Pub Date : 2021-03-12DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2021.1873625
P. Ross, Kasia Maynard
ABSTRACT The Fourth Industrial Revolution refers to the technological transformation society is undergoing in the 21st Century. This paper explores how technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) and autonomous vehicles are increasingly merging with human lives and creating a radical shift for employees, organisations, and society as a whole. Work and the meaning of work are revolutionising as technology matures and organisations are driven by digitalisation and smart ecosystems. This shift will require a balance between technological innovation in the workplace with new jobs and employment concepts. The technologies driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution are changing the demands and expectations of the buildings and cities we work and live in. The next industrial revolution will move on from ‘smart buildings’ and ‘smart cities’ to the beginning of autonomous, intelligent, and sentient urban infrastructure. This paper presents the challenges and opportunities that the Fourth Industrial Revolution presents. It ultimately concludes that the Fourth Industrial Revolution is a catalyst of change that will disrupt how we communicate, learn, behave, and relate to each other and our surroundings and it presents an optimistic view of the opportunities for change.
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Pub Date : 2021-02-28DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2021.1872478
Negar Heidari Matin, A. Eydgahi
ABSTRACT This study presents a data-driven approach for investigating practical aspects of responsive facades illuminance optimization. In this approach, the hourly indoor illuminance data and spatial information are integrated to form an objective function. Then, the objective function is used to assess the visual performance of responsive facade systems by matching a wide range of angle movements with hourly daylight patterns. An office room with a responsive facade was simulated parametrically to test the proposed optimization function through design scenarios. Raw indoor illuminance data was generated for a year of both horizontal and vertical facade configurations in four different facade orientations and four facade locations/climate zones. Data analytic techniques were deployed for quality assurance, pre-processing, managing and analyzing the simulated data. A Brute-force search algorithm was utilized to determine the hourly optimum angle of the facade configuration. The result reveals hourly optimum adaptation angles can significantly improve indoor illuminance of all possible scenarios such as various facade configurations, facade orientations, and facade locations/climate zones in comparison with no-louvers and fixed louvers scenarios.
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Pub Date : 2021-02-27DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2021.1874859
L. A. Khaddour
ABSTRACT In Syria, the war’s devastating destruction to the built environment, especially to the housing and energy sectors, has mounted the demand for energy-efficient social housing. Hence, the implementation of the housing energy efficiency law, endorsed by the Syrian government (Law No. 18, 2009), has had tremendous barriers. The law has not adopted an energy efficiency strategy and plans that comprise; financial provision, assessment framework, fiscal inducements, market initiatives and international collaboration. The present research attempts to assess the improvement potential in the operational energy performance of typical mid-rise residential buildings in Damascus through the implementation of energy conservation housing law and analysis of the key influencing variables. The research evaluates a pilot energy-efficient complying building compared to typical conventional one, in terms of thermal performance, operational energy efficiency, carbon dioxide emissions, and total energy-cost trade-off. The framework, developed by this study, tackles the implementation barriers and divides responsibilities among the involved parties along with the financial and managerial requirements. This is essential, in the light of the Government’s self-efforts for reconstruction. The framework enables designers and decision-makers to start thinking from the occupancy stage backwards to benefit the early design stage where irretrievable decisions are being made.
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Pub Date : 2021-02-21DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2021.1874858
U. Perera, U. Kulatunga, F. Abdeen, S. Sepasgozar, M. Tennakoon
ABSTRACT This paper aims to explore the challenges of fire hazard management in high-rise buildings by extending the application of BIM as a collaborative and automated tool covering deficiencies of fire hazard management. To achieve this purpose, a semi-structured interview approach was adopted to collect a rich dataset from ten selected experts in a fire hazard and BIM. The collected data was analysed using content analysis and coding techniques. The study findings reveal that the Sri Lankan construction sector is lagging in utilising BIM for operating fire hazard management and confirms that the current practice relies on human-centric approaches as some other developing countries. The findings show the suitability of BIM for fire hazard management in high-rise buildings in Sri Lanka during fire safety design, building fire regulation checking, firefighter training, designing building layout, location tracking and distance guidance, evacuation path analysis, prior identification of spreading fire and safety equipment maintenance and record-keeping. Furthermore, the major challenges of BIM adoption were identified in the Sri Lankan fire hazard management. The findings of the study could be utilised by stakeholders involved in firehazard management to overcome the current challenges related to fire hazard through the effective use of BIM technology.
