Selecting design strategies using multi-criteria decision making to improve the sustainability of buildings

Invidiata, Andrea; Lavagna, Monica; Ghisi, Enedir

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.04.041

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“…38.6% of the analysed contributions (32 papers) are devoted to assess the sustainability of different aspects related to the design of buildings. While some authors have focused on the design assessment of particular elements of the building structure, such as slabs [19,20], columns [21], and beams [22], others pay attention to the sustainable design of building envelopes [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]. Pons and Aguado [32], Akadiri et al [33], Motuziene et al [34], Samani et al [35], and Nassar et al [36] also compare the sustainability of the application of different construction materials to buildings.…”

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“…Notwithstanding the above, only 4 out of the 83 reviewed papers (4.8%) follow the ISO methodology, explicitly defining an adequate functional unit and the system boundaries assumed in the assessment [20,34,35,70]. Although not strictly following the ISO methodology, other authors do explicitly define the functional unit and system boundaries [30,82,87,93,94].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It considers the emissions derived from the production of construction materials and construction works, but also from the externalities associated with the construction of infrastructure and its maintenance, such as traffic congestion [61]. While some authors explicitly focus on particular air pollutants, such as carbon dioxide [24,27,30,57,93], SO 2 or NO x [64,70], or general greenhouse gases [31,73], attention is also paid to pollutants emitted to water [79][80][81] when dealing with urban water systems.…”

Section: Environmental Criteriamentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Review of Multicriteria Assessment Techniques Applied to Sustainable Infrastructure Design

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Given the great impacts associated with the construction and maintenance of infrastructures in both the environmental, the economic and the social dimensions, a sustainable approach to their design appears essential to ease the fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations. Multicriteria decision-making methods are usually applied to address the complex and often conflicting criteria that characterise sustainability. The present study aims to review the current state of the art regarding the application of such techniques in the sustainability assessment of infrastructures, analysing as well the sustainability impacts and criteria included in the assessments. The Analytic Hierarchy Process is the most frequently used weighting technique. Simple Additive Weighting has turned out to be the most applied decision-making method to assess the weighted criteria. Although a life cycle assessment approach is recurrently used to evaluate sustainability, standardised concepts, such as cost discounting, or presentation of the assumed functional unit or system boundaries, as required by ISO 14040, are still only marginally used. Additionally, a need for further research in the inclusion of fuzziness in the handling of linguistic variables is identified.

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“…The need for qualitative assessment remains relevant for their data information. Compared to traditional methods, it is easier to evaluate elements such as justice, qualitative variables and social aspects using MCDM methods (Baušys et al, 2008;Yazdani-Chamzini et al, 2017;Sierra et al, 2018;Invidiata et al, 2018;Yan et al, 2019).…”

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The Residence Plot Selection Model for Family House in Vilnius by Neutrosophic Waspas Method

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Good quality dwelling and the environment are related to the values of citizens’ existence. It can be highlighted as important questions in creating a sustainable living environment. The research and analysis carried out so far include global planning of the plot of a particular country or city according to economic aspects. Meanwhile, our model, which covers the key social aspects of choosing a residential house, will fill this gap. We propose an original problem formulated which includes the planning of the plot of a particular city according to economic, environmental and social aspects. Our work aims to investigate the criteria for the selection of single-family houses and to develop a theoretical evaluation model based on decision-making methods. The presented study deals with the problem of selecting a one-family house plot using the Weighted Aggregate Sum Product Assessment Methods (WASPAS) and the Step-Wise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis Method (SWARA). During the research, parameters related to plot selection were evaluated: infrastructure, distance, cost, privacy, security and aesthetic view.

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“…Throughout the life cycle of buildings and constructions [4], they should save energy and be safe for human health. The energy of building materials is an important factor for the new energy-efficient building system [5].…”

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Bacterial Concrete as a Sustainable Building Material?

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The right selection of building materials plays an important role when designing a building to fall within the definition of sustainable development. One of the most commonly used construction materials is concrete. Its production causes a high energy burden on the environment. Concrete is susceptible to external factors. As a result, cracks occur in the material. Achieving its durability along with the assumptions of sustainable construction means there is a need to use an environmentally friendly and effective technique of alternative crack removal in the damaged material. Bacterial self-healing concrete reduces costs in terms of detection of damage and maintenance of concrete structures, thus ensuring a safe lifetime of the structure. Bacterial concrete can improve its durability. However, it is not currently used on an industrial scale. The high cost of the substrates used means that they are not used on an industrial scale. Many research units try to reduce production costs through various methods; however, bacterial concrete can be an effective response to sustainability.

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Selecting design strategies using multi-criteria decision making to improve the sustainability of buildings

Cited by 124 publications

References 33 publications

A Review of Multicriteria Assessment Techniques Applied to Sustainable Infrastructure Design

A Review of Multicriteria Assessment Techniques Applied to Sustainable Infrastructure Design

The Residence Plot Selection Model for Family House in Vilnius by Neutrosophic Waspas Method

Bacterial Concrete as a Sustainable Building Material?

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