Pub Date : 2020-08-03DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2020.1795612
Danyal Ahmed
ABSTRACT Smart home, as a comfort and leisure providing equipment/device/object instead of its initial role of to serve, support, monitor and deliver therapy, is facing many challenges towards its successful integration with user's lifestyles. Among the current technical and social challenges – interoperability, reliability, privacy, security, consumer's lack of awareness about its benefits, costs and complexity of technology, maintenance costs, lack of incentive for internet providers etc. – take the lead among many others. Limiting the scope, this paper attempts to address challenges of (a) over-automation – a feeling regarding advanced technologies of being out-of-control, and (b) difficulty in understandability of equipment's/device's/object's design – users must be straight-forwardly able to operate them without any particular operational knowledge. Literature from the disciplines of artificial intelligence (hereinafter AI), product design (industrial engineering), human factors (ergonomics), social psychology, communication and sociology (sociological experiments) have been incorporated in this study to understand the psychology of human thought and cognition, everyday things and designer's ability of utilizing these psychologies and of users for addressing, first, the role that a smart home can play as a leisure equipment/device/object, and secondly, granting its user the control and ease of operability they desire.
{"title":"Anthropomorphizing artificial intelligence: towards a user-centered approach for addressing the challenges of over-automation and design understandability in smart homes","authors":"Danyal Ahmed","doi":"10.1080/17508975.2020.1795612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17508975.2020.1795612","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Smart home, as a comfort and leisure providing equipment/device/object instead of its initial role of to serve, support, monitor and deliver therapy, is facing many challenges towards its successful integration with user's lifestyles. Among the current technical and social challenges – interoperability, reliability, privacy, security, consumer's lack of awareness about its benefits, costs and complexity of technology, maintenance costs, lack of incentive for internet providers etc. – take the lead among many others. Limiting the scope, this paper attempts to address challenges of (a) over-automation – a feeling regarding advanced technologies of being out-of-control, and (b) difficulty in understandability of equipment's/device's/object's design – users must be straight-forwardly able to operate them without any particular operational knowledge. Literature from the disciplines of artificial intelligence (hereinafter AI), product design (industrial engineering), human factors (ergonomics), social psychology, communication and sociology (sociological experiments) have been incorporated in this study to understand the psychology of human thought and cognition, everyday things and designer's ability of utilizing these psychologies and of users for addressing, first, the role that a smart home can play as a leisure equipment/device/object, and secondly, granting its user the control and ease of operability they desire.","PeriodicalId":45828,"journal":{"name":"Intelligent Buildings International","volume":"13 1","pages":"227 - 240"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2020-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/17508975.2020.1795612","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41352902","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 : 2020-07-07DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2020.1785831
P. Schönbeck, M. Löfsjögård, A. Ansell
ABSTRACT The architecture, engineering and construction industry focus on the project rather than on the product management. However, the development of digital and automated techniques requires more product based processes. Configuration information is an essential part of product management to ensure high performance. This study aims to explore if systematic configuration information, used in product development, can be applied in construction projects. An international guideline and an extensive literature study identified five key areas of configuration information applicable to construction projects. This knowledge was synthesised into a conceptual model for managing configuration information. A survey investigated the application of configuration information in construction projects. In comparison with the model, the results from the literature review and the survey show that configuration information was insufficient and not managed systematically. However, the findings also indicate that systematic configuration information can be used to improve control over the product and solve several problems encountered by construction projects. This study fills a knowledge gap regarding the management of configuration information in the context of construction projects. The ongoing development of new technologies in the architecture, engineering and construction industry will make the subject of configuration information increasingly important.
{"title":"Exploring the applicability of configuration information in construction projects","authors":"P. Schönbeck, M. Löfsjögård, A. Ansell","doi":"10.1080/17508975.2020.1785831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17508975.2020.1785831","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The architecture, engineering and construction industry focus on the project rather than on the product management. However, the development of digital and automated techniques requires more product based processes. Configuration information is an essential part of product management to ensure high performance. This study aims to explore if systematic configuration information, used in product development, can be applied in construction projects. An international guideline and an extensive literature study identified five key areas of configuration information applicable to construction projects. This knowledge was synthesised into a conceptual model for managing configuration information. A survey investigated the application of configuration information in construction projects. In comparison with the model, the results from the literature review and the survey show that configuration information was insufficient and not managed systematically. However, the findings also indicate that systematic configuration information can be used to improve control over the product and solve several problems encountered by construction projects. This study fills a knowledge gap regarding the management of configuration information in the context of construction projects. The ongoing development of new technologies in the architecture, engineering and construction industry will make the subject of configuration information increasingly important.","PeriodicalId":45828,"journal":{"name":"Intelligent Buildings International","volume":"13 1","pages":"91 - 102"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2020-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/17508975.2020.1785831","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49030194","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 : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2020.1798010
D. Clements–Croome
It is difficult at this time to write anything without reference to COVID 19. In the history of plagues this is not the most devastating one as yet but some 188 countries have been affected and the...
