GIS MODELING OF WASTE CONTAINERS’ PLACEMENT IN URBAN AREAS

As a result of this research, a methodical approach to the geoinformational analysis of the waste containers’ placement for the collection of municipal solid waste in urban areas according to current standards and rules for the improvement of settlements was developed. According to the current Rules of maintenance of residential buildings and adjacent territories, waste containers of all types should be installed on a concrete or asphalted site, usually with fencing made of standard reinforced concrete products or other materials with planted shrubs around the site. Moreover, container platforms on wheels should be equipped with a ramp from the roadway and a fence (curb) which is 7–10 cm high, to keep the containers from rolling off to the sides. In the process of determining the optimal locations of waste containers a database of container park was created including the register of containers, the register of platforms, and the register of trash cans was created a list of influencing factors at the data collection stage, was made a proximity analysis and data reclassification to move to a unified scale for calculations of different types and/or heterogeneous source data, and weighted overlay as the main instrument of aggregated analysis. The analysis of the results is based on comparing the location of existing waste container sites with the resulting overlapping areas.

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Tenants' Satisfaction in High Residential Building

Built Environment Journal ◽

10.24191/bej.v17i1.5041 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 41

Author(s):

UMMU SHOLEHAH MOHD NOR

Keyword(s):

Urban Areas ◽

Residential Buildings ◽

Low Cost ◽

Residential Building ◽

Real Estate Market ◽

The Real Estate ◽

Level Of Satisfaction ◽

Considerable Impact ◽

Residential Living ◽

Medium Cost

High residential living in Malaysia has not been widely given a significant emphasises in literature despite its increasing scale and significance in the real estate market. The significance of high rise is mainly due the increasing rate of migration from rural to urban. It is estimated a total of 77.2 percent of the Malaysian population lived in urban areas in 2020. Approximately, 30 percent of this urban population lives in strata housing. These percentages are predicted to continue to increase in the future. The emergence of high residential building has been argued as confronting various problems which has considerable impact on this life style. Satisfaction is an important outcome of living in one’s dwelling, although it is not the only consideration. High residential building in Malaysia encountered numerous problems in term of management aspects, legislation aspects, and residents’ satisfaction. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the tenants’ satisfaction living in high residential buildings in Klang Valley. The questionnaires survey is conducted amongst 276 tenants at low cost and medium cost HRB using random sampling in HRB located at areas under jurisdiction Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL), Majlis Bandaraya Subang Jaya (MBSJ), Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam (MBSA), Majlis Bandaraya Subang Jaya (MBSJ), Majlis Perbandaran Selayang (MPS) and Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya (MPAJ). The result from this study shows that tenant in medium cost residential building are more satisfied in term of facilities and management as compared to tenants in low cost residential building. Tenants also not disclosed to the existing act and procedure related to high residential building. In conclusion, this study suggested the Local Authority to emphasise the role of tenant. These recommendation hopefully will increase the level of satisfaction amongst the residents in HRB.

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A Rapid Review on Community Connected Microgrids

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13126753 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (12) ◽

pp. 6753

Author(s):

Moiz Masood Syed ◽

Gregory M. Morrison

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Energy Use ◽

Residential Buildings ◽

Optimal Solution ◽

Building Energy ◽

Rapid Review ◽

Solar Pv ◽

Electricity Cost ◽

Building Energy Use

As the population of urban areas continues to grow, and construction of multi-unit developments surges in response, building energy use demand has increased accordingly and solutions are needed to offset electricity used from the grid. Renewable energy systems in the form of microgrids, and grid-connected solar PV-storage are considered primary solutions for powering residential developments. The primary objectives for commissioning such systems include significant electricity cost reductions and carbon emissions abatement. Despite the proliferation of renewables, the uptake of solar and battery storage systems in communities and multi-residential buildings are less researched in the literature, and many uncertainties remain in terms of providing an optimal solution. This literature review uses the rapid review technique, an industry and societal issue-based version of the systematic literature review, to identify the case for microgrids for multi-residential buildings and communities. The study describes the rapid review methodology in detail and discusses and examines the configurations and methodologies for microgrids.

