Sustainable buildings and steel.

Abstract

The rapidly developing world, economic intensification and the evolution of urban development have caused a massive surge in environmental pollution, energy consumption and carbon emission. Construction plays a significant role in the emergence of ecological problems where specific attention has to be devoted to develop sustainable and green solutions in the design of buildings and structures. The main aim of the First International Conference on Sustainable Buildings and Structures (ICSBS 2015) is to cultivate research interaction between academics, researchers and practicing professionals from different communities in the multidisciplinary context of sustainability in built environment and infrastructure system. The main themes of the ICSBS 2015 centre on the state-of-the-art research in sustainable structural engineering (i.e. concrete, steel and composite structures), structural durability and hazard mitigation, sustainable building design and innovative technologies as well as building information modelling and innovative urban development or regeneration. The ICSBS 2015 publication consists of 37 high standard full length peer reviewed papers and I am grateful to the authors and co-authors for their contributions to this volume. I would to take this opportunity to thank the Local Organising Committee and Technical Review Committee for helping make ICSBS 2015 a successful event. I would also like to thank Funding for Advanced Academic Exchange Activities of Suzhou sponsored by Suzhou Associa- tion For Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and Suzhou University of Science and Technology for their financial supports.