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dc.contributor.authorMiller, Dane
dc.contributor.authorDoh, Jeung-Hwan
dc.contributor.authorMulvey, Mitchell
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-19T00:08:00Z
dc.date.available2017-06-19T00:08:00Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn0950-0618
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.01.071
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/101226
dc.description.abstractConstruction material consumption is greater than any time in history. Australia produces approximately 30 million tonnes of finished building products each year, with over 56% of this quantity, by mass, being attributed to concrete and a further 6%, steel. Globally, 23 trillion kilograms of concrete alone is consumed annually, with growing population driving increasing demands. This study assesses the environmental performance of various concrete slab systems. Historically, the focus of environmental performance in buildings has been Operation Energy (OE) requirements, however Zero Energy Buildings (ZEB) are changing this. Specifically the study investigates the environmental performance of concrete structures varying design parameters and construction techniques to optimise its embodied energy (EE). These structures are designed in accordance with all relevant Australian codes and standards. The various slab systems investigated include: beam & slab, flat slab and flat plates while concurrently considering the use of conventionally reinforced and post-tensioned construction methods. Designs were compared in terms of EE outcomes given fixed design criteria, with results indicating reductions between 23.7% and 49.1% when utilising post-tensioned construction methods.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom329
dc.relation.ispartofpageto338
dc.relation.ispartofjournalConstruction and Building Materials
dc.relation.ispartofvolume80
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCivil engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchStructural engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBuilding
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4005
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode400510
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3302
dc.titleConcrete slab comparison and embodied energy optimisation for alternate design and construction techniques
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Engineering
gro.rights.copyright© 2015 Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
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gro.griffith.authorDoh, Jeung-Hwan


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