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http://dx.doi.org/10.12652/Ksce.2014.34.4.1053

Sustainable Design Method of Reinforced Concrete Beam Using Embodied Energy Optimization Technique  

Yoon, Young-Cheol (Myongji College)
Kim, Kyeong-Hwan (Yonsei University)
Yeo, DongHun (NIST(National Institute of Standard and Technology))
Lee, Sang-Ho (Yonsei University)
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KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research / v.34, no.4, 2014 , pp. 1053-1063 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study presents a sustainable design method that optimizes the embodied energy of concrete beam based on the concept of sustainable development that effectively utilizes natural resource and energy within the range that our succeeding generation can afford to utilize. In order to get the flexural strength carrying the ultimate load, concrete beam sections are designed by optimization that consists of the embodied energy as a objective function and the requirements of design code as constrained conditions. The sustainable design can be used to minimize the embodied energy consumed in material production, construction, operation, demolition of the infrastructure. As a result of comparison of the cost and the embodied energy optimizations based on practical beam sections, it is shown that 20% embodied energy saving and 35% $CO_2$ emission saving are achieved by sacrificing 10% cost increase. The sustainable design method provides a new effective methodology that manages the strength design concept based on cost minimization together with economic feasibility and sustainability. In addition, the method is expected to be applied to more various structural design practices.
Keywords
Sustainable design; Embodied energy; $CO_2$; Cost; Reinforced concrete beam; Optimization;
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