Impact of progressive sustainable target value assessment on building design decisions

Optimization of Green Building Design Processes: Case Studies within the European Union

“…Project management practices and specific software were implemented in different case studies. Documentation and interviews were standardized, and scheduling and estimating techniques were implemented, which allowed researchers to repeat the process for each case study [28,48]. Sustainability-related information and results were calculated on the basis of the green building reference standards used for each building certification process [31,32].…”

“…Finally, this research also highlights the positive relationship between process integration and green building design development.Sustainability 2020, 12, 2276 2 of 16 of necessary inputs and integrate them to meet pre-defined objectives [18]. During the last years, several research studies have analyzed project management processes to optimize green building projects focusing on various aspects, such as leadership factors [19,20], building information modelling implementation [12,21], lean construction [13,14], economic value [22], schedule performance [23], procurement approaches [24], rating systems [3], best practices [11], project-based organizations [25], processes [1], design teams [26], and design development [27,28].The management of the design phase is especially critical within the facility lifecycle, as any later changes will produce cost overruns and delays [12,29]. Designers involved in the development of projects based on international green building standards face additional challenges, primarily the need for additional design time, uncertainty regarding special equipment and materials, inclusion of green requirements in the contractual specifications, and planning green activities within the general master plan [1,8,29].…”

“…Sustainability 2020, 12, 2276 2 of 16 of necessary inputs and integrate them to meet pre-defined objectives [18]. During the last years, several research studies have analyzed project management processes to optimize green building projects focusing on various aspects, such as leadership factors [19,20], building information modelling implementation [12,21], lean construction [13,14], economic value [22], schedule performance [23], procurement approaches [24], rating systems [3], best practices [11], project-based organizations [25], processes [1], design teams [26], and design development [27,28].…”

Multi-scale and multi-physics deterioration modelling for design and assessment of reinforced concrete structures

“…Parametric design is seen as a promising approach and it has been found that defined targets facilitate design optimization [3]. However, parametric design requires reliable and valid models and data.…”

Optimization of Green-Building Design Processes - Case Study

“…The scope of this research is to develop a practical approach for analyzing project management processes intended as hands-on management tasks easily understandable and applicable by technicians in real projects. Following the guidelines of Russel-Smith [8] (Russel-Smith et al -2015) researchers aim to provide support resources that will allow designers to iteratively improve and re-engineer the processes reducing the impact of the building design from initial to final design.…”