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Pub Date : 2020-06-30DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2020.1765722
Rahele Khosromanesh, M. Asefi
ABSTRACT This research provides a new vision of designing a bio-inspired building facade by presenting an implementation case design and its technical details. The main purpose of the presented façade that has been inspired by a kind of kinetic plant called Ice-plant seed capsule is to develop an adaptive system that is responsive to changing natural environmental conditions, such as the direction of sunlight and incorporate it into architectural designs. The next objective of this bio-inspired façade is the reduction of energy consumption in buildings and the improvement of building performance by using bio-materials and responsive methods. This paper consists of two main parts. At first an introduction to bio-inspired façade in architecture and its typologies is presented. Next, a description of design principles for hydro-actuated facades with particular focus on executive aspects of all details is presented. In general, the proposed hydroactuated façade has triple performance considering sunlight and water (as natural factors), and natural ventilation (as a physical factor). As a result, this study provides further insight into the relationship between biological strategies and building facade. It also develops responsive building façades based on multi-functionality and adaptability aspects to promote deformable and sustainable architectural systems.
{"title":"Towards an implementation of bio-inspired hydro-actuated building façade","authors":"Rahele Khosromanesh, M. Asefi","doi":"10.1080/17508975.2020.1765722","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17508975.2020.1765722","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This research provides a new vision of designing a bio-inspired building facade by presenting an implementation case design and its technical details. The main purpose of the presented façade that has been inspired by a kind of kinetic plant called Ice-plant seed capsule is to develop an adaptive system that is responsive to changing natural environmental conditions, such as the direction of sunlight and incorporate it into architectural designs. The next objective of this bio-inspired façade is the reduction of energy consumption in buildings and the improvement of building performance by using bio-materials and responsive methods. This paper consists of two main parts. At first an introduction to bio-inspired façade in architecture and its typologies is presented. Next, a description of design principles for hydro-actuated facades with particular focus on executive aspects of all details is presented. In general, the proposed hydroactuated façade has triple performance considering sunlight and water (as natural factors), and natural ventilation (as a physical factor). As a result, this study provides further insight into the relationship between biological strategies and building facade. It also develops responsive building façades based on multi-functionality and adaptability aspects to promote deformable and sustainable architectural systems.","PeriodicalId":45828,"journal":{"name":"Intelligent Buildings International","volume":"14 1","pages":"151 - 171"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2020-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/17508975.2020.1765722","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49535325","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 : 2020-06-25DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2020.1772189
I. M. I. Illankoon, V. Tam, K. Le
ABSTRACT In order to achieve the United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals (SDGs) targets by 2030, there is a clear need for building sector to re-shape its practices. Therefore, this research aims to develop a scoring model for building sector to identify the baseline conditions required achieving the UN’s SDGs in Australia. Initially, this research study carried out an in-depth evaluation of the 17 goals to identify the goals that require a contribution from building sector. Most of these SDG requirements are fulfilled by leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED)-certified buildings. LEED has a separate credit system that evaluates the performance of various sustainability requirements. Therefore, LEED version 3 rating tool for buildings design and construction is analysed to identify the linter-links among UN’s SDGs and LEED credits. Upon establishing the inter-links, researchers developed a scoring system of newly constructed buildings in Australia in achieving the given SDGs. Building sector has a significant impact on goals such as ‘SDG6 Clean water and sanitation’, ‘SDG7 Affordable clean energy’, ‘SDG 12 Responsible consumption’, ‘SDG 13 Climate change’ and ‘SDG 15 Life on land’. Finally, considering all the impacts, a comprehensive contribution to development (CCDI) was established as a baseline with a value of 9.58 to evaluate buildings. This baseline can be used as a guide to evaluate whether new buildings positively contribute to UN’s SDGs.
