Development of Lightweight Steel Framed Construction Systems for Nearly-Zero Energy Buildings

Towards Nearly Zero Energy Buildings in Europe: A Focus on Retrofit in Non-Residential Buildings

Buildings are the focus of European (EU) policies aimed at a sustainable and competitive low-carbon economy by 2020. Reducing energy consumption of existing buildings and achieving nearly zero energy buildings (NZEBs) are the core of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) and the recast of the Energy Performance of Building Directive (EPBD). To comply with these requirements, Member States have ...

Seismic Response of Steel Framed Hospital Buildings with Self-Centering Systems (2004-2005)

This paper introduces the concepts of Elasto-Plastic Systems (EPS) and Self-Centering Systems (SCS) for the seismic design of steel-framed hospital buildings. Redesign of the MCEER West Coast Demonstration Hospital with SCS is conducted using this approach. An ensemble of 25 simulated MCEER Ground Motions having a probability of exceedence of 5% in 50 years in Northridge, California is used as ...

Energy Dissipation Systems for Vibration Control of Framed Buildings: A Review

In conventional structural design, the stiffness and energy absorption mechanisms are combined in a single system, and the structure is allowed to deform inelastically. Experience with recent earthquakes has shown that the economical penalty associated with repairing conventionally designed structures can be significant. Situations also exist in which the conventional design approach is not app...

Building information modelling for sustainability appraisal of conceptual design of steel-framed buildings

Modeling the seismic response of cold-formed steel framed buildings: model development for the CFS-NEES building

The objective of this paper is to investigate the response of a cold-formed steel framed building subjected to earthquake excitation primarily through nonlinear time history analysis employing the incremental dynamic analysis (IDA) framework. The two-story archetype building from the Cold-Formed Steel – Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (CFS-NEES) project is analyzed using OpenSees....