A collaborative research project involving 12 leading structural engineering firms to study the life cycle assessment of 16 different structural scenarios for a 248-metre tall tower, and for a 490-metre-tall tower. One of the objectives is to create a definitive comparison of the life-cycle implications of steel, concrete and composite structural systems in tall buildings. Additionally, a methodology for the assessment of life cycle energy and carbon use in tall building structural systems will be developed.
Could this methodology be used as a standard?
RO Engineers & Architects 