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Pub Date : 2020-06-14DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2020.1765723
N. Moretti, J. D. Blanco Cadena, A. Mannino, T. Poli, F. Re Cecconi
ABSTRACT Occupancy monitoring in smart buildings has great potential to improve their operational performance. One of the most common applications concerns the dynamic adaptation of indoor conditions according to the occupancy variation. However, other implementations are possible. Occupancy data could also enhance maintenance smart contracts management, especially if coupled with a contracts’ management system as blockchain through which it is possible to achieve higher reliability and trust in transactions. In this article, a methodology to monitor occupancy data with a low-cost network, composed by a set of ultrasonic sensors, is presented. To ensure the collection of consistent data, different tests were performed for defining a convenient configuration for their installation. Following the proposed methodology, gathered data are processed and stored into a digital asset model associated with the building maintenance plan. Once a predefined threshold is reached, the system triggers a maintenance alert to the contractor to activate cleaning operations. The proposed approach enables an enhancement of the automation of maintenance management operations in a cost-effective manner. However, further validation trials are required to test the flexibility of its application in different space types.
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Pub Date : 2020-06-04DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2020.1764327
Danyal Ahmed
ABSTRACT This paper approaches the technology of artificial intelligence (hereinafter AI) as a design-based praxis emerging from the domain of arts and humanities. The problematic of AI as a design instead of for a design has been approached through the stages of ephemeral interactive and immersive media installations and their permanent physicalizations as in media museums. Through some forty-eight interactive and immersive media installations that exemplify the physicalization of immaterial humanistic characteristics of senses, experiences, emotions and memories, and by studying their permanent physicalized hybridizations as in media museums, this paper attempts to build a pioneering case that AI can also be exploited as a design instead of its traditional image of for a design. The inclusion of Japanese perspectives in this case acts as a reminder of particular design traits resulting in the enrichment of this study instead of as being a discriminative indicator.
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Pub Date : 2020-05-30DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2020.1765135
R.K.A. Rathnayake, T. Jayawickrama, D. G. Melagoda
ABSTRACT Electric vehicles (EVs) emerged as a promising technology to cater sustainable transportation. The inadequacy of electric vehicle charging stations (EVCSs) leads to diminishing EV customer delight. Public hotspots have recognized as the best locations to establish EVCSs if feasible. Hence, this research focuses on the prospect of establishing public hotspot-based EVCSs in Sri Lanka. A literature review was conducted to explore the factors to be considered for the establishment under six feasibility aspects. The mixed approach was used, including a questionnaire survey with EV users and interviews with stakeholders representing public authorities, charging equipment suppliers, owners of dedicated EVCSs, and managerial personnel of public hotspots-based EVCSs. Content analysis was involved to evaluate stakeholders’ opinions and relative importance index was involved to rank identified public hotspots. Economic feasibility was supported by cost–benefit analysis, while carbon footprint calculation was conducted to analyse the environmental feasibility. The results revealed hotels as the most suitable public hotspot. Zoos were identified as the least suitable public hotspots. The economic feasibility revealed a value of more than one in benefit–cost ratio and positive net present value. Moreover, the other feasibility aspects confirmed public hotspots-based EVCSs as a feasible initiative in Sri Lanka.
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Pub Date : 2020-05-25DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2020.1765134
Samer Quintana, Pei Huang, P. Saini, Xingxing Zhang
ABSTRACT This paper proposes an integrated simulation framework for both building design and energy performance analysis. Literature review shows that, although many studies exist, most of them did not fully consider the integrated techno-economic evaluation of building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system. Therefore, this research aims to use the interoperability potential offered by applying a building information modelling BIM-friendly software to an integrated simulation tool to conduct a comprehensive techno-economic evaluation of a BIPV system in a building cluster. Through visual integration in a digital mock-up, the solar irradiation, surrounding shadings, BIPV location, BIPV components/system (string, inverter, battery), and economic analysis have been performed on a residential building cluster located in Ludvika, Sweden. The results show the optimal location for the 615 m2 BIPV system with a yielding of 27,394 kWh/year. Under the defined boundary conditions, the payback period is 10 years in the mixed feed-in and self-consumption mode, over its 20 years’ life span. Further sensitivity analysis of 18 cases is carried out in order to evaluate the impact of installation position (capacity), future climate change, shadings, and operating mode. This study will help improve decision-making by analysing the impact of the aforementioned factors on a BIPV system techno-economic performance.
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Pub Date : 2020-05-07DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2020.1759023
Jean-François Stich
ABSTRACT Virtual offices give employees the ability to work anytime, anywhere, using information and communication technologies, thereby blurring the temporal and geographical boundaries of work. Workplace stress is thus allowed to spill over from traditional offices to virtual offices, and vice versa. This review article presents key research from work psychology and information systems on workplace stress experienced in virtual offices (interruptions, workload and the work-home interface). It further discusses the main threats faced by organizations and office managers: reduced social interactions, poor communication, and deviant behaviors. Suggestions are also offered to practitioners seeking to design virtual offices in which employees can feel and work well, and to academics seeking to research this phenomenon in a transdisciplinary way.
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