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<strong>Steel</strong> <strong>Designers</strong>' <strong>Manual</strong> - 6th Edition (2003)<br />

284 Sustainability and steel construction<br />

Night<br />

Airflow<br />

..'-_—-'_- Radiative heat transfer<br />

Convective heat transfer<br />

Fig. 8.3 Diurnal cycle for fabric energy storage<br />

IEli,<br />

immediately above or below the slab. Examples are illustrated in the SCI publication<br />

Environmental Floor Systems. 7<br />

8.7 Summary<br />

<strong>Steel</strong> in construction contributes in many ways to more sustainable solutions for the<br />

built environment. The major points are that the basic material is 100% recyclable<br />

without degradation, thereby contributing to conservation of resources. The building,<br />

in effect, becomes a warehouse of parts for the future.<br />

Design and construction methods have been, and continue to be, refined to optimize<br />

the use of the material and the resources needed to process it. <strong>Steel</strong> structures<br />

allow the creation of flexible space, and if they require alteration they lend themselves<br />

to adaptation.<br />

At the end of their viable life on a particular site, appropriate design and detailing<br />

mean that components can be deconstructed and re-used rather than recycled.<br />

A broader exposition of the issues raised can be found in the SCI Publication The<br />

Role of <strong>Steel</strong> in Environmentally Responsible Buildings. 6<br />

References to Chapter 8<br />

1. Eaton K.J. & Ogden R. (1995) Thermal and structural mass. The Architects<br />

Journal, 202, No. 8, 24 Aug., 43.<br />

2. Bennetts R. (2001) High watermark. The Architects Journal, 214, No. 19, 22 Nov.,<br />

46–51.<br />

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