scholarly journals Integrated Design Process for High-Performance Buildings; A Case Study from Dubai

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8529
Author(s):  
Amna Shibeika ◽  
Maatouk Khoukhi ◽  
Omar Al Khatib ◽  
Nouf Alzahmi ◽  
Shamma Tahnoon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Engineering Systems ◽  
Integrated Design Process

Due to the scarcity of water and the harsh desert climate of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), water and energy are two of the main challenges for the design of sustainable buildings in the UAE. Relevant literature calls for the consideration of building systems and materials at the design stage to achieve high-performing buildings and to save on the operational costs of the building. The aim of this research was to design a high-performance building that meets the environmental sustainability requirements for water and energy, in the city of Dubai to reflect the technological advancements of the UAE Mars mission. This has been achieved through following an integrated design process, which was mainly focused on the evaluation and specification of the building engineering systems based on performance, besides the goal of achieving visually appealing building with advanced structural design. The performance verification of the final building design, which considered engineering systems design from conception and through the design and detailed design stages, revealed a 15% reduction in water consumption and a 60% reduction in energy consumption. This provides a valuable contribution to architectural engineering practice, by demonstrating a case study for enhancing energy and water efficiency via building design, which consequently contributes to the environmental sustainability of the built environment.

Integrated Design for High Performance Buildings: Principles and a Case Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 178-181 ◽  
pp. 204-208
Author(s):  
Zhen Tian
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficient ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Design Framework ◽  
Building Information ◽  
High Performance Buildings ◽  
Energy Efficient Building

With a detailed case study building information, this paper introduced the interlocking four principles for high performance building energy design within the integrated design framework. The principles and case study provided designers guidance and an example for energy efficient building design.

scholarly journals Integration of Sustainability Into Early Design Through Working Knowledge Model and Visual Tools

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srikanth Devanathan ◽  
Pranav Koushik ◽  
Fu Zhao ◽  
Karthik Ramani
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Knowledge Model ◽  
Early Design ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Early Design Stage ◽  
And Performance

The issue of environmental sustainability, which is unprecedented in both magnitude and complexity, presents one of the biggest challenges faced by modern society. Engineers, including mechanical engineers, can make significant contribution to the development of solutions to this problem by designing products and processes that are more environmentally sustainable. It is critical that engineers take a paradigm shift of product design i.e. from cost and performance centered to balance of economic, environmental, and societal consideration. Although there have been quite a few design for environment (DfE, or ecodesign) tools developed, so far these tools have only achieved limited industrial penetration: they are either too qualitative/subjective to be used by designers with limited experiences, or too quantitative, costly and time consuming and thus cannot be used during the design process specially during the early design stage. This paper develops a novel, semi-quantitative ecodesign tool that targets specially on early design process. The new tool is a combination of environmental life cycle assessment, working knowledge model, and visual tools such as QFD, functional-component matrix, and Pugh chart. Redesign of staplers is selected as a case study to demonstrate the use of the proposed tool. Efforts are on going to confirm that the new design generated using this new tool does have improved environmental performance.

scholarly journals A Standard Process for Sustainable Design

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Sustainable Design ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Design Processes ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Integrated Design Process ◽  
High Performance Buildings

This exploratory research examined the degree of adoption and impact of the concepts of Building Information Model (BIM), Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), Integrated Design Process (IDP) and Building Energy Simulation (BES) on the design processes of advanced architectural firms when executing sustainable design. Six offices identified by the press and peers’ recognition for a strong commitment to sustainable design and influence in the design of high performance buildings were selected. In semi-standardized interviews, these firms presented their perceptions of the influence of BIM, BES, and IPD/IDP. The results show that a generalization of sustainable design processes is possible. A design process for sustainability (DEPROSU) model was created by collecting best practices from data gathered from the interviews and the critical literature review. This research provides evidence of commonalities found in the design processes of the selected firms. These commonalities represented in the DEPROSU model can potentially be validated as protocols or standards for sustainable design, providing architectural design practices with concrete patterns for improvement and or validation of their design methods.

scholarly journals The Development of Conceptual Building Design Technology, Using Quality Function Deployment and Axiomatic Design

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 462-469
Author(s):  
Vilūnė Lapinskienė ◽  
Vytautas Martinaitis
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Quality Function Deployment ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Axiomatic Design ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Quality Function ◽  
Low Energy Buildings ◽  
Integrated Design Process