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Prediction of Socio-Economic Indicators for Urban Planning Using VHR Satellite Imagery and Spatial Analysis

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs12111730 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (11) ◽

pp. 1730 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Gebhard Warth ◽

Andreas Braun ◽

Oliver Assmann ◽

Kevin Fleckenstein ◽

Volker Hochschild

Keyword(s):

Spatial Analysis ◽

Urban Planning ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Residential Buildings ◽

Dynamic Change ◽

Training Data ◽

Infrastructure Planning ◽

Economic Point ◽

Steady Growth ◽

Building Typology

Ongoing urbanization leads to steady growth of urban areas. In the case of highly dynamic change of municipalities, due to the rates of change, responsible administrations often are challenged or struggle with capturing present states of urban sites or accurately planning future urban development. An interest for urban planning lies on socio-economic conditions, as consumption and production of disposable goods are related to economic possibilities. Therefore, we developed an approach to generate relevant parameters for infrastructure planning by means of remote sensing and spatial analysis. In this study, the single building defines the spatial unit for the parameters. In the case city Belmopan (Belize), based on WorldView-1 data we manually define a city covering building dataset. Residential buildings are classified to eight building types which are locally adapted to Belmopan. A random forest (RF) classifier is trained with locally collected training data. Through household interviews focusing on household assets, income and educational level, a socio-economic point (SEP) scaling is defined, which correlates very well with the defined building typology. In order to assign socio-economic parameters to the single building, five socio-economic classes (SEC) are established based on SEP statistics for the building types. The RF building type classification resulted in high accuracies. Focusing on the three categories to describe residential socio-economic states allowed high correlations between the defined building and socio-economic points. Based on the SEP we projected a citywide residential socio-economic building classification to support supply and disposal infrastructure planning.

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SISTEM HUNIAN MASA DEPAN BERBASIS TEKNOLOGI UNTUK KEBUTUHAN MANUSIA

Jurnal Sains, Teknologi, Urban, Perancangan, Arsitektur (Stupa) ◽

10.24912/stupa.v3i1.10800 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 321

Author(s):

Albert Utama ◽

Sutarki Sutisna

Keyword(s):

Urban Communities ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Human Population ◽

Residential Buildings ◽

Food Crop ◽

Planting Methods ◽

Use Of Technology ◽

Livestock Animal ◽

Food Needs ◽

The Times

The Living Bot is a project where future residential buildings will adapt to the times. In the coming year, the human population will continue to grow, so that it will use the land as a place for various needs such as shelter, activities, and other things. Along with this increase in human population, the land will also shrink while the land itself is needed so that humans can meet their food needs either from farming (plants), or through livestock (animal). Therefore, The Living Bot created a system in which human implementation begins to adapt to the life in which they live by implementing a residential system that can produce their own food with plantings that maximize vertical land. This form of shelter can be used as a system so that its application can be carried out. Adaptations that are carried out are by changing the lifestyle of humans to the use of technology. The lifestyle that must adapt is by farming, assisted by A.I. technology. because humans in urban areas do not have a background in growing a food crop. Therefore technology is present in helping urban communities, also assisted by modern planting methods such as using hydroponics, aquaponics, aeroponics, and indoor planting techniques assisted by artificial light such as LEDs. Keywords: Adaptation; Techonology Abstrak The Living Bot merupakan sebuah proyek dimana bangunan hunian pada masa depan akan beradaptasi dengan perkembangan zaman. Pada tahun yang akan datang, populasi manusia akan terus bertambah, sehingga akan menggunakan lahan sebagai tempat untuk berbagai macam kebutuhan seperti tempat tinggal, aktivitas, dan hal lainnya. Seiring dengan pertambahan populasi manusia ini, lahan juga akan semakin menyempit sedangkan lahan sendiri diperlukan agar manusia dapat memenuhi kebutuhan pangannya baik dari hasil bertani (tumbuh-tumbuhan), ataupun melalui peternakan (hewani). Maka dari itu The Living Bot membuat suatu sistem yaitu dimana implementasi manusia mulai beradaptasi dengan kehidupan tempat tinggalnya dengan menerapkan sistem hunian yang dapat menghasilkan makanannya sendiri dengan penanaman-penanaman yang memaksimalkan lahan secara vertikal.Bentuk hunian seperti ini dapat dijadikan sebuah sistem sehingga penerapannya dapat dilakukan di berbagai hunian Adaptasi yang dilakukan adalah dengan mengubah gaya hidup manusia sampai kepada pengunaan teknologi. Adapun gaya hidup yang harus beradaptasi adalah dengan bercocok tanam, dengan dibantu oleh teknologi A.I. karena manusia yang ada di perkotaan tidak memiliki latar belakang dalam menanam sebuah tanaman pangan. Maka dari itu teknologi hadir dalam membantu masyarakat kota, juga dibantu oleh metode menanam yang modern seperti menggunakan hidroponik, akuaponik, aeroponik, dan teknik penanaman indoor yang dibantu oleh cahaya buatan seperti LED.

