Sustainable Performance of Buildings through Modular Prefabrication in the Construction Phase: A Comparative Study

Jiang, Yongsheng; Zhao, Dong; Wang, Dedong; Xing, Yudong

doi:10.3390/su11205658

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“…The evaluation is developed according to 21 qualitative parameters of environmental, economic, and social sustainability (Table 3, column (b)). The parameters describe expected performances related to sustainability, i.e., product-process features that are proven to be directly linked to the achievement of sustainability goals (Table 3, column (a)) [3,22,25,[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36].…”

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Smart Green Prefabrication: Sustainability Performances of Industrialized Building Technologies

2021

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There is an urgent need to increase the environmental, economic, and social sustainability of buildings. Indeed, construction has one of the lowest rates of sustainability among productive sectors, associated with high energy demand and pollutant emissions, frequent cost increase and time delays, and poor and unsafe working conditions. Building prefabrication is a construction technique that can enhance the sustainability of buildings, in terms of predictability, product and process quality, and increased safety for workers. Recently, new approaches and concepts such as Industry 4.0 (Construction 4.0) and circularity of resources emerged in the field of prefabrication to potentiate the benefits of off-site construction. In this scenario, the scope of the work is to analyze the state of the art in the field of prefabricated building technologies in the light of these innovations and to evaluate their performances from a sustainability perspective. The work has been developed in two phases: (1) analysis of 13 case studies of prefabricated technologies in Europe; (2) comparative assessment of their sustainability performances according to 21 qualitative parameters. Based on the results of the work, a set of guidelines is proposed as the outcome, i.e., suggested strategies and approaches for designers and industry professionals that can be used to enhance the sustainability of prefabrication.

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Section: Data Collection and Filing: Descriptive And Qualitative Data Have Been Collectedmentioning

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Smart Green Prefabrication: Sustainability Performances of Industrialized Building Technologies

2021

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“…Junjie Li et al (2016) applied BIM technology to the production mode operation system of prefabricated buildings and built a BIM-based logistics management system, construction coordination system, and facility management system, which realized the controllability of the cost of prefabricated components and the simulatability of the production process (Li and Yang 2016 ). With regard to market development, Yongsheng Jiang extracted 16 indicators from a literature review and expert interviews to assess sustainability in the construction phase, and the results show that, compared with conventional buildings, prefabricated buildings are more obviously sustainable during the construction phase (Jiang et al 2019a ). Sun L Z (2012) analyzed the low-carbon characteristics of products of construction industrialization and market failures caused by external factors, introducing the market mechanism of carbon trading to allow the supply and demand of products of construction industrialization to come close to or reach the Pareto-optimal state (Sun and Wu 2012 ).…”

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Study on the operational efficiency of prefabricated building industry bases in Western China based on the DEA model

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Prefabricated building industry bases emerged at exactly the right moment, and therefore coincided with the transformation and upgrade of the construction industry and the rapid development of urbanization, but the analysis of the process through which prefabricated buildings develop often neglects the actual operating efficiency of prefabricated building industry bases. This is due to differences between the western region and other regions that relate to, inter alia , policy, technology level, standard specification, and market demand. The study of the operational efficiency of prefabricated building industry bases in the western region is therefore of great significance. This paper uses a literature review and expert correction to establish an input–output index system. It also conducts field research in different regions and uses the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) research method to analyze overall differences between prefabricated building industry bases in Western China and other regions. It also draws on macro and micro perspectives to assess problems that exist in their own operations. In conclusion, it provides four targeted suggestions that operate from within government and base investor perspectives.

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“…(4) Transportation and Supply chain management. Koskela et al (1990) [30] have long proposed the concept of supply chain management for a long time. Until the last three years, this interdisciplinary research has received its due attention in the PC field.…”

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A Conceptual Development Framework for Prefabricated Construction Supply Chain Management: An Integrated Overview

2020

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Prefabricated construction (PC), with the characteristics of green, environmentally friendly, energy saving and high production efficiency, is attracting more and more attention from all over the world. Supply chain management is closely related to the application efficiency of PC, but only in the last three years has this interdisciplinary research received due attention. The prefabricated construction supply chain management (PCSCM) have not received enough attention. Especially recently, the related literature shows explosive growth. This paper adopted the method of systematic literature review through the tool of bibliometric statistics. And we reviewed 152 articles from 2001 to 2018, with the goal of understanding the current situation, trends, and gaps in PCSCM research, and a framework is proposed to promote its development. First, the study discussed the four themes of clustering, concentrating mainly on strategic research and project evaluation, PC supply chain process design and optimization, supply chain integration and management, and the application of advanced technology. Then, the research gaps and conceptual development framework to promote PCSCM were reported. Only through the coordinated development of technology, market circumstances, and decision-making level of participants, can the PCSC form an integrated whole, so as to optimize the efficiency and sustainability of prefabricated construction industry and improve its level.

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Sustainable Performance of Buildings through Modular Prefabrication in the Construction Phase: A Comparative Study

Cited by 68 publications

References 55 publications

Smart Green Prefabrication: Sustainability Performances of Industrialized Building Technologies

Smart Green Prefabrication: Sustainability Performances of Industrialized Building Technologies

Study on the operational efficiency of prefabricated building industry bases in Western China based on the DEA model

A Conceptual Development Framework for Prefabricated Construction Supply Chain Management: An Integrated Overview

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