A Systematic Literature Review of Non-Compliance with Low-Carbon Building Regulations

Lu, Yi; Karunasena, Gayani; Liu, Chunlu

doi:10.3390/en15249266

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“…Australia's per capita GHG is the largest in the world [45] and the country has recently pledged a 43% GHG reduction target by 2030 as a pathway to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 [46]. It is urgent for Australia's construction sector to reduce energy and material consumption to assist in the transition towards a net-zero emissions future [47,48].…”

Section: Australian Contextmentioning

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Can the Hemp Industry Improve the Sustainability Performance of the Australian Construction Sector?

Rivas-Aybar,

John,

Biswas

2023

Buildings

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Sustainable construction should navigate the trade-offs between minimising pressure on scarce resources and the environment and maximising economic viability and human wellbeing through the whole building lifetime. In the pursuit of improving the environmental performance of the construction sector, there is growing interest in substituting conventional materials with bio-based materials. In the last decade, the use of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) as an aggregate for bio-based materials has attracted significant attention because of its ability to sequester carbon dioxide (CO2) during plant development, its fast-growing nature, the reduced level of agricultural input requirements and its good technical properties, which could potentially result in better sustainability performance across their life cycle. This review discusses the outcomes published in the scientific literature that have dealt with the use of hemp-based construction materials in the global and Australian construction sectors, with particular emphasis on the evaluation of their sustainability aspects (i.e., environmental, economic and social) throughout their lifetime. Relevant studies were identified from a structured keyword search in the Scopus database. The results found that research on hemp-based materials has mainly focused on assessing the environmental dimension, with an emphasis on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and little consideration for economic and social aspects. The existing literature showed a strong geographical bias towards Europe; thus, the outcomes of the life cycle studies conducted may not be representative of Australia. In that line, the development of a region specific of the life cycle sustainability approach is recommended to evaluate whether hemp-based construction materials can assist in achieving GHG targets in a sustainable manner in Australia.

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Section: Australian Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Can the Hemp Industry Improve the Sustainability Performance of the Australian Construction Sector?

Rivas-Aybar,

John,

Biswas

2023

Buildings

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“…Research trend 5: Government regulations and policies on BIM for LCBs. Government regulations and policies are acknowledged as critical instruments for achieving LCBs [106]. Uniform carbon emission policy standards could increase the ease of implementing lowcarbon designs and practices [82].…”

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“…Uniform carbon emission policy standards could increase the ease of implementing lowcarbon designs and practices [82]. In addition, the mandatory use of BIM policy is an important guarantee in the implementation of BIM for LCBs [106]. However, most studies related to the field of BIM for LCBs have focused on the choice of carbon-reduction tools and methods.…”

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“…Insufficient attention has been paid to building energy regulations and policies. Some studies in this field have mentioned that their research results can provide theoretical support for the formulation of emission-reduction policies and regulations [13,58,106], but there is no research on the regulations and policies for the application of BIM for LCBs. In the future, it is necessary to focus on BIM for LCBs from the perspectives of policies, regulations, and society as a whole.…”

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Current Status and Future Directions of Building Information Modeling for Low-Carbon Buildings

Liu,

Chen,

et al. 2023

Energies

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In recent years, with the intensification of climate change, the development of low-carbon buildings (LCBs) has gained great momentum, and building information modeling (BIM) is perceived as the most promising path. However, systematic integration, review, and analysis of research in the field of BIM for LCBs has been lacking, which may hinder the potential of BIM in assisting the achievement of the goal of LCBs. Therefore, this study explores the current research status of BIM for LCBs and the directions for further investigation. A hybrid literature review method was utilized, which consisted of quantitative and qualitative analyses. Firstly, a quantitative bibliometric analysis was conducted on 158 studies searched from the Web of Science core collection. The most influential institutions, journals, studies, and keywords were identified. The most often used terms were BIM, life-cycle assessment (LCA), design, construction, digital technologies (DTs), life cycle, and integration. Secondly, a systematic qualitative analysis was conducted of 117 carefully selected studies to identify the research focus of different stages (e.g., design, construction, operation, and demolition) of BIM for LCBs. The results showed that studies pertaining to BIM for LCBs mostly took a whole life-cycle perspective, followed by a focus on the design stage, while the volumes of studies focusing on BIM for LCBs in the operation and demolition stages were relatively small. Currently, research focuses on how the latest methods and technologies can be utilized to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions over the life cycle of a building, e.g., BIM-LCA and BIM combined with DTs. Lastly, the challenges and prospects of integrating BIM with LCA and emerging DTs for LCBs are discussed in depth. Five topics, such as BIM-based interdisciplinary collaboration and improving and validating the BIM integrated sustainability calculation models, are proposed as future research trends. This study points out the current research hotspots and future research trends in the field and builds a solid starting point for scholars who want to devote themselves to this field. For practitioners in LCBs, the research findings could serve as a practical reference for better understanding the potential of BIM for LCBs so as to take full advantage of BIM to more effectively realize the goal of LCBs.

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“…Recent studies and publications. The study and generalization of foreign experience in the field of energy efficiency in the construction industry show that the reduction of energy consumption for engineering systems of buildings for various purposes [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] is considered by the governments of many countries as the most important national economic issue and new legislative and regulatory documents, long-term programs are being developed, research and design projects are being carried out. work, programs of full or partial transition to renewable energy sources in the construction industry are being discussed.…”

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Energy Efficiency Issues in Buildings: Analysis of World Practice

Gasimov,

Mammadov,

Akbarova

et al. 2023

VOTHP

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At present, the volume of world energy consumption is continuously and rapidly increasing, which is a consequence of the industrialization process, population growth, increase in energy costs for the extraction of natural resources, etc. Therefore, the importance of solving the problem of energy efficiency is of paramount importance for modern civilization. In this work, there is an analysis of international experience of energy efficient construction. The main directions of energy-efficient development are highlighted. It’s shown that the classical method of heat loss calculations wrongly takes into account the wind effect. The more correct one is required. At the same time, it is worth applying linguistic variables and fuzzy logic, which adequately describe states that are described by verbal statements, and not by numerical values. In conclusion, the most emerging tasks for our Republic are selected: optimal placement of the building on the general plan of the city, incl. maintaining the distance between buildings under the construction and urban-planning regulations; proper heat insulation of the building envelope by the orientation of facades and depending on the climatic parameters of the outside air; air-tightening of building avoiding in- and exfiltration; maximum possible automation of engineering systems up to integration from smart house to smart city level; modernization and optimization of the operation of engineering systems; maximum use of renewable and secondary (such as exhaust air) energy sources; rejection of the classical calculation method of heat loss estimation, which takes into account the effect of wind speed, and to develop a new methodology.

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A Systematic Literature Review of Non-Compliance with Low-Carbon Building Regulations

Cited by 6 publications

References 72 publications

Can the Hemp Industry Improve the Sustainability Performance of the Australian Construction Sector?

Can the Hemp Industry Improve the Sustainability Performance of the Australian Construction Sector?

Current Status and Future Directions of Building Information Modeling for Low-Carbon Buildings

Energy Efficiency Issues in Buildings: Analysis of World Practice

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