Sustainability assessment of different materials of structural members for roofs

Abstract

Nowadays, the importance to be given to sustainability issues in the development of infrastructures projects is increasing. Particularly, choosing an appropriate construction material might allow to substantially improve a structure’s sustainability whether in economic, environmental or social terms. This article proposes an assessment model based on the multi-attribute theory for the analysis of different alternatives for structural members’ materials. The model is used to assess the sustainability of different alternatives of sports’ halls roofs.