Environmentally Compatible Structures (ECS) - Introduction into the theory of ECS

Abstract

The growth of population, industry, megacities, car traffic, intensity of building industry, etc. with consequent health threatening environmental pollution, became a most urgent global problem number one of the development and survival of the mankind. "To ensure protection and restoration of clean environment for future generations, a scientifically based internationally accepted unified environmental strategy is necessary. No doubt, this calls for introducing university subjects, scientific research and corresponding university text books in the field of environmentally compatible design and technology of buildings. Scientists, university staff members together with outstanding specialists in this field have to find and suggest the best acceptable means to unify the fundamentals on how to ensure environmental protection in structural engineering and architecture and identify the role of university education in this attempt. The concept of the text book on ECS, is meant as a contribution to this strategy.