Understanding issues early in the integrated design process is important, as this is when designers and engineers are able to have the largest impact on the final product. In this article the technology of conceptual architectural design for low energy buildings is proposed to address this issue. Here two methods – Quality function Deployment and Axiomatic design are used to develop the conception and to eliminate the main disadvantages of traditional building design. The integration of BIM, energy modelling (DesignBuilder) help to highlight the issue of energy efficiency at the early stage of building design, resulting in effective and more to posed requirements orientated design process.

scholarly journals DESIGN OF A LOW-ENERGY ENVELOPE SYSTEM FOR AN APARTMENT BUILDING THROUGH AN INTEGRATED DESIGN PROCESS: A CASE STUDY

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 106-132
Author(s):  
K.L.R. Ng ◽  
Z. Liao ◽  
M. Gorgolewski ◽  
L. Gurunlian
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Apartment Building ◽  
Integrated Design Process

The potential to conserve energy in an apartment building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada through the implementation of an advanced envelope system was explored in this study. This paper illustrates the possibility in reducing energy demand through an integrated design process (IDP), where research outcomes were incorporated into the architectural design. Using the floor plan and schematics provided by the designer, a building energy model was established in an advanced simulation program to evaluate the performances of nine low-energy envelope design strategies in reducing the heating and cooling energy consumption. Through this study, it can be concluded that performing detailed energy simulations early in the design process to identify which low-energy envelope strategies can be omitted or substituted in the final envelope design is crucial in identifying the most effective strategies for improving energy performance. This study also demonstrates the potential of collaboration between academia and industry in generating high performance buildings.

scholarly journals Integrated Design Process for Modular Construction Projects to Reduce Rework

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 530
Author(s):  
Hosang Hyun ◽  
Hyunsoo Kim ◽  
Hyun-Soo Lee ◽  
Moonseo Park ◽  
Jeonghoon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Information Flow ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Design Phase ◽  
Modular Construction ◽  
Dependency Structure ◽  
Integrated Design Process ◽  
The Impact

In modular construction projects, unit production and onsite work are conducted concurrently, enabling shorter duration, lower cost, and improved quality. Because of the nature of the work, building design details should be determined early in the design phase, which requires information from participants. However, the design process for stick-built construction does not include such information, which leads to errors in design, such as omissions and conflicts of information from participants, causing reworking in the design phase. To reduce errors, an information flow should be identified representing when/what/how the information should be shared, and with whom. This paper proposes an integrated design process based on the information flow. To identify the flow, a precedence relationship between activities is represented using a dependency structure matrix (DSM). Then, the order of activities is rearranged using a partitioning algorithm. In this manner, unnecessary feedback and reverse information flow, which are related to errors, are reduced. Finally, the rearranged activities are proposed as an integrated design process. To validate the impact of the proposed process and methodology, interviews with experts were conducted. The validation results suggest that the project delivery method should also be considered in the early project phase in practical application.

scholarly journals SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK OF HISTORICAL CITIES. A CASE STUDY: CITY OF SOLTANIYEH.IRAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-87
Author(s):  
Morteza Ojaghlou
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
Integrated Design Process ◽  
Natural Climate ◽  
Historic City

Unfortunately, the architecture and urbanization of the Iranian cities, especially the traditional Iranian cities in the present era, are in many cases in contrast to the historical, social, and cultural background of these cities. In this study, architectural design in small historical cities such as Soltaniyeh has been explored to achieve a conceptual and sustainable architecture through a research-based library approach inference. Achieving the principles of architectural design in the historic city of Soltaniyeh. Iran is the main concern of this research. Therefore, to reach an integrated design process, previous studies and projects were examined and analyzed and the obtained data and principles, including historical, cultural, social, natural, climate, were in the design process of the real project. As a final result of this study, the integrated design process of these parameters is presented as a process of architectural design in small historical cities such as Soltaniyeh.

Design Process Optimization for EcoDesign

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Fargnoli ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Sustainable Products ◽  
Life Cycle Stages ◽  
Design Activities ◽  
Design Process Model ◽  
Integrated Design Process

The importance of the environmental sustainability of industrial products has become significant both because of the ever-stricter environmental legislation in the field, and the increased demand of customers concerning environmental issues. The development of sustainable products leads engineers to take into consideration environmental aspects in concurrency with traditional technical and economical aspects from the very beginning of design activities. Thus, the role of designers is clear in integrating environmental considerations into the product design activities, increasing the efficiency of the product, reducing waste of materials and energy, and controlling costs of all its life cycle stages. The output of the study consists of the development of an integrated design process model, called Operative EcoDesign Process, which is able to indicate in practice to designers the addresses that can be followed for a more effective and efficient action.

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