Pub Date : 2015-05-12DOI: 10.1080/2093761X.2015.1033662
Lukumon O. Oyedele, Babatunde E. Jaiyeoba, Kabir O. Kadiri, Samuel Olufemi Folagbade, Iyabo K. Tijani, R. Salami
The overall aim of this study is to improve construction quality in Nigeria through the identification of pertinent factors affecting the process. Relevant factors were identified from the literature and studied by means of questionnaire survey sent to construction industry professionals that include architects, engineers, quantity surveyors and builders. The importance of each factor was computed for all the professionals via the severity and frequency responses of the factors. Data analysis includes ranking comparison among the professionals using severity, frequency and importance indexes. Percentage rank agreement factor (PRAF) was used to measure agreement of the importance ranking among construction professionals and one sample t-test was conducted to determine the significance of each factor. Finally, correlation analysis was used to measure the degree of correlation among all professionals.The results shows that the five most important factors are ‘poor quality of materials delivered to site’, ‘lo...
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Pub Date : 2015-05-12DOI: 10.1080/2093761X.2015.1025450
B. Wiryomartono
Since 2004, the Indonesian government has claimed that it is internationally committed to the reduction of carbon emission and care for global climate change. This paper is a critical study concerning the status of this commitment. The study will describe, analyse, discuss and examine issues, constraints and opportunities related to green building and the environmental development policy in Indonesia. This study argues that green building does not have a solid foundation for its regulatory practice and implementation. This study aims to uncover the reasons why. The focus of the paper is a discussion of the issues related to green building design in the context of energy policy and practice for environmental development in Indonesia.
{"title":"‘Green building’ and sustainable development policy in Indonesia since 2004","authors":"B. Wiryomartono","doi":"10.1080/2093761X.2015.1025450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2093761X.2015.1025450","url":null,"abstract":"Since 2004, the Indonesian government has claimed that it is internationally committed to the reduction of carbon emission and care for global climate change. This paper is a critical study concerning the status of this commitment. The study will describe, analyse, discuss and examine issues, constraints and opportunities related to green building and the environmental development policy in Indonesia. This study argues that green building does not have a solid foundation for its regulatory practice and implementation. This study aims to uncover the reasons why. The focus of the paper is a discussion of the issues related to green building design in the context of energy policy and practice for environmental development in Indonesia.","PeriodicalId":38108,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/2093761X.2015.1025450","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60075269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-04-28DOI: 10.1080/2093761X.2015.1025451
S. Berry, T. Marker
The Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) underpins the performance targets set within the Building Code of Australia, and has been instrumental in reducing the energy and greenhouse gas emission impact of Australian homes. But with the last significant upgrade of the scheme and its simulation engine more than a decade ago, NatHERS is showing its age. This paper examines the emerging evidence questioning the scope, assumptions and algorithms that define the scheme, and points to a scheme that may be becoming less accurate at assessing contemporary homes and digital lifestyles. Furthermore, the inability to integrate into typical computer aided design (CAD) processes entrenches inefficiencies within the housing design industry. Responding to this evidence the paper provides a vision for evolving the scheme and its tools to better address policy needs and ensure that it remains pertinent to both industry and government, highlighting issues of relevance to many rating schemes and energy assessment ...
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Pub Date : 2015-04-23DOI: 10.1080/2093761X.2015.1025448
S. Finnegan, Joseph David dos-Santos, D.H.C Chow, Quanquan Yan, A. Moncaster
Our current generation strives to provide the next crucial stepping stone towards sustainable buildings, delivering energy efficiency measures without compromise in ways which are financially viable. Selecting and implementing simple energy efficiency measures (EEMs) to reduce energy use and become more sustainable can be straightforward. More complex measures are under continuous improvement and have a greater range of financial options. Making the right long-term choice is difficult and the United Kingdom (UK) market remains sceptical. The results of this paper show that risk and uncertainty are the two key factors that inhibit wholesale adoption of EEMs and as a result a new method of long-term assessment is proposed. The Energy Efficiency Value Matrix (EEVM) consists of the following functional drivers: Cost, Flexibility, Maintenance, Energy Saving and Product Sourcing. Under these headings a building owner may consider any EEM and make a more informed choice. From residential to commercial buildings,...