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Pub Date : 2021-02-02DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2021.1872480
M. Marson, J. McAllister
ABSTRACT Intelligent buildings are often concerned with the efficiencies of energy, space and health and wellbeing. The pursuit of technological prowess and measurable outcomes has led to a design epoch devoid of meaningful human connection to an intelligent building and the services that it delivers. This paper presents an application of design thinking to the built environment and assessment of the human meaning that it can influence. Furthermore, a set of mature and emerging technologies are discussed with some demonstrable interaction outcomes. The paper concludes with a critical analysis on the nuances that the processes and technology are able to craft – a magic that has seldom been achieved by existing intelligent buildings.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-24DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2021.1873097
A. Dawodu, Jumoke Oladejo, Z. Tsiga, Tatenda Kanengoni, A. Cheshmehzangi
ABSTRACT The inadequate and improper waste management strategies adopted in Lagos state has led to significant levels of negative externalities with deterrent impact on the health, wellbeing and environment of its residents. This study utilizes a bottom-up approach, which is informed by the knowledge and opinions of over 200 residents in Lagos, which was obtained from the direct administration of a survey questionnaire. The sampling method utilized is critical case sampling due to the exploratory nature of this study. The findings highlight the poor status of the waste management services and the need for public awareness on proper waste disposal strategy. The main challenges revealed from this study is the insufficient or lack of waste collection and separation infrastructures and the inadequate operations of waste collection services. These challenges currently deter the potential for waste to energy solutions as observed in the energy map constructed. The improvement strategies include the development of regulatory infrastructures for guiding the waste sector, improvement of financing to the waste sector by government investment or increasing waste fees levied, raising awareness on sustainable and proper waste management practices, and investing in appropriate technologies, infrastructures and manpower to enable adequate operation of waste collection and recycling facilities.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-24DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2021.1873096
W. Khaliq, Umaid Bin Mansoor
ABSTRACT Energy consumption in buildings and infrastructure has increased many folds suggesting a need to shift towards energy efficiency and conservation as well as operation of buildings through sustainable means. In buildings, energy efficiency can be achieved using insulation materials, improved architectural techniques, and modified construction methodology. However, energy demand to operate buildings must be reduced without compromising their performance and services. To study energy consumption effectiveness, observational and experimental investigations were carried out on four existing buildings and a model based on different contributing parameters such as orientation, construction materials, type of construction, height, and architectural design. The results show that using alpolic cladding and double-layered windows at the outer face of buildings increases thermal efficiency by 8%. The cavity wall construction improves the energy conservation of the building by 6% compared to traditional block construction. The model studies show that using cavity wall and structural concrete insulated panels (SCIP) as cladding/infill walls in frame structures can reduce the energy demand of the building up to 3%. Simple techniques such as altering building orientation, architecture, use of the latest energy-efficient insulation materials, and enhanced construction techniques contribute significantly towards energy efficient and sustainable performance of buildings.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-11DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2020.1856636
M. Marson, K. Goncharov
ABSTRACT Today’s designers of intelligent cities have successfully been able to communicate a conceptual model for the technology requirements that fulfil a city’s ambitions. The increasing popularisation of intelligent cities has driven this behaviour and populations are now starting to experience the gap between their expectations and reality. This paper considers the new generalist roles that are necessary to deliver broad and complex intelligent city systems. Furthermore, new inanimate users are discussed as well as the ways that standardisation in nomenclature, processing and management are essentials to reduce initial delivery and operational risk. The paper presents an example intelligent city design whose initial stack diagram unravels to present billions of permutations of system interactions. It is concluded that city Chief Information Officers (CIO) have teams that they need to build in order to manage the coming challenges in their operational purviews.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2021.1867335
