Building Engineering Facing the Challenges of the 21st Century

Holistic Study from the Perspectives of Materials, Construction, Energy and Sustainability
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-981-99-2713-5
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, Band 345, 739 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1421 g

Reihe: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering

Building engineering is a complex and constantly evolving branch. The needs of the XXI century society cause a constant change in construction industry due to the need to achieve sustainable and ecological buildings. This affects all levels and phases of this engineering. Given this circumstance, numerous researchers turn their efforts to find optimal solutions for building engineering. For this reason, in this book a holistic analysis of building engineering is carried out from the perspectives that have a greater weight for sustainability objectives. The book is divided into 6 sections: (i) Building materials, which deals with research related to the most innovative and sustainable building materials; (ii) Design and construction, which deals with existing methodologies and advances in design and construction in construction sector; (iii) Building repair and maintenance, which deals with building repair, maintenance and upkeep techniques; (iv) Energy efficiency, which analyses the latest research on the energy efficiency of buildings and their behaviour in the face of climate change; (v) Sustainability, which analyses the establishment of measures to achieve a more sustainable built environment; and (vi) construction management, which compiles the latest studies in the field of Project manager. The 38 chapters of the book together constitute an advance for the topic of building engineering. The aspects covered in the book are of great interest to various sectors, such as researchers, engineers, architects, legislators and interested parties.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Durán-Álvarez, Joaquín

Bienvenido-Huertas, David

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Bauökologie, Baubiologie, Bauphysik, Bauchemie
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Baugewerbe, Bauplanung, Baubetrieb
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Ökologische Aspekte in der Architektur
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Baukonstruktion, Baufachmaterialien
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Konstruktiver Ingenieurbau, Baustatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Building materials

Study of the capillary network of plaster mortars made with rigid polyurethane foams wastes and its influence on the properties in the hardened state

Poplar and carbon composite engineered wood products

Bivalve shells as a building material. A real case application

Assessment of different large-volume wastes with high potential to be used as emerging geopolymeric precursors: A review

The use of Sierra Elvira’ stone according to the Spanish Technical Code

Preliminary studies on the valorizations of olive stone in masonry mortars

Macrocell significance in reinforced concrete slabs exposed to a marine environment

Design and construction

Application of Machine Learning Approaches to Predict Calcium-Aluminate Cement

Experimental study of the sound reduction index of windows with small apertures inserted between the frame and window panel

Advances in building engineering to cover housing needs in emergency situations

Lime concretes with ad hoc performances

Life repolyuse from the laboratory to a commercial product as part of the circular economy: the entrepreneurial approach

Structural Condition Assessment through the optimal combination of different non-destructive techniques

Building repair and maintenance

Impact of environmental conditions on construction materials throughout ling-term monitoring surveys in order to establish guidelines for preservation conditions. Case study of courtyards located in Mediterranean climate

 

Mechanical behavior of corroded reinforcement

Cathodic protection by means of sacrificial anodes of reinforced concrete structures

Influence of CFRP stiffness on the bending behavior of short reinforced concrete beams

Energy efficiency

Thermal conductivity analysis in brick walls located in the Cultural Heritage buildings

Why it’s so hard? Exploring social barriers for the deployment of thermal energy storage in Spanish buildings

Methods of evaluation of ventilation rate in indoor spaces

Tackling difficulties when in situ measuring façades U-value in operational stage

Contribution of activated mortars with phase change materials to the energy efficiency of buildings Hygrothermal performance analysis of building components and materials. A tool for energy refurbishments assessments

Influence of thermal bridges on the energy performance of buildings in warm climatic zones

 

Impact of climate change on the energy consumption of buildings: the case of climatic zones in Chile

Sustainability in building engineering

Green roofs and other Nature Based Solutions in Barcelona: environmental benefits, and physical and mental well-being

Urban regeneration in vulnerable areas. How the built environment contributes to inclusiveness

Ceramic waste: reuse in the design of new sustainable binders and as a recycled aggregate

A detailed analysis on the programming approach to apply adaptive setpoint temperatures

Vernacular technologies. Twenty years of analysis, understanding and transformation

The impact of COVID 19 on the short-term tourist accommodation rental market in Spain. A comparison between cities

The five principles of the Passivhaus Standard applied to rehabilitation: Case study

Gypsum materials and products to design circular and regenerative buildings

 

Construction management

Calculation procedure for court injunctions due to flaws in continuous and discontinuous cladding

Construction management model under a Lean Construction approach based on Business Process Management (BPM)

Interdisciplinary collaborative work in BIM methodology

Design of buildings based on performance with BIM and cost of use of the building

The use of laser scanning and aerial photogrammetry as tools for the analysis of double-shell domes in the province of Alicante

Construction Project Management based on the Internet of Things paradigm. An overview

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Portugal and Spain Construction Industry. Economic, resource and time management. A prospective analysis.

Über Autor(innen)

David Bienvenido-Huertas is Assistant Professor in the Department of Building Construction at the University of Granada. He is Visiting Professor at the University of La Coruña. His area of expertise covers climate change in the building sector, adaptive thermal comfort, heat transfer, fuel poverty, energy conservation measures, and design of nearly zero-energy buildings. He is Author of more than 70 research papers and he is Recognized Reviewer of various international indexed journals.

Joaquín Durán-Álvarez is Associate Professor in the Department of Building Construction at the University of Granada. Building engineer in companies in the sector for more than 20 years. His research area is related to the analysis of scientific production, areas of publication and evolution in the Construction Sector. He is responsible for the Observatory of Construction and the Repository of Building Engineering in Spain.