Sustainable Concrete and Material-driven Multicriteria Design Optimization

This topic, presented by Siska Valcke, merges the potential impact of sustainable concrete on the environmental footprint caused by the building sector with a new tool, developed by TNO, called ‘Material-driven Multicriteria Design Optimization’. This innovative approach aims to reduce CO2-emissions from the building sector. Central to this approach is the principle of ‘resource based engineering’. It offers an integral approach to increase the use of sustainable concrete and promote the re-use of concrete structural elements.