The Impact of Legislation on University Buildings: Inclusive Design Proposals

2020 ◽  
pp. 131-159
Author(s):  
Itab Shuayb
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Design ◽  
University Buildings ◽  
The Impact

Requirements Capture for Inclusive Design Resources and Tools

Volume 3 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Dong ◽  
P. John Clarkson ◽  
Simeon Keates
Keyword(s):  
Unmet Needs ◽  
Fundamental Problem ◽  
Inclusive Design ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
Product Planning ◽  
The Past ◽  
Design Resources ◽  
User Data ◽  
Design Requirements ◽  
The Impact

In the past twenty years, a number of resources and tools to support inclusive design have been developed. However, the impact of these resources and tools on industry is not evident — few industrialists have been using them in practice. Investigations into industry have identified unmet needs, for example, the lack of appropriate user data relating to inclusive design. The fundamental problem is that few resources and tools have been developed based on rigorous requirements capture. In fact, many of them were developed only because the developers think the information could be useful. It is essential to prepare a detailed requirements list when clarifying the task at the product planning stage. This is also true for developing resources and tools for inclusive design. Requirements capture plays an important role in identifying real needs from users and developing appropriate methods of support for them. This paper starts with a survey of available resources and tools for inclusive design, and a discussion on their merits and deficiencies in respect to industry application. A number of methods are employed for the requirements capture for an inclusive design toolkit, which leads to a consistent result. An outline of the toolkit is also presented.

scholarly journals Parameters analysis for a sustainable management of solid waste in university buildings

2020 ◽  
Vol 305 ◽  
pp. 00054
Author(s):  
Marco Ragazzi ◽  
Elena Cristina Rada ◽  
Alessandro Abbà ◽  
Marco Schiavon
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Utility Company ◽  
Weak Points ◽  
University Buildings ◽  
The Impact

Educational institutions and, specifically, university campuses are large energy consumers and waste producers. The impact of university campuses on the local waste management increases with decreasing the size of the city/town where universities are located. Following the growing interest of the scientific community on the research for strategies to improve the environmental sustainability of educational institutions, this paper aims at proposing specific parameters to 1) measure the performance of university buildings in waste management, 2) detect anomalous situations that require improvements and 3) implement ameliorative actions. Specifically, parameters like the per-capita or surface-specific waste generation could help identifying the structures that may require primary interventions. With reference to the case of a medium-size university, the paper points out the advantages of the punctual tariff system for waste management adopted by the local utility company and critically analyses its weak points. Overall, this system offers great opportunities for improving waste management and for cost savings, but requires careful management policies by public institutions.

Effects of occupant behaviour on energy performance in buildings: a green and non-green building comparison

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 1939-1962 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Almeida ◽  
Vivian W.Y. Tam ◽  
Khoa N. Le ◽  
Yujuan She
Keyword(s):  
Energy Use ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Occupant Behaviour ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Building Simulations ◽  
University Buildings ◽  
Input Variables ◽  
The Impact

PurposeOccupants are one of the most impacting factors in the overall energy performance of buildings, according to literature. Occupants’ behaviours and actions may impact the overall use of energy in more than 50%. In order to quantify the impact that occupant behaviour has in the use of energy, this study simulated interactions between occupants and the systems present in two actual buildings. The main aim was to compare the deviations due to occupant behaviour with the actual conditions and energy use of the two buildings.Design/methodology/approachThe buildings used as a case study in this research were green buildings, rated according to the Australian Green Star certification system as a 6-star and a non-rated building. The two buildings are university buildings with similar characteristics, from Western Sydney University, in Sydney, Australia. A comparison was performed by means of building simulations among the use of energy in both buildings, aiming to understand if the green rating had any impact on the energy related to occupant behaviour. Therefore, to represent the actual buildings' conditions, the actual data related with climate, geometry, systems, internal loads, etc. were used as input variables in the simulation models of the green and the non-rated buildings. Both models were calibrated and validated, having as target the actual monitored use of electricity.FindingsOccupants were categorized according to their levels of energy use as follows: saving, real and intensive energy users. Building simulations were performed to each building, with varying parameters related with lighting, plug loads, windows/doors opening, shading and air conditioning set points. Results show that occupant behaviour may impact the buildings' energy performance in a range of 72% between the two extremes. There is no significant relationship between the green rating and the way occupants behave in terms of the energy use.Originality/valueThis study intends to show the impact of different categories of occupant behaviour in the overall energy performance of two university buildings, a non-rated and a green-rated building, having as reference an actual representation of the buildings. Additionally, the study aims to understand the main differences between a green-rated and a non-rated building when accounting with the previous categories.

