An empirical study of the variables affecting site planning and design in green buildings

Huo, Xiaosen; Yu, Ann T.W.; Wu, Zezhou

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.091

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“…GBRTs assess the mitigating effect of urban greenery on cities at the practical level, and the performance of vegetation is evaluated through its relationship with buildings, the development site and the neighborhood. In GBRTs, the recognized and highlighted benefits of green infrastructure include improving thermal performance of building facades and microclimate around buildings, mitigating heat islands and adapting to climate change, and enhancing the comfort and well-being of building users and the general public (Huo et al 2018;Hui 2010).…”

Section: Assessment Aspects Related To Mitigating Effect Of Vegetatiomentioning

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Progress in Urban Greenery Mitigation Science – Assessment Methodologies Advanced Technologies and Impact on Cities

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Ban-Weiss

Osmond

et al. 2018

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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Urban greenery is a natural solution to cool cities and provide comfort, clean air and significant social, health and economic benefits. This paper aims to present the latest progress on the field of greenery urban mitigation techniques including aspects related to the theoretical and experimental assessment of the greenery cooling potential, the impact on urban vegetation on energy, health and comfort and the acquired knowledge on the best integration of the various types of greenery in the urban frame. Also to present the recent knowledge on the impact of climate change on the cooling performance of urban vegetation and investigate and analyse possible technological solutions to face the impact of high ambient temperatures.

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Section: Assessment Aspects Related To Mitigating Effect Of Vegetatiomentioning

confidence: 99%

Progress in Urban Greenery Mitigation Science – Assessment Methodologies Advanced Technologies and Impact on Cities

Santamouris

Ban-Weiss

Osmond

et al. 2018

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

140

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“…Huo et al [12,37,51] suggested a wider range of proposed factors relate to project site planning for green buildings based on the current rating tools including the Assessment Standard for Green Building (ASGB), Building Environmental Assessment Method (BEAM), Green Mark (GM), BREEAM, LEED. They also examined selected participants' perceptions about the propose factors.…”

Section: Green Performance Evaluation Of Site Layout Planningmentioning

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“…Huo et al [12,51] conducted a pioneer study identifying the critical factors of site planning and design in green buildings. In their research, a comprehensive list of 13 variables and 38 items in site planning and design were provided.…”

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“…Table 1 gives a summary of all the identified attributes (the category index is explained in the next section). As presented in Section 2.2, the attributes adopted by Huo et al [12,37], listed in the last column of Table 1, were selected from the green building rating tools. This research enhanced the list with additional attributes proposed by other previous researchers (refer to Table 1).…”

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“…For each attribute A ik in the evaluation system, the green performance evaluation vector EA ik can be expressed by Equation (11). EA i is shown in Equation (12), which is the green performance evaluation matrix affecting the categories in the hierarchy, which also consists of the green performance evaluation vector of each attribute under the category.…”

Section: Derivation Of Green Performance Evaluation Using Ahpmentioning

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The location of temporary facilities in a construction project and the entire site layout plan directly affect project objectives such as time, labor cost, and material transportation and handling. The layout of construction sites also affects entrainment factors such as energy consumption, carbon footprints, and overall construction operation productivity. While site layout planning has been intensively investigated from a project objectives perspective, there have been very few studies of energy-efficiency-based planning, or of the sustainability performance of site layouts. This study developed a green performance evaluation system aimed at improving the sustainability of construction site layouts. The identified factors include six sustainable evaluation categories covering energy conservation and environmental protection, people-oriented principles, construction efficiency, intensity of economic growth, intensity of space use, and the overall control of process. An analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was adopted to determine the weight of each attribute and a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method was established to carry out the evaluation. The 23 attributes adopted in this paper were identified in the literature; however, the major contribution of this paper is the development of a green performance evaluation system. This system integrates both qualitative and quantitative attributes and provides an overall evaluation of the environmental effectiveness of a construction site layout. The proposed evaluation system was validated with a commercial building project. The average utilization ratio of the case study site was calculated as 94%, and lessons learned are discussed in this paper. The case study analysis identified available site spaces around the building and examined how the arrangement of resources and facilities ensures effective connection between construction activities. The findings showed that the facility’s layout plays a crucial role in energy consumption and green performance. The proposed system will support construction project managers to create high-performance construction site layouts in more scientific and systematic ways.

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An empirical study of the variables affecting site planning and design in green buildings

Cited by 24 publications

References 29 publications

Progress in Urban Greenery Mitigation Science – Assessment Methodologies Advanced Technologies and Impact on Cities

Progress in Urban Greenery Mitigation Science – Assessment Methodologies Advanced Technologies and Impact on Cities

Green Performance Evaluation System for Energy-Efficiency-Based Planning for Construction Site Layout

Developing a WELL building model for office environments

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