{"title":"Financing energy efficiency measures in buildings – a new method of appraisal","authors":"S. Finnegan, Joseph David dos-Santos, D.H.C Chow, Quanquan Yan, A. Moncaster","doi":"10.1080/2093761X.2015.1025448","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2093761X.2015.1025448","url":null,"abstract":"Our current generation strives to provide the next crucial stepping stone towards sustainable buildings, delivering energy efficiency measures without compromise in ways which are financially viable. Selecting and implementing simple energy efficiency measures (EEMs) to reduce energy use and become more sustainable can be straightforward. More complex measures are under continuous improvement and have a greater range of financial options. Making the right long-term choice is difficult and the United Kingdom (UK) market remains sceptical. The results of this paper show that risk and uncertainty are the two key factors that inhibit wholesale adoption of EEMs and as a result a new method of long-term assessment is proposed. The Energy Efficiency Value Matrix (EEVM) consists of the following functional drivers: Cost, Flexibility, Maintenance, Energy Saving and Product Sourcing. Under these headings a building owner may consider any EEM and make a more informed choice. From residential to commercial buildings,...","PeriodicalId":38108,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/2093761X.2015.1025448","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60075216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-03-23DOI: 10.1080/2093761X.2015.1014446
Sathees Kumar, N. Radhakrishnan, S. Mathew
Selecting a suitable site for urban development in a city is one of the critical issues in urban planning. This study illustrates the use of geographic information system (GIS) and multi-criteria evaluation (MCE) techniques for the selection of suitable sites for urban development in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. Toposheet and CARTOSAT 1 satellite data were used to generate various thematic layers using ArcGIS software. Using these tools, several suitability factors including slope, soil, geology, road proximity, land use/land cover, depth to water table, distance from built-up area, geomorphology, and water quality map were evaluated. An analytical hierarchical process was used to rank the various suitability factors and the resulting weights were used to construct the suitability map layers. In doing so, the derived weights were used. Finally, a synthesised land suitability map was generated by combining these maps. The results of our research have been submitted to the regional authorities and wi...
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Pub Date : 2015-03-20DOI: 10.1080/2093761X.2015.1006709
Nivine Issa, Saeed Director Al Abbar
The built environment industry, being among those which generate the most pollution, offers significant opportunities to alleviate environmental pollution and promote the sustainable use of resources. The Middle East region, hindered by natural constraints and underlying political and social issues, has tried over the years to shift towards more sustainable practices in design and construction. This review article sheds light on the achievements and challenges of sustainable development in the Middle East.With the development of green building codes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, and Lebanon, the Middle East region has strived to become more environmentally friendly, with record-breaking developments. The region currently has four well-established green building codes: the Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council's Estidama; Dubai Municipality's Green Building Regulations; the Lebanese Green Building Council's ARZ; and GORD's GSAS: Global Sustainability Assessment System, in Qatar. Green building codes...
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Pub Date : 2015-03-19DOI: 10.1080/2093761X.2015.1014447
Hyang-In Jang, Dong-Chul Yoo, Chang-Young Park, hye-suk kang, Changho Choi
This study aims to establish a prediction equation for the thermal transmittance of the thermal bridges in a lightweight wood-frame house comprising composite wall materials using a statistical method. A heat transfer analysis was performed on 288 cases with different independent variables that affect the linear thermal transmittance and equivalent thermal transmittance of a wooden structure, and independent variables with a high degree of influence were selected through hierarchical regression analysis in order to establish a regression equation. The predicted values were compared with the heat transfer analysis values for verification. The results showed an average error of 5.9% and maximum error of 15.1% for the linear thermal transmittance and an average error of 0.9% and maximum error of 3.0% for the equivalent thermal transmittance, demonstrating an engineering level of reliability ( < 10%). The results of this study contribute to improving the rapidity and accuracy of assessing the energy performan...
