Green Benefits of Pre-engineered Steel Buildings

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In strengthening our resilience to climate change, green buildings are paramount development and are gaining momentum in southeast Asia.

About 10 percent of global carbon emissions are a result of the manufacturing of building materials such as steel, cement, and glass, as well as construction and demolition of buildings. Hence, a holistic approach needs to be taken to reduce carbon emissions across the whole lifecycle of buildings, including in its design, materials production, logistics and construction processes.

The pre-engineered building approach presents a possibility to manage building and construction in a more sustainable manner. This method of building and construction involves producing all components of a structure in an off-site factory, and then assembling them on-site. Besides the significant acceleration of project timelines, this approach leads to higher resource efficiency during production and remarkable reduction of scrap and waste on site.

In addition, pre-engineered steel building structures are lighter, easier and faster to erect compared to traditional structures. This reduces manpower, energy consumption and overall carbon emissions during construction. Site disturbance is greatly reduced compared with traditional site-built structures.