Embodied carbon-based design: Incorporating estimations of carbon reduction into building design decisions

2021 ◽  
pp. 1459-1463
Author(s):  
M. Sarkisian ◽  
D. Shook ◽  
C. Horiuchi ◽  
N. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Building Design ◽  
Design Decisions ◽  
Carbon Reduction ◽  
Embodied Carbon ◽  
Building Design Decisions ◽  
Carbon Based

Impact of progressive sustainable target value assessment on building design decisions

2015 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 52-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah V. Russell-Smith ◽  
Michael D. Lepech ◽  
Renate Fruchter ◽  
Allison Littman
Keyword(s):  
Building Design ◽  
Value Assessment ◽  
Design Decisions ◽  
Target Value ◽  
Building Design Decisions

scholarly journals A GENERALIZED SYSTEMOTECHNICAL EVALUATION AND DETERMINATION OF THE PRIORITIES IN BUILDING DESIGN DECISIONS

1995 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 31-39
Author(s):  
Edmundas K. Zavadskas
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Evaluation ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Design Decisions ◽  
Building Design Decisions ◽  
Qualitative Characteristics

The paper discusses the problem of determination of efficiency indices used in comparative evaluation of building design dicesions. The methodology, an algorithm and a computing programme for determining basic technical and economical indices and qualitative characteristics have been worked out. A method for determining the most preferable variant of design decisions based on the criterion of utility has been suggested in the article. The result of the systemotechnical evaluation is a line of application priorities.

scholarly journals A Conceptual Framework for Estimating Building Embodied Carbon Based on Digital Twin Technology and Life Cycle Assessment

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 13875
Author(s):  
Chen Chen ◽  
Zengfeng Zhao ◽  
Jianzhuang Xiao ◽  
Robert Tiong
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Data Communication ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Digital Twin ◽  
Embodied Carbon ◽  
Carbon Based

Low-carbon building design requests an estimation of total embodied carbon as the environmental performance metric for comparison of different design options in early design stages. Due to a lack of consensus on the system boundaries in building life cycle assessment (LCA), the carbon estimation results obtained by the current methods are often disputable. In this regard, this paper proposes a method for estimating building embodied carbon based on digital twin technology and LCA. The proposed method is advantageous over others by providing (1) a cradle-to-cradle LCA and (2) an automated data communication between LCA and building information modelling (BIM) databases. Because data for the processes in the life cycle are collected via digital twin technology in a standard and consistent way, the obtained results will be considered credible. So far, a conceptual framework is developed based on a comprehensive literature review, which consists of three parts. In the first part, formulas for LCA are given. In the second part, a hybrid approach combining semantic web with a relational database for BIM and radio-frequency identification (RFID) integration is described. In the third part, how to design the LCA database and how to link LCA with BIM are described. The conceptual framework proposed is tested for its reasonableness by a small hypothetical case study.

Interpolation of energy performance data for building design decisions

2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
Eleni Primikiri ◽  
Michael Kokkolaras ◽  
Panos Y. Papalambros
Keyword(s):  
Building Design ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Performance Data ◽  
Design Decisions ◽  
Building Design Decisions

Crafting a framework of embodied carbon education, tracking, and reduction for US-based structural engineers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Gryniuk ◽  
Dirk Kestner ◽  
Luke Lombardi ◽  
Megan Stringer ◽  
Mark Webster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Structural Engineering ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Structural System ◽  
Design Decisions ◽  
Collaborative Development ◽  
Climate Targets ◽  
Embodied Carbon ◽  
Structural Engineers

<p>Achieving reductions to embodied carbon, the global warming potential emissions due to the production of materials, is an essential component to meeting science-based climate targets. Studies have shown that a significant portion of embodied emissions within the built environment are due to structural materials. However, many structural engineers are, not only uneducated in the concept of embodied carbon, but also not aware of the role their decisions can make in addressing climate change. This is further exacerbated by a profession that does not have sufficient structural system embodied carbon benchmark information to make important and informed early design decisions. This required the collaborative development of a structural engineering commitment program, SE 2050, that is supported by leading professional organizations to spur the education and transformation of the profession.</p>

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