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Sustainability of New Work Practises and Building Concepts

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Cooperative Buildings: Integrating Information, Organization, and Architecture (CoBuild 1998)

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New forms of communication and co-operation do not have the same environmental impact pattern as current forms of work. Environmental impacts are produced by work technologies (mainly communication technologies), buildings (construction, maintenance, operation and destruction) and transport (induced by work relations and housing). The thesis that new information technologies reduce transport and building energy consumption has not been verified in practice until now. The contribution discusses the interrelation between different impacts, gives quantitative data of environmental impact based on the combination of existing life cycle analysis and tries to estimate possible future developments. The question of the necessity of new buildings and the possible development of virtual buildings is discussed in relation with sustainable development.

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  1. Institut für Industrielle Bauproduktion - ifib Universität Karlsruhe, Englerstrasse 7, D-75128, Karlsruhe

    Niklaus Kohler

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  1. IPSI - Integrated Pubication and Information Systems Institute, GMD - German National Research Center for Information Technology, Dolivostr. 15, D-64293, Darmstadt, Germany

    Norbert A. Streitz  & Shin’ichi Konomi  & 

  2. TKT - Institute for Telecooperation Technology, GMD - German National Research Center for Information Technology, Rheinstr. 75, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany

    Heinz-Jürgen Burkhardt

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Kohler, N. (1998). Sustainability of New Work Practises and Building Concepts. In: Streitz, N.A., Konomi, S., Burkhardt, HJ. (eds) Cooperative Buildings: Integrating Information, Organization, and Architecture. CoBuild 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1370. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-69706-3_16

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