Evaluation of Different Roof Types Concerning Daylight in Industrial Buildings during the Initial Design Phase: Methodology and Case Study

Used properly, daylight can provide visual comfort, reduce energy consumption and improve health and safety at work. This paper investigates the influence that different roof types, (i.e., sawtooth roof, skylight and monitor), have on daylight levels, along with the construction cost in an industrial environment in Athens, Greece. Construction costs and daylight adequacy/uniformity are antagonistic phenomena, since as the distance between the roof openings increases, the construction cost is minimised, while the daylight levels and the uniformity are reduced. Therefore, an optimisation method is proposed in order to find the optimum distance between the roof openings. The selected building is a representative unit of Greek industrial facilities, while the optimisation method is based upon a multiparametric approach. This consists of three (3) different roof opening arrangement types with different geometric characteristics. The daylight metrics used are the Daylight Area, the Daylight Factor, the Mean Daylight Autonomy, the Uniform Daylight Index and the Annual Sunlight Exposure. Overall, sawtooth roofs represent the best choice for daylight provision in industrial buildings at the examined geographic location. Using the aforementioned optimisation method, the optimum solution of distances between the roof openings ranges from 10 m to 13 m.

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Construction Cost of Green Building Certified Residence: A Case Study in Taiwan

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11082195 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (8) ◽

pp. 2195 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Chen-Yi Sun ◽

Yin-Guang Chen ◽

Rong-Jing Wang ◽

Shih-Chi Lo ◽

Jyh-Tyng Yau ◽

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Keyword(s):

Residential Buildings ◽

Public Information ◽

Residential Building ◽

Green Building ◽

Construction Cost ◽

Construction Costs ◽

Practical Strategy ◽

The Government ◽

The Relationship

The green building certification system of Taiwan, EEWH (Ecology, Energy Saving, Waste Reduction and Health), has been in operation for more than 20 years (since 1999). In order to understand the relationship between green building certification and the construction costs of residential buildings, this study obtained 37 green building-certified residential cases and 36 general residential cases available from public information and conducted a comparative analysis. The results of this study showed that the average construction cost of a green building certification residential building was only 1.58% higher than a general residential building, indicating that green building certification does not require a large increase in costs. However, for residential buildings, achieving a high-grade (gold-grade or diamond-grade) green building certification means an increase of 6.7% to 9.3% in construction costs. This shows that the pursuit of higher levels of green building certification does require higher construction costs. In addition, the results of this study can not only provide important references for the government in making green building policies, but also offer a practical strategy for developers for decision-making.

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Effectiveness of Post-injection Grouting in Controlling Leakage: A Case Study

Hydro Nepal Journal of Water Energy and Environment ◽

10.3126/hn.v8i0.4903 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

pp. 14-18

Author(s):

Krishna Kanta Panthi

Keyword(s):

Economic Loss ◽

Construction Cost ◽

Concrete Lining ◽

Post Injection ◽

Hydropower Project ◽

Construction Costs ◽

Energy And Environment ◽

Safety Risks ◽

Headrace Tunnel

In many occasions severe water leakage problems are faced in shotcrete lined or unlined water tunnels that not only reduce stability of the rock mass but also result in loss of valuable water in conveying tunnel systems. Such leakage causes safety risks and increases the potential for huge economic loss to the hydropower projects. On the other hand, use of full concrete lining as final support increases the construction cost and time considerably. The best way to reduce leakage control and construction costs and time is the use of pre-injection grouting in the headrace tunnels. This paper discusses the role that post-injection grouting has played for controlling leakage through shotcrete lined/unlined low pressure headrace tunnel of the 60 MW Khimti I Hydropower Project in Nepal. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hn.v8i0.4903Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment Issue No. 8, 2011 JanuaryPage: 14-18Uploaded date: 16 June, 2011

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Daytime Lighting Assessment in Textile Factories Using Connected Windows in Slovakia: A Case Study

10.20944/preprints201711.0174.v3 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Dušan Katunský ◽

Erika Dolníková ◽

Bystrík Dolník

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Calculation Method ◽

Approximate Calculation ◽

Vertical Position ◽

Natural Illumination ◽

Industrial Facilities ◽

Industrial Buildings ◽

Textile Factory ◽

Two Sides

This paper highlights the problems associated with daylight use in industrial facilities. In a case study of a multi-story textile factory, we report how to evaluate daylight (as part of integral light) in the production halls marked F and G. This study follows the article in the Buildings journal, where Hall E was evaluated (unilateral daylight). These two additional halls have large areas that are 54 × 54 meters and are more than 5 meters high. The daylight is only on the side through the attached windows in envelope structures in the vertical position. In this paper, we want to present two case studies of these two production halls in a textile factory in the eastern part of Slovakia. These are halls that are illuminated by daylight from two sides through exterior peripheral walls that are against or next to each other. The results of the case studies can be applied in similar production halls illuminated by a ‘double-sided’ (bilateral) daylight system. This means that they are illuminated by natural illumination through windows on two sides in a vertical position. Such a situation is typical for multi-storied industrial buildings. The proposed approximate calculation method for the daylight factor can be used to predict the daylight in similar spaces in other similar buildings.

