The influence building codes and fire regulations have on multi-storey timber construction in australia

Holmes, MI; Crews, KI; Ding, GK

The influence building codes and fire regulations have on multi-storey timber construction in australia

Holmes, MI Crews, KI

Ding, GK

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Publisher:: Finish Association of Civil Engineers RIL & VTT Technical Research Centre of Finlandn
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: World Sustainable Building Conference, 2011, pp. 224 - 235
Issue Date:: 2011-01

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dc.contributor.author	Holmes, MI	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Crews, KI https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1450-1423	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ding, GK https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2697-9395	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Huovila Pekka	en_US
dc.date	2011-10-18	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	World Sustainable Building Conference, 2011, pp. 224 - 235	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-951-758-531-6	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19349
dc.description.abstract	Timber is an environmentally friendly building material that is both renewable and reusable, though being combustible by nature meant historically it has been viewed in some parts of the world as an inferior structural material to steel and concrete in multi-storey construction. Buildings are responsible for a substantial amount of material and energy consumption. The environmental properties of materials aren't traditionally a design or construction priority and typically cost, performance characteristics and aesthetics have governed the choice of structural materials. This trend is beginning to change as the issues associated with climate change continue to come to the forefront and governments and industry look for ways to assuage its effects. Choosing environmentally sustainable building materials is beginning to become a client and tenant expectation and industry is starting to follow suit. Life Cycle Assessment studies have outlined when timber is used as an alternative structural material to steel and concrete the overall environmental impact of the building can be reduced.	en_US
dc.publisher	Finish Association of Civil Engineers RIL & VTT Technical Research Centre of Finlandn	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	World Sustainable Building Conference	en_US
dc.title	The influence building codes and fire regulations have on multi-storey timber construction in australia	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Helsinki, Finland	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Built Environment
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CBI - Centre for Built Infrastructure
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CCDP - Contemporary Design Practice
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pubs.finish-date	2011-10-21	en_US
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Abstract:

Timber is an environmentally friendly building material that is both renewable and reusable, though being combustible by nature meant historically it has been viewed in some parts of the world as an inferior structural material to steel and concrete in multi-storey construction. Buildings are responsible for a substantial amount of material and energy consumption. The environmental properties of materials aren't traditionally a design or construction priority and typically cost, performance characteristics and aesthetics have governed the choice of structural materials. This trend is beginning to change as the issues associated with climate change continue to come to the forefront and governments and industry look for ways to assuage its effects. Choosing environmentally sustainable building materials is beginning to become a client and tenant expectation and industry is starting to follow suit. Life Cycle Assessment studies have outlined when timber is used as an alternative structural material to steel and concrete the overall environmental impact of the building can be reduced.

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