Sim[PLY]: Sustainable Construction with Prefabricated Plywood Componentry

Albright, Dustin; Blouin, Vincent Y.; Harding, Dan; Heine, Ulrike; Huette, Nathan; Pastre, Dave

doi:10.1016/j.proenv.2017.03.159

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“…The use of a Sim (PLY) framing system to build a small house prototype for student communities was developed by Albright et al [3]. This technology is based on the production of plywood prefabricates with the use of CNC machine tools.…”

Section: Literature Review On Modular Building Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Small Modular House as a Response to the Energy Crisis

Żukowski¹

2022

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Energy security is becoming one of the most important issues today. Continuous increases in the prices of fossil fuels, firewood and wood pellets have become commonplace in many countries. One positive effect of this situation is the greater focus on the development of renewable energy technologies and the search for solutions to reduce the heat demands of residential buildings. The purpose of this paper is to present a small modular building that can be a response to the energy crisis and Ukraine’s wave of refugees in Poland. The results of the energy simulations performed in DesignBuilder software showed that this type of house has a primary energy demand of 139.35 kWh/m2. The calculations were performed for the climatic conditions of north-eastern Poland, assuming natural gas as the fuel. The use of a geothermal heat pump reduced this value to 90.14 kWh/m2. In order to achieve a zero primary energy balance, 23.76 m2 of PV panels and 4 m2 of solar thermal collectors should be installed. In addition, the influence of the overhangs and the glazing area on the heat gain from the solar radiation was analyzed. A drop in temperature inside the house in the event of a continuous power failure was also investigated.

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Section: Literature Review On Modular Building Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Small Modular House as a Response to the Energy Crisis

Żukowski¹

2022

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“…Due to this specificity, there are discontinuities along the length of elements that can reduce the structural performances. Several projects and research works have been performed using this construction paradigm such as the WikiHouse developed by the Open Systems Lab [16,17], the Sim[PLY] construction system [18], and the X-Frame system [19]. Based on this approach, one objective of this research is to develop a structural system that can reconstitute elements with a span of 5 to 10 m with supplier-sized panels commonly available and only wood-wood connections, as shown in Figure 1.…”

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A Calculation Method for Interconnected Timber Elements Using Wood-Wood Connections

2020

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Wood-wood connections, widely used in the past, have been progressively replaced by steel fasteners in timber constructions. Currently, they can be manufactured and implemented more efficiently thanks to digital fabrication techniques. In addition, with the emergence of new timber plate engineered products, digitally produced wood-wood connections have been developed with a strong focus on complex free-form geometries. The gained knowledge through research and building implementations have pushed the development of more standardized structural elements. As a result, this work presents a new concept of building components using through tenon connections based on the idea of transportable flat-packs directly delivered and assembled on site. The main objective of this research is to develop a convenient calculation model for practice that can capture the semi-rigid behavior of the connections and predict the effective bending stiffness of such structural elements. A case study is used as a reference with three large-scale slabs of a 8.1 m span. Bending and vibration tests are performed to study the mechanical behavior and assess the proposed calculation method. The results show the high influence of the semi-rigid behavior of connections on the bending properties and, therefore, on the serviceability limit state. The model is in good agreement with the test results, and further improvements can be made regarding the local behavior of the connection. This study demonstrates the feasibility of the proposed construction system and the applicability of the developed calculation model to design practice.

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