Infrastructure Sustainability and Design
by Spiro N. Pollalis, Andreas Georgoulias, Stephen J. Ramos, Daniel Schodek
Part 2
Sustainable Practice in Infrastructure Systems
ALL INFRASTRUCTURE is not created equal. For each infrastructure type, there are various projects with numerous components, each with its own impacts on sustainability. One can imagine in water infrastructure the vastly different concerns at play when building a treatment facility versus replacing a principal water supply pipe. In this section, leaders in the field of sustainable infrastructure present their experiences, from water to energy to landscape, explaining the unique opportunities and challenges faced in each infrastructure type. While the previous section outlined the broad scope of sustainability, this section asks the engineers in the field, with their knowledge and experience, ...
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