Life-Cycle Driven Design of Steel Structures for Reduced Embodied Carbon
This webinar series explains how life-cycle thinking can steer the design of steel and composite structures towards lower embodied carbon. Each session pairs core teaching with an industry case study, and a bonus session addresses seismic resilience and reparability. Participants receive the slides, calculation templates, worked examples, a life-cycle design checklist and a comparative table of embodied carbon regulations and reporting frameworks across countries.
Programme
- Life-cycle thinking for steel and composite structures: climate targets, stages A1 to A5 and the role of composite floors
- Carbon accounting, EPDs and data variability, end-of-life stages C1 to C4, design for deconstruction and steel reuse
- Design strategies for buildings, industrial structures and bridges, with sensitivity studies on span, number of storeys, slab type and lateral system
- Hybrid solutions such as steel-timber systems, balancing cost and performance
- Bonus session on seismic resilience and reparability, based on the Italian RS4 research project, fragility curves and self-centering devices
Speakers
- Alper Kanyilmaz, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano
- Ricardo Pimentel, Divisional Director, Pell Frischmann
- Roy Fishwick, Managing Director, Cleveland Steel & Tubes
- José Oliveira Pedro, IST Lisbon and GRID Consulting Engineers
- Ahmet Topbaş, Founder, ATTEC