Why Sustainability?

Abstract

'Sustainable Infrastructure' is a practical and accessible handbook which addresses the key principles of sustainability for engineers and built environment professionals. It 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. Why sustainability? -- Key principles -- Business strategy -- Project scoping -- Stakeholder engagement -- Procurement -- Outline design -- Detailed design -- Construction -- In-use to end of life -- Understanding your arena for change -- Individual action for change -- Tools for sustainability practice -- End words -- Appendix A: Summaries of common sustainability principles.