Magazine Articles

The committee has officially been publishing articles about sustainability for structural engineers since 2007! When including the works of individual committee members, the body of work is even more prolific. Please browse the library of magazine articles organized by topic and date, below.

Carbon

Carbon Reduction

Structure, June 2015

Structure and Carbon

Structural Engineer, February 2013

Climate Change

Structural Engineers and Climate Change

Structure, January 2018

Climate Reality: A Structural Engineering Challenge

Civil + Structural Engineer, February 2014

Concrete

Sustainable Fabric-Formed Concrete Connects Riverwalk

Civil + Structural Engineer, December 2012

Fly Ash in Concrete: No Worries

Civil + Structural Engineer, April 2012

A successful foray into HVFA

Civil + Structural Engineer, February 2011
What do the EPA and 'high-volume' mean for fly ash use in concrete?

Civil + Structural Engineer, October 2010

Recycled aggregates

Civil + Structural Engineer, June 2010

Assessing the Role of Concrete Carbonation in Sustainable Practice

Civil + Structural Engineer, November 2009

Felix Candela: Prototype for Sustainability in Structural Engineering

Civil + Structural Engineer, July 2009

Tools for Reducing Carbon Emissions Due to Cement Consumption

Structure, January 2009

Durability / Resilience

Achieving Sustainability Through Durability, Adaptability, and Deconstructability

Structure, March 2010

What Structural Engineers Need to Know about Resilience

Structure, January 2017

Green Codes

LEED professional credentials: To renew or not to renew?

Civil + Structural Engineer, August 2011

Green Globes: An interactive, consensus-approved, rating system for commercial buildings

Civil + Structural Engineer, September 2009

Moving Beyond the LEED Checklist

Civil + Structural Engineer, March 2007

Lifecycle Assessment (LCA)

Environmental Declarations and Structures

Structure, March 2015

Lifecycle Assessment - Coming Your Way Soon

Civil + Structural Engineer, October 2012

EPDs and PCRs: Developing environmental footprint standards

Civil + Structural Engineer, February 2012

Establishing third-party certification for sustainable building materials

Civil + Structural Engineer, December 2011

How to optimize the environmental performance of structural materials

Civil + Structural Engineer, August 2010

Life Cycle Assessment and Structural Engineering Practice

Civil + Structural Engineer, September 2008

Quantifying Sustainability: How We Measure Green

Civil + Structural Engineer, December 2007

Thermal Bridging

Infrared Images of Structural Thermal Bridging

Civil + Structural Engineer, June 2012

Thermal Bridging Solutions: Minimizing Structural Steel's Impact on Building Envelope Energy Transfer

Modern Steel Construction, March 2012

What's your foundation insulation situation?

Civil + Structural Engineer, October 2011

MSTBAs help save building energy in colder climates

Civil + Structural Engineer, June 2011

Designing with Manufactured Structural Thermal Break Assemblies

Civil + Structural Engineer, April 2011

Structural detailing solutions to avoid thermal bridging

Civil + Structural Engineer, April 2010

Thermal Bridging in Structural Detailing

Civil + Structural Engineer, February 2010

Wood

Building Green with Wood Construction
Structure, August 2009

Infrastructure

Optimizing Concrete for More Sustainable Bridges

Civil + Structural Engineer, September 2017

Structural engineers' role in improving the sustainability of our nation's infrastructure

Civil + Structural Engineer, March 2009

Other

The Choices that Matter

Civil + Structural Engineer, November 2014

Sustainability from a Fundamental Perspective

Civil + Structural Engineer, August 2012

Structural Engineers as Sustainable Designers

Structure, March 2011

Sustainability Guidelines for the Structural Engineer can enhance your practice 

Civil + Structural Engineer, December 2011

Are your concrete, steel, and timber organically produced?

Civil + Structural Engineer, September 2010

"Extraordinary" Sustainable Thinking for "Ordinary" Projects

Structure, January 2010

Site, Foundations, and Sustainable Construction

Structure, December 2009

Sustainability: Thinking Beyond the Checklist

Structure, June 2009

The Intersection of BIM and Sustainable Design

Structure, March 2009

Structural Waste: Where is away?

Civil + Structural Engineer, June 2008

Recycled Content Plays a Pivotal Role in Structural Design

Civil + Structural Engineer, March 2008

Editorial - Sustainable design: New Opportunities for Innovation

Structure, September 2007

Sustainable Design Integration for Structural Engineers

Civil + Structural Engineer, September 2007

Ten Tenets of Structural Sustainability

Civil + Structural Engineer, June 2007