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• Title:Sustainable infrastructure : principles into practice / Charles Ainger, Richard Fenner.
  
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• Author/Creator:Ainger, C. M. (Charles M.), author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Fenner, Richard, author.
  
• Published/Created:London : ICE Publishing, [2014]
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: TA170 .A463 2014
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Links:Donor bookplate
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Sustainable engineering.
  Sustainable design.
  
• Medical Subjects: Construction Materials
  
• Description:xvi, 360 pages ; 24 cm.
  
• Series:Delivering sustainable infrastructure.
  
• Summary:"This book outlines the critical changes needed to deliver more sustainable solutions and offers techniques to embed these changes as best practice in order to deliver high quality, economical and sustainable infrastructure across the globe."--Cover.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780727757548
  0727757547
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Why sustainability?
  1.1. Sustainable infrastructure: new challenges
  1.2. Characteristics of infrastructure
  1.3. Understanding sustainable development
  1.4. Infrastructure for sustainable development
  1.5. What can engineers do? - Be a key part of the solution
  1.6. Asking the right question at the right time
  1.7. Dealing with complexity, long timescales and future uncertainty - a mindset change
  1.8. Am I acting sustainably?
  References
  Further Reading
  2. Key principles
  2.1. role of principles
  2.2. structure for sustainability principles relevant to infrastructure
  2.3. Principle Al: Environmental sustainability - within limits
  2.4. Principle A2: Socio-economic sustainability - 'development'
  2.5. Principle A3: Intergenerational stewardship
  2.6. Principle A4: Complex systems
  2.7. Individual principles - for action for sustainability
  References
  Further Reading
  3. Business strategy
  3.1. What this stage involves
  3.2. Sustainability into strategy - and what can engineers do?
  3.3. Set sustainability objectives and targets, and choose boundaries
  3.4. Plan strategically for sustainability - timescale and uncertainty
  3.5. Choose the business model - sell the 'service' rather than the 'product'
  3.6. Join up thinking - to implement strategy
  References
  4. Project scoping
  4.1. What this stage involves
  4.2. Sustainability in project scoping - and what can engineers do?
  4.3. Ensure asset planning is anchored in strategic sustainability objectives
  4.4. Include projects across the interfaces, and take opportunities
  4.5. Structure your project scope sustainably
  4.6. Ensure that project scope defines required performance, not a pre-judged solution
  References
  5. Stakeholder engagement
  5.1. What this stage involves
  5.2. Sustainability in stakeholder engagement and what can engineers do?
  5.3. Give local communities roles in projects
  5.4. Choose community representatives, and methods of engagement
  5.5. Work effectively for sustainability, with regulators
  References
  6. Procurement
  6.1. What this stage involves
  6.2. Sustainability in procurement - and what can engineers do?
  6.3. Use procurement strategy to provide extra socio-economic benefits
  6.4. Use modern collaborative working relationships, enabled by the contract
  6.5. Integrate it all within a procurement strategy - for development
  References
  7. Outline design
  7.1. What this stage involves
  7.2. Sustainability in outline design - and what can engineers do?
  7.3. Review the scope, and widen the range of options
  7.4. Ensure that promising options are not eliminated during early evaluation
  7.5. Include sustainability-related choice criteria; take care in evaluation
  7.6. Use decision-making processes that reflect sustainability principles
  References
  8. Detailed design
  8.1. What this stage involves
  8.2. Sustainability in detailed design - and what can engineers do?
  8.3. Keep sustainability metrics and climate change in mind
  8.4. Challenge traditional approaches and design standards
  8.5. Explore design life and reuse options, and 'off-site' implications
  8.6. Combine components' functions, for more sustainable systems
  8.7. Choose more sustainable materials
  8.8. Keep biodiversity and wildlife in mind in detailed design landscaping
  References
  9. Construction
  9.1. What this stage involves
  9.2. Sustainability in construction - and what can engineers do?
  9.3. Manage risks to time, quality, sustainability and costs as a single team
  9.4. Purchase all materials and operating equipment on a whole-life-cost basis
  9.5. Source materials and inputs sustainably
  9.6. Proactively reduce construction energy, CO2e and waste
  References
  10. In-use to end of life
  10.1. What this stage involves
  10.2. Sustainability in operation and use - and what can engineers do?
  10.3. Hand assets over effectively from construction - include efficiency trials and training
  10.4. lncentivise O&M teams, and user behaviour, for sustainable performance
  10.5. Keep social needs in mind, for users and operators
  10.6. Add environmental performance and resilience into effective maintenance
  10.7. Decommissioning at end of life
  References
  11. Understanding your arena for change
  11.1. Inventing the future - who, me?
  11.2. context for innovation
  11.3. types and 'shapes' of change
  11.4. Effective change actions
  References
  Further Reading
  12. Individual action for change
  12.1. Motivation and creativity
  12.2. Roles and influence
  12.3. Influencing power
  12.4. Looking after yourself
  12.5. Tools for effectiveness
  12.6. Summary -'facilitating 'facilitating the emergence of change'
  References
  Further Reading
  13. Tools for sustainability practice
  13.1. Environmental impact assessments and strategic environmental assessment
  13.2. Life-cycle assessment
  13.3. Carbon footprinting
  13.4. Environmental management systems
  13.5. Building rating systems and civil engineering awards schemes
  13.6. Ecosystems services and green infrastructure valuation
  13.7. Whole-life cost accounting
  13.8. Corporate social responsibility and sustainability reporting
  13.9. Backcasting, forecasting and scenario planning
  13.10. Multi-criteria decision-making
  13.11. System dynamics
  References
  14. End Words
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