Seismic design of reinforced concrete frames for minimum embodied CO 2 emissions
- Submitting institution
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City, University of London
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 430
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.12.039
- Title of journal
- Energy and Buildings
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- First page
- 177
- Volume
- 162
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0378-7788
- Open access status
- Other exception
- Month of publication
- December
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This is the first-ever study addressing seismic design of reinforced concrete structures for minimum embodied CO2 emissions. This approach is important because in many countries around the world, including most of the top-10 countries in CO2 emissions from cement production, concrete structures must be designed against earthquakes. It is found that the proposed approach can reduce up to 13% the embodied CO2 emissions with respect to seismic designs targeting minimum economic cost. Furthermore, it is shown for first time that seismic designs for medium and high ductility can produce up to 60% less embodied CO2 emissions than low ductility designs.
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- Non-English
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