Re-Framing Sustainability:
Green Structural Engineering

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The structure comprises the most massive and permanent elements in a building. Structural choices have a major effect on a building’s environmental impact, and the structure is nearly impossible to alter once the design process is under way. Yet unlike mechanical engineers, who are increasingly invited to the table early in a green design process, structural engineers are all too often left out of those early brainstorming sessions. By the time they do get involved, the most elegant and cost-effective structural sustainability opportunities have been missed.

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