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Pub Date : 2015-03-12DOI: 10.1080/2093761X.2015.1006708
Saheed Ajayi, Lukumon O. Oyedele, B. Ceranic, Mike Gallanagh, Kabir O. Kadiri
This study aims to evaluate the extent to which building material specification affects life cycle environmental performance, using a building information modelling (BIM)-enhanced life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. A combination of the BIM-based design and analysis tool Revit Architecture, the energy simulation tool Green Building Studio (GBS) and the LCA tool ATHENA Impact Estimator were used for the assessment. The LCA was carried out on a life case study of a 2100 m2 two-floor primary-school building, as well as a variability analysis, by varying the material specification in terms of whole building materials. The life cycle performance of the buildings was primarily evaluated in terms of its global warming potential (GWP) and health impact.The findings of the study show that irrespective of the materials used, buildings that are based on renewable energy perform better than those based on fossil fuels over their life cycle. In terms of building materials, both environmental and health preference...
本研究旨在利用建筑信息模型(BIM)增强的生命周期评估(LCA)方法，评估建筑材料规格对生命周期环境绩效的影响程度。结合基于bim的设计和分析工具Revit Architecture、能源模拟工具Green Building Studio (GBS)和LCA工具ATHENA Impact Estimator进行评估。LCA是在一个2100平方米的两层小学建筑的生活案例研究中进行的，并通过改变整个建筑材料的材料规格进行了可变性分析。建筑物的生命周期性能主要根据其全球变暖潜能值(GWP)和健康影响进行评估。研究结果表明，无论使用何种材料，基于可再生能源的建筑在其生命周期内都比基于化石燃料的建筑表现更好。在建筑材料方面，无论是环保还是健康偏好…
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Pub Date : 2015-01-02DOI: 10.1080/2093761X.2014.979267
A. E. Obia, A. E. Archibong, Samuel Aji Ekum, Ekpenyong Bassey Itam, Ibiba Wilcox Elekima
The effects of climate change are evident worldwide, from melting ice caps at the Poles to deforestation at the tropics, and to rising sea level along the world's coastal margins. The cause is due largely to atmospheric greenhouse activities. The anthropogenic emissions from fossil fuel have altered the compositional balance of carbon dioxide (an important greenhouse gas) in the atmosphere. The spread of climate change impact is wide and affect lands and peoples across national boundaries. Among the threatened are people who inhabit the vulnerable lands such as coastal barrier lands, troughs between highlands, marshlands, etc. For generations, the people who live by the coast of Cross River Estuary and the tributaries of Calabar, Imo and Great Kwa Rivers in Nigeria have practised their fishing occupation without serious hitches. This situation has changed of late due to uncertainties associated with unpredicted flooding attributed mainly to climate change. This paper examines a scenario of the likely effe...
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Pub Date : 2015-01-01DOI: 10.1080/2093761X.2015.1116415
Muhammad Bilal, Lukumon O. Oyedele, Junaid Qadir, K. Munir, Olúgbénga O. Akinadé, Saheed Ajayi, H. Alaka, H. Owolabi
The overall aim of this study is to investigate the potential of Building Information Modelling (BIM) for construction waste minimization. We evaluated the leading BIM design software products and concluded that none of them currently support construction waste minimization. This motivates the development of a plug-in for predicting and minimizing construction waste. After a rigorous literature review and conducting four focused group interviews (FGIs), 12 imperative BIM factors were identified that should be considered for predicting and designing out construction waste. These factors were categorized into four layers, namely the BIM core features layer, the BIM auxiliary features layer, the waste management criteria layer, and the application layer. Further, a process to carry out BIM-enabled building waste analysis (BWA) is proposed. We have also investigated the usage of big data technologies in the context of waste minimization. We highlight that big data technologies are inherently suitable for BIM due to their support of storing and processing large datasets. In particular, the use of graph-based representation, analysis, and visualization can be employed for advancing the state of the art in BIM technology for construction waste minimization.
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