Diagnosis and Analysis of the Economic and Socio-environmental Viability of Technologies and Alternatives for Sustainable Housing Construction

INCREaSE 2019 ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 903-918
Author(s):  
Clauciana Schmidt Bueno de Moraes ◽  
Caroline Antonelli Santesso ◽  
Rodrigo Prieto Rocha ◽  
Stephani Cristine de Souza Lima
Keyword(s):  
Housing Construction ◽  
Sustainable Housing

scholarly journals Proposal of assessment of acoustic comfort - one of basic subcategories of the social aspect of sustainable housing construction

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-376
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Radziejowska ◽  
Jarosław Rubacha
Keyword(s):  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
Normative Values ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Sustainable Housing ◽  
The Social ◽  
Acoustic Comfort ◽  
Operation Phase

The article presents a proposal to assess acoustic comfort as one of the sub-categories characterizing the social aspect of sustainable construction. The authors, considering the actual values of acoustic indicators existing in residential buildings being in operation phase, proposed their own classification scale. At the same time, the authors refer to the guidelines contained in regulations, standards, publications, and their own in situ research and, in particular, to normative values in the newly published standard (PN-B 02151-5, 2017).

scholarly journals A Review on the Factors Affecting the Use of Offsite Construction in Multifamily Housing in the United States

Buildings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Sara Gusmao Brissi ◽  
Luciana Debs ◽  
Emad Elwakil
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Multifamily Housing ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Sustainable Housing ◽  
The Us ◽  
Social Environmental

The increasing demand for multifamily housing in the United States requires alternatives for building more affordable and sustainable housing to improve the quality of life for millions of families. Offsite construction (OSC) strategies may be a viable alternative for tackling this problem. Although the use of OSC is significant in the multifamily housing market in the world and it is also very promising in the US, a scarce amount of literature has focused on this topic. The purpose of this study is to identify specific factors that affect decisions on the use of OSC in multifamily housing in the US. Focusing on the sustainability dimensions of construction—social, environmental, and economic—the authors reviewed literature that was published between 2000 and 2019 and identified factors that are related to OSC adoption in general construction, in housing construction, and, more specifically, in multifamily housing construction in the US. Subsequently, a discussion on some important factors affecting decisions on the use of OSC in the American multifamily market is provided. The discussion focused on factors that, although important, have been under explored in the literature that addresses the use of OSC in multifamily projects, especially in the US, which are: customer’s attitude, building performance, and building comfort and indoor environmental quality (IEQ). In addition, a brief discussion regarding the importance of design to the uptake of OSC in multifamily projects is provided. This is one of the first studies dedicated to exploring the social, environmental, and economic factors that affect the use of OSC in multifamily housing in the US. The study also identifies research gaps, which serve as a roadmap for future research.

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