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Health and Safety Issues in Post-Disaster Waste Management: A Case Study in Nepal

Construction Research Congress 2020 ◽

10.1061/9780784482872.056 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Gabriella Santi Kasabdji ◽

Piyush Pradhananga ◽

Mohamed Elzomor

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Safety Issues ◽

Post Disaster ◽

Health And Safety Issues

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Si Crans-Montana meurt. Soigner le corps malade d’une station

ARCHALP ◽

10.30682/aa2004q ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 (N. 4 / 2020) ◽

Author(s):

Patrick Giromini

Keyword(s):

Social Context ◽

Alpine Meadow ◽

Action Plan ◽

Geographic Location ◽

Built Heritage ◽

Environment And Health ◽

Health Action ◽

The Relationship ◽

Health Action Plan

New Alpine companies, like Crans-Montana on the Haut-Plateau, remain, more often than not, trapped in representative logic opposing the clan of modernists to that of defenders of values anchored in an ideal-typical tradition. The Haut-Plateau territory, so named due to its geographic location and topographic conformation – not for the morphology of the soil – was still a space free of any construction in the mid-nineteenth century. This vast alpine meadow was marked by a few utility buildings for sheltering cattle and hay during the intermediate seasons that precede the full summer. At the turn of the 3rd millennium, the built heritage, essentially consisting of hotel structures and holiday residences, is no longer able to welcome the new socio-economic dynamics linked to the mono-culture of skiing. This crisis calls habits, both old and new, into question, given the youth of the tourist resort. In June 2000, a Federal programme selected Crans-Montana as a case study for testing an Environment and Health Action Plan. This provided an opportunity for a group of architects to formulate an inter-municipal blueprint that activated a series of urban renewal projects. The new architectural formulae that emerge try to go beyond stylistic modernism by reinterpreting the relationship with the built environment and its social context.

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Good Practices in Occupational Health and Safety: A Case Study on Productive Sector Ecuador

International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation ◽

10.37200/ijpr/v24i1/pr200270 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 1704-1715

Author(s):

Carlos Alberto Litardo Velásquez

Keyword(s):

Occupational Health ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Occupational Health And Safety ◽

Good Practices

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A Methodology for Harmonizing Safety and Health Scales in Occupational Risk Assessment

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18094849 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (9) ◽

pp. 4849

Author(s):

Zuzhen Ji ◽

Dirk Pons ◽

John Pearse

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Assessment Method ◽

Assessment Process ◽

Successful Implementation ◽

Health Issues ◽

Public Health Perspective ◽

Chronic Health ◽

Risk Assessment Method

Successful implementation of Health and Safety (H&S) systems requires an effective mechanism to assess risk. Existing methods focus primarily on measuring the safety aspect; the risk of an accident is determined based on the product of severity of consequence and likelihood of the incident arising. The health component, i.e., chronic harm, is more difficult to assess. Partially, this is due to both consequences and the likelihood of health issues, which may be indeterminate. There is a need to develop a quantitative risk measurement for H&S risk management and with better representation for chronic health issues. The present paper has approached this from a different direction, by adopting a public health perspective of quality of life. We have then changed the risk assessment process to accommodate this. This was then applied to a case study. The case study showed that merely including the chronic harm scales appeared to be sufficient to elicit a more detailed consideration of hazards for chronic harm. This suggests that people are not insensitive to chronic harm hazards, but benefit from having a framework in which to communicate them. A method has been devised to harmonize safety and harm risk assessments. The result was a comprehensive risk assessment method with consideration of safety accidents and chronic health issues. This has the potential to benefit industry by making chronic harm more visible and hence more preventable.

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The Implementation of Visual Comfort Evaluation in the Evidence-Based Design Process Using Lighting Simulation

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app11114982 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (11) ◽

pp. 4982

Author(s):

Anahita Davoodi ◽

Peter Johansson ◽

Myriam Aries

Keyword(s):

Performance Metrics ◽

Analysis Data ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Visual Comfort ◽

Simulation Tools ◽

Post Occupancy Evaluation ◽

Lighting Simulation ◽

Insight Into

Validation of the EBD-SIM (evidence-based design-simulation) framework, a conceptual framework developed to integrate the use of lighting simulation in the EBD process, suggested that EBD’s post-occupancy evaluation (POE) should be conducted more frequently. A follow-up field study was designed for subjective–objective results implementation in the EBD process using lighting simulation tools. In this real-time case study, the visual comfort of the occupants was evaluated. The visual comfort analysis data were collected via simulations and questionnaires for subjective visual comfort perceptions. The follow-up study, conducted in June, confirmed the results of the original study, conducted in October, but additionally found correlations with annual performance metrics. This study shows that, at least for the variables related to daylight, a POE needs to be conducted at different times of the year to obtain a more comprehensive insight into the users’ perception of the lit environment.

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Maple Leaf Foods: Crisis and Containment Case Study

Public Communication Review ◽

10.5130/pcr.v1i1.1297 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 47 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Gwyneth V.J. Howell ◽

Rohan Miller

Keyword(s):

Crisis Communication ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Communication Strategy ◽

Organisational Values

Crises can impact an organisation’s viability, credibility and reputation. Communication can preserve and protect the valuable reputation of an organisation, by demonstrating an acceptance of responsibility for the crisis and addressing victim concerns. The research illustrates that Maple Leaf Food’s crisis communication strategy was effectual and in supported to its purported organisational values as an organisation focused on health and safety. This case highlights why it is crucial for organisations to develop and apply a cohesive crisis communication strategy.

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