RT journal article
T1 Evaluating Environmental Impact in Foundations and Structures through Disaggregated Models: Towards the Decarbonisation of the Construction Sector
A1 Mercader Moyano, Pilar
A1 Roldán Porras, Jesús
A2 Ingeniería Industrial e Ingeniería Civil
K1 CO(2)emissions
K1 disaggregated model
K1 dust
K1 noise and vibration emission
K1 environmental impact studies
K1 foundations and structures
K1 sustainability
K1 transportation
AB Having a tool in Spanish regulations to evaluate the sustainability of the construction process in a simple and efficient way (Annex 13 of the Structural Concrete Instruction EHE-08) means an advance with respect to regulations in other countries. However, the complexity of homogenising the conditions that affect the execution of each structure, which are of a very heterogeneous and variable nature, in order to be able to evaluate their contribution to sustainability within the same reference framework, is the greatest obstacle and can have a great influence on the representativeness of the obtained results. However, there are variables that, given their specificity and nature, are not contemplated in this methodology (dust, noise and vibration emission, transportation). This paper proposes a complementary disaggregated model to evaluate the sustainability of variables that are not considered, namely the transportation of materials to the worksite, the commute of workers, the construction process, the emissions of dust, noise and vibrations, as well as the necessary load tests. The results of the application of this model to the real case of the foundations of two singular buildings, show the importance that these previously unexamined variables can have when choosing the most sustainable technical solution in terms of CO(2)emissions.
PB MDPI
SN 2071-1050
YR 2020
FD 2020-06
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/23581
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/23581
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 11-nov-2026