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The Birth of Sustainability and Its Development in fib



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Koji Sakai

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DOI:10.17265/1934-7359/2025.03.002

Japan Sustainability Institute, Kita-21, Higashi-19, 1-25, Higashi-ku, Sapporo 065-0021, Japan

The history of human being is a result of various activities to live. Humanity has lived with the nature which has enabled to sustain the lives. Humanity has gained great benefits by the use of nature and its alternation. The comfortable environment development made the increase of population and the alternation of nature has extended. The past few hundred years can be said the era of fossil fuels. Surprisingly, it has caused the global warming. The construction sector is the industry in which the foundation for social and economic activities is created. It has been believed that a comfortable and safety life, production and use of environments will lead to happiness for humanity. However, we could not put a break on the development. Of course it is, the construction-related sectors that consume the most large natural resources and energy, and therefore emit the largest quantity of CO₂. Fortunately, a concept in which we can deal with this situation was developed. It is sustainability concept. In this paper, firstly the concept “sustainability” which was born at the end of 20th century is reconfirmed. As the performance-based design has played a significant role in sustainability design, secondly the concept is explained based on the author’s paper and book. Thirdly the development of sustainability in fib is comprehensively discussed including sustainability-resilience dispute and ethics.

CO2, ethics, fib, performance-based design, resilience, sustainability.

Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture 19 (2025) 120-129

doi: 10.17265/1934-7359/2025.03.002