Sustainability of constructions, towards a better built environment : proceedings of the final conference of COST Action C25

Abstract

This publication is the Proceedings of the Final Conference of the COST Action C25, opened to the public under the theme “Sustainability of Constructions - Towards a better built environment”. The Action C25 “Sustainability of Constructions - Integrated Approach to Lifetime Structural Engineering” was established to promote science- and research-based approaches for life-cycle building technologies. It is one prominent landmark of a worldwide movement aiming at knowledge creation and dissemination in the field of sustainable construction. The amount of researchers, stakeholders and practitioners conscious of sustainability has grown from some tens of pioneers to tens of thousands. The methods of sustainable architecture and life-time engineering are been developed and implemented more often as a part of everyday practices. Several international networks and organisations have been organised in order to promote the sustainable construction like e.g. the International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment (iiSBE) and the International Association for Life Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE). [excerpt from Foreword]