Earthquakes threaten humanity globally in complex ways that mainly include various
socioeconomic consequences of life and property losses. Resilience against seismic risks is of high
importance in the modern world and needs to be sustainable. Sustainable earthquake resilience
(SER) from the perspective of structural engineering means equipping the built environment with
appropriate aseismic systems. Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are a class of advanced materials well
suited for fulfilling the SER demand of the built environment. This article explores how this capability
can be realized by the innovative SMA-based superelasticity-assisted slider (SSS), recently proposed
for next-generation seismic protection of structures. The versatility of SSS is first discussed as a critical
advantage for an effective SER. Alternative configurations and implementation styles of the system
are presented, and other advantageous features of this high-tech isolation system (IS) are studied.
Results of shaking table experiments, focused on investigating the expected usefulness of SSS for
seismic protection in hospitals and conducted at the structural earthquake engineering laboratory
of the University of Bonab, are then reported. SSS is compared with currently used ISs, and it is
shown that SSS provides the required SER for the built environments and outperforms other ISs by
benefitting from the pioneered utilization of SMAs in a novel approach.