scholarly journals Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Energy Use at the University of Almeria (Spain)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 5843
Author(s):  
Mehdi Chihib ◽  
Esther Salmerón-Manzano ◽  
Mimoun Chourak ◽  
Alberto-Jesus Perea-Moreno ◽  
Francisco Manzano-Agugliaro
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
University Buildings ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused chaos in many sectors and industries. In the energy sector, the demand has fallen drastically during the first quarter of 2020. The University of Almeria campus also declined the energy consumption in 2020, and through this study, we aimed to measure the impact of closing the campus on the energy use of its different facilities. We built our analysis based upon the dataset collected during the year 2020 and previous years; the patterns evolution through time allowed us to better understand the energy performance of each facility during this exceptional year. We rearranged the university buildings into categories, and all the categories reduced their electricity consumption share in comparison with the previous year of 2019. Furthermore, the portfolio of categories presented a wide range of ratios that varied from 56% to 98%, the library category was found to be the most influenced, and the research category was found to be the least influenced. This opened questions like why some facilities were influenced more than others? What can we do to reduce the energy use even more when the facilities are closed? The university buildings presented diverse structures that revealed differences in energy performance, which explained why the impact of such an event (COVID-19 pandemic) is not necessarily relevant to have equivalent variations. Nevertheless, some management deficiencies were detected, and some energy savings measures were proposed to achieve a minimum waste of energy.

scholarly journals Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the energy consumption of university buildings

2021 ◽  
pp. 111783
Author(s):  
K. Gaspar ◽  
M. Gangolells ◽  
M. Casals ◽  
P. Pujadas ◽  
N. Forcada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
University Buildings ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Green BIM-based Study on the Green Performance of University Buildings in Northern China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qibo Liu ◽  
Zixin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Performance Optimization ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Design System ◽  
Building Performance ◽  
Green Performance ◽  
University Buildings ◽  
Project Objectives ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background: Green BIM emphasizing the contribution of BIM technology to the design and construction of green buildings. It attaching importance to the impact of climate and regional environment, using benchmarking and target setting, using BIM architecture for building performance analysis and realizing performance optimization through scheme comparison and modification. A university campus is a community that has a certain geographical scope and spatial scale and involves a variety of functions, such as teaching, scientific research, and living space. Hence, a campus possesses urban characteristics and diverse building types, and the construction of green university campuses will play a leading role in green urban construction in China under the increasing ecological and energy pressure of cities. Methods: Based on the Green BIM decision cycle model, the study employs BIM architecture to analyses building performance. By using the as the evaluation benchmark values and project objectives and taking the most representative teaching buildings, libraries, and dormitory buildings in universities in northern China as examples, the study selects appropriate BIM software, establishes models in steps, and conducts targeted visual analysis. The purpose is to find out the commonness and difference through the analysis, and then realize that the diversity of building types in campus determines that the green performance research of different types of buildings should comprehensively consider various design factors. Results and conclusions: Taking a university library in northern China as an example, the study optimized it from four aspects: base environment, function layout, envelope performance and system transformation, and management measures improvement. The results show that the total annual cumulative energy consumption load of the scheme is reduced obviously. The conclusions are that the improvement of university buildings' green performance must be comprehensively carried out from the aspects of planning, building design, system design, energy management, and energy conservation planning. In the future, we also need to carry out energy consumption data mining, continue the energy-saving transformation of existing buildings and energy consumption systems, achieve the goal of green and low-carbon campus.

scholarly journals Build Your Own Body Mod: Empowerment through Prototyping and Design

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Anaiss Arreola ◽  
◽  
Katherine R. Ganim ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Career Paths ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Inclusive Design ◽  
Youth With Disabilities ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Hands On ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Engineering Career

When you don’t have a hand, what could you have instead? This article introduces the impact of inviting youth with disabilities to learn tools and technology to design their own solutions and advocate for their own future. This approach to programming is rooted in a mindset of designing WITH, not FOR. Not only are design outcomes improved when users are incorporated into the process, but this approach has been shown to improve confidence in creating one’s own solutions. These programs include hands-on “design-your-own-body-mod” workshops, as well as a budding inclusive design consultancy led by youth with disabilities. Through this programming, youth not only develop technical and cutting edge skills, confidence, and meaningful solutions, but they also develop a clearer understanding of design and engineering career paths and establish their own network of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) professionals.

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