction --- supply networks --- sustainability --- FSC --- modern slavery --- bridges --- life-cycle assessment --- optimization --- ReCiPe --- Life Cycle Assessment --- Social Life Cycle Analysis --- reinforced concrete --- chloride corrosion --- preventive measures

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Construction is one of the main sectors that generates greenhouse gases. This industry consumes large amounts of raw materials, such as stone, timber, water, etc. Additionally, infrastructure should provide service over many years without safety problems. Therefore, their correct design, construction, maintenance, and dismantling are essential to reducing economic, environmental, and societal consequences. That is why promoting sustainable construction has recently become extremely important. To help address and resolve these types of questions, this book explores new ways of reducing the environmental impacts caused by the construction sector, as well promotes social progress and economic growth. The chapters collect the papers included in the “Sustainable Construction” Special Issue of the Sustainability journal. The papers cover a wide spectrum of issues related to the use of sustainable materials in construction, the optimization of designs based con sustainable indicators, the life-cycle assessment, the decision-making processes that integrate economic, social, and environmental aspects, and the promotion of durable materials that reduce future maintenance.

Technology: general issues --- rheological properties --- self-sensing --- piezo-resistivity --- graphene nanoplatelets --- structural health monitoring --- urban regeneration --- sustainable construction --- environmental effects --- surface urban heat island --- albedo --- sustainable concrete --- fly ash --- ultra fine fly ash --- sulphuric acid --- nitric acid --- exterior wall painting --- automation robot --- life cycle cost --- performance evaluation --- sustainable business strategies --- competitive advantage --- corporate sustainability --- bio-inspiration --- sustainability assessment --- function --- resource --- burden --- Design for sustainability --- life cycle thinking --- bio-flexi --- apartment housing --- construction process --- CO2 emissions --- high-speed railway (HSR) --- sustainable development --- unascertained measure --- analytic hierarchy process (AHP) --- Harbin-Dalian Passenger Dedicated Line (PDL) --- rebar corrosion --- cracked RC material --- aggressive environment --- durability --- electrochemical test methods --- SDGs --- construction --- supply networks --- sustainability --- FSC --- modern slavery --- bridges --- life-cycle assessment --- optimization --- ReCiPe --- Life Cycle Assessment --- Social Life Cycle Analysis --- reinforced concrete --- chloride corrosion --- preventive measures

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There are many regions worldwide which are susceptible to extreme loads such as earthquakes. These can cause loss of life and adverse impacts on civil infrastructures, the environment, and communities. A series of methods and measures have been used to mitigate the effects of these extreme loads. The adopted approaches and methods must enable civil structures to be resilient and sustainable. Therefore, to reduce damage and downtime in addition to protecting life and promoting safety, new resilient structure technologies must be proposed and developed. This special issue book focuses on methods of enhancing the sustainability and resilience of civil infrastructures in the event of extreme loads (e.g., earthquakes). This book contributes proposals of and theoretical, numerical, and experimental research on new and resilient civil structures and their structural performance under extreme loading events. These works will certainly play a significant role in promoting the application of new recoverable structures. Moreover, this book also introduces some case studies discussing the implementation of low-damage structural systems in buildings as well as articles on the development of design philosophies and performance criteria for resilient buildings and new sustainable communities.

artificial neural network --- corrosion --- mined-out region --- finite element --- column-top isolation --- pseudodynamic test --- seismic performance --- sustainability prediction --- shear performance --- nonlinear time-history analysis --- shaking table test --- civil infrastructures --- angle section --- seismic connection detail --- cyclic loading test --- extreme loads --- sudden column removal --- flow --- water supply networks --- displacement response spectrum --- cold-formed steel composite shear wall building --- mitigation --- probabilistic framework --- nonlinearity --- optimized section --- corporation --- GM selection --- seismic damage --- natural hazards --- analysis --- spectrum variance --- viscous damper --- Great East Japan Earthquake --- OpenFresco --- Brazier flattening --- substructure --- damage --- model-based --- tapered cross section --- liquefaction --- measurement --- NDE --- settlement --- seismic behavior --- resilience --- hybrid damper --- numerical simulation --- structural response estimates --- probabilistic --- energy-based approximate analysis --- damping effect --- cold-formed steel structure --- silt --- ground motion --- boundary technique --- energy dissipative devices --- reinforced concrete --- cyclic reversal test --- ground improvement --- simplified modeling method --- beam --- girder --- integration algorithm --- force-displacement control --- reinforced concrete frames --- mid-rise --- intermediate column --- time-frequency energy distribution --- single-layer reticulated dome --- structural robustness --- precast slab --- chloride ingress --- dynamic model --- Brazier effect --- earthquake --- sustainability --- carbonation --- replaceable coupling beam --- railway construction --- concrete --- variational method --- shear wall --- progressive collapse --- abnormal loads --- recovery --- earthquakes --- resilience-based design --- disaster --- OpenSees --- seismic analysis --- response surface method --- subway station --- ratcheting effect --- matching pursuit decomposition --- hybrid simulation --- subway induced vibration --- dynamic structural analysis --- numerical simulations --- structural sensitivity --- inflection point --- system restoration --- infinite element boundary --- simulation model --- Monte Carlo simulation --- nonlinear response