University of Naples “Federico II” Department of Constructions and Mathematical Methods in Architecture in cooperation with Venue details Department of Urban Design and Planning International Symposium SUSTAINABILITY OF CONSTRUCTIONS: INTEGRATED APPROACH TO LIFE-TIME STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING Conference Centre Federico II Main Hall, Via Partenope 36 80121 Naples Phone. 081 25 35 706 Fax: 081 25 35 729 e-mail: [email protected] Sponsored by: COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme and ESF provides the COST Office through an EC contract May 11, 2009 Naples, Italy Action C25 Faculty of Architecture COST C25 Sustainability of Constructions: Integrated Approach to Life-Time Structural Engineering Invitation On behalf of the Scientific Committee you are cordially invited to participate in the International Symposium on “Sustainability of Constructions: integrated approach to life-time structural engineering” on 11 May 2009. The Symposium will be held at the Conference Centre Federico II, Via Partenope 36, Naples. To register, please fill in the registration form and mail to: [email protected] Further info and downloads are available on: http://teachserv.unina.it/dipartimenti/costrarc Main objectives This one-day Symposium serves as a forum for the presentation of both applied and fundamental research and case studies on Sustainability of Constructions The Symposium will include key-note lectures by reknowed experts in the field of life cycle engineering research and oral presentations to provide opportunities for technical interaction and discussion. It is aimed to disseminate the latest outcome of the COST Action C25 and to illustrate opportunities for multi-disciplinar y communication Scientific Committee Luís Bragança (University of Minho, PT), Heli Koukkari (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI), Rijk Blok (University of Technology Eindhoven, Netherlands, NL), Helena Gervasio (GIPAC, Lda, PT), Milan Veljkovic (Luleå University of Technology, SE), Zbigniew Plewako (Rzeszów University of Technology, PL), Raffaele Landolfo (University of Naples “Federico II”, IT), Viorel Ungureanu (Politehnica University of Timisoara, RO), Luís SimÕes da Silva (University of Coimbra,PT) Organizing Committee Agenda 09:00 REGISTRATION 09:30 WELCOME ADDRESSES C. Claudi de Saint Mihiel Dean of the Faculty of Architecture E. Cosenza Dean of the Faculty of Engineering 09:45 COST ACTION C25 ACTIVITIES L. Bragança C25 Chairman, University of Minho, Portugal H. Koukkari C25 Vice-Chair,VTT Technical research centre of Finland, Finland R. Landolfo C25-WG3 Chairman, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy 10:15 KEY-NOTE LECTURE LIFE-CYCLE COST AND PERFORMANCE OF STRUCTURES AND INFRASTRUCTURES D.M. Frangopol Lehigh University, Bethlehm, USA 10:45 COFFEE BREAK 11:15 KEY-NOTE LECTURES LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT AND EMBODIED ENERGY: SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS M. Lavagna Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy COMPLEX ASSESSMENT OF BUILDING SUSTAINABILITYSOME EXPERIENCES FROM CASE STUDIES P. Hajek University of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic 12:15 STUDENT COMPETITION PRIZE M. Fumo, Y. Aktuglu, Z. Hunyadi, P. Spiezia Z. Plewako, R. Blok, M. Kuhnhenne Coordinators of Student Competition 12:45 CLOSING OF THE SYMPOSIUM Raffaele Landolfo (Chairman), Marina Fumo, Sergio Russo Ermolli, Francesco Portioli, Lucrezia Cascini, Caterina A. Dattilo Department of Constructions and Mathematical Methods in Architecture. Via Forno Vecchio 36, 80134, Naples, Italy. Phone +39.081.2538029; Fax +39.081.2538989; e-mail: [email protected] . Web : http://teachserv.unina.it/dipartimenti/costrarc