“With AI Towards Sustainable Building Structures” is an insightful exploration of how state of the art AI techniques can be integrated into the building industry to support a more sustainable future. The book avoids bold predictions and focuses on helping readers form their own judgments through clear explanations of AI fundamentals and an overview of industry workflows and environmental impacts. It also draws on personal experience and includes interviews with leading experts in AI and the building sector. The book therefore serves as a practical foundation for practitioners and companies implementing AI and for curious readers outside the building industry who want to understand how AI’s evolution can benefit society.
“With AI Towards Sustainable Building Structures” is an insightful exploration of how state of the art AI techniques can be integrated into the building industry to support a more sustainable future. It draws on personal experience and includes interviews with leading experts in AI and the building sector.
Preface. List of Abbreviations. AI and Building Industry Impacts in
Perspective. Measuring the Sustainability of Building Structures. The Digital
Transformation in Construction. Machine Learning and Big Data. Large Language
Models. Multimodal Generative AI. AI Agents. Reinforcement Learning.
Conclusions. References. Index.
Dr. Diego Apellániz is a structural engineer with more than ten years of professional experience and a solid foundation in programming and AI. His doctoral research explored how parametric design and machine learning can support early design decisions that lead to more sustainable buildings. He received the European 2024 EFCA Future Leader award, recognizing his leadership and his role as an AI enabler in the engineering sector.