Francis Siu, Daniel W. M. Chan, D. Clements–Croome, Tong Yang
In the old days, ‘buildings’ provide a sense of security to safeguard the human life and properties from dangers. The research endeavours focused on structural designs and construction methods to prevent buildings from being damaged or collapsing. Nowadays people are not only satisfied with the sense of security, but also the quality of life a vital cornerstone of sustainability. The researchers are therefore focusing on equipping ‘smart’ capabilities so enabling ‘intelligent buildings’ to be planned, designed, constructed, and maintained with the aim of improving and upgrading human life in terms of health and wellbeing. In recent years, the development of ‘smart enablers for intelliegent buildings’ pushed by both the academia and practitioners worldwide in the building and construction sectors can be observed, due to the advancement of technologies such as sensing technologies. On 17–21 June 2019, the Conseil International du Bâtiment (CIB) World Building Congress 2019 (WBC 2019) on Constructing Smart Cities took place in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University with the host being the Department of Building and Real Estate. This triennial international congress facilitated the in-depth exchange of research ideas on various aspects of Smart Intelligent Cities including planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance, and fostered the close collaboration between academia and practitioners. During the CIB WBC 2019, particularly, the CIB Working Commission Group W098 chaired by ProfessorDerekClements-Croome andDrTongYang, fruitful, constructive, and inspiring discussions about intelligent buildings for people were launched and highlighted for implementation. In general, the related topicswere centred onenergyand environmental performancesof smart buildings byapplying sensing devices and information platforms. The reported research works can be found with reference to the established CIB themes of intelligent buildings and infrastructures, smart planning, design and construction, smart services all contributing to intelligent and responsive buildings. Built upon the research works presented in the CIB WBC 2019, outstanding conference papers were selected and invited for enriching the contents which were accepted for publication after rigorous peer review in this special issue of ‘Intelligent Buildings International’ which aims to increase the awareness of intelligent and smart city development. Highlights of each paper is provided below for readers’ reference. Paper 1: Maintenance service optimization in smart buildings through ultrasonic sensors network The opening paper presented by Moretti et al. (2020) proposed a smart building maintenance strategy using ultrasonic sensors. This research study used ultrasonic sensors for detecting and monitoring the occupancy in buildings. Once the occupancy data are analysed with reference to the pre-defined threshold, the require-maintenance alert will be triggered automatically. The feasibility of the
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Pub Date : 2020-11-30DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2020.1845115
N. Wimalasena, A. Chang-Richards, Kevin I-Kai Wang, K. Dirks, Na Zhou, Kristine Lim, Ayesha Weerappulige
ABSTRACT This paper presents an exploratory analysis undertaken to investigate the thermal performance of a typical rental property in New Zealand. A literature review of the conditions of New Zealand housing and thermal performance studies is followed by a case study in a rental property in Auckland, New Zealand for one month of a typical winter season. Over this period, both indoor and outdoor climate variables were measured, including humidity and temperature. These measurements were supplemented by a site inspection, a questionnaire completed by the housing occupants, and a recording of their activities. The study indicated that the thermal performance of the dwelling was poor, such that the occupants could be expected to be at risk of adverse health outcomes as a result. Correlational analysis carried out on the outdoor and indoor sensor data, as well as thermal performance analysis, highlight the extent of the cold and dampness of the dwelling due to a lack of heating appliances, inadequate insulation and occupants’ energy consumption behaviours with respect to heating. This study suggests a promising low-cost approach for public/state housing agencies to collect information on housing conditions and for monitoring household thermal performance and the risk of inadequate conditions on occupants.
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