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Reconstruction of 5-storey large panel buildings, use of atmospheric precipitation water for technical purposes in the building

The American Journal of Applied Sciences ◽

10.37547/tajas/volume02issue12-14 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 02 (12) ◽

pp. 86-89

Author(s):

Axmedov Tolkin ◽

Keyword(s):

Energy Efficiency ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Residential Buildings ◽

Atmospheric Precipitation ◽

Basic Information ◽

Atmospheric Water ◽

Large Panel ◽

Precipitation Water

This article provides basic information on engineering selection and beautification of urban areas where 5-storey residential buildings should be built in response to emergencies in ways to increase the energy efficiency of buildings using atmospheric water for technical purposes.

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LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF TECHNICAL BUILDING SERVICES OF LARGE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING STOCKS USING SEMANTIC 3D CITY MODELS

ISPRS Annals of Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ◽

10.5194/isprs-annals-vi-4-w1-2020-85-2020 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol VI-4/W1-2020 ◽

pp. 85-92

Author(s):

H. Harter ◽

B. Willenborg ◽

W. Lang ◽

T. H. Kolbe

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle Assessment ◽

Life Cycle ◽

Energy Demand ◽

Residential Buildings ◽

Residential Building ◽

Building Stock ◽

3D City Models ◽

Methodical Approach ◽

Operational Energy ◽

City Models

Abstract. Reducing the demand for non-renewable resources and the resulting environmental impact is an objective of sustainable development, to which buildings contribute significantly. In order to realize the goal of reaching a climate-neutral building stock, it must first be analyzed and evaluated in order to develop optimization strategies. The life cycle based consideration and assessment of buildings plays a key role in this process. Approaches and tools already exist for this purpose, but they mainly take the operational energy demand of buildings and not a life cycle based approach into account, especially when assessing technical building services (TBS). Therefore, this paper presents and applies a methodical approach for the life cycle based assessment of the TBS of large residential building stocks, based on semantic 3D city models (CityGML). The methodical approach developed for this purpose describes the procedure for calculating the operational energy demand (already validated) and the heating load of the building, the dimensioning of the TBS components and the calculation of the life cycle assessment. The application of the methodology is illustrated in a case study with over 115,000 residential buildings from Munich, Germany. The study shows that the methodology calculates reliable results and that a significant reduction of the life cycle based energy demand can be achieved by refurbishment measures/scenarios. Nevertheless, the goal of achieving a climate-neutral building stock is a challenge from a life cycle perspective.

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Performance of Adobe Residential Buildings in the 2003 Bam, Iran, Earthquake

Earthquake Spectra ◽

10.1193/1.2098861 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 21 (1_suppl) ◽

pp. 337-344 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Mahmoud R. Maheri ◽

Farzad Naeim ◽

Michael Mehrain

Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Residential Buildings ◽

Construction Material ◽

Material Strength ◽

Earthquake Loads ◽

Excessive Weight ◽

General Weakness ◽

Building Elements

Adobe, in the form of sun-dried bricks and clay or lime/clay mortar, has traditionally been the primary construction material in Iran. Presently, this type of construction still constitutes a notable portion of the buildings in the urban areas and a majority of the buildings in the rural areas. Performance of traditional adobe construction during numerous Iranian earthquakes has generally been poor. Low material strength, poor workmanship, lack of proper connections between building elements, and the excessive weight of the building because of thick walls and massive roofs, are but a few of the shortcomings that contributed to the general weakness of these buildings under earthquake loads. This paper examines the performance of adobe residential buildings during the Bam, Iran earthquake. The current rehabilitation trends for this type of construction in Iran are also discussed.

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05/01276 Energy and environment of residential buildings in China. Some significant environmental issues in high-rise residential building design in urban areas

Fuel and Energy Abstracts ◽

10.1016/s0140-6701(05)81281-0 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 46 (3) ◽

pp. 189

Keyword(s):

Urban Areas ◽

Residential Buildings ◽

Residential Building ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

Building Design ◽

Energy And Environment ◽

High Rise

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Consequences of Promoting Less-Populated Rural Areas to Urban Areas: A Case Study, Bushehr Province

Current World Environment ◽

10.12944/cwe.10.1.11 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 91-100

Author(s):

Ali Bastin

Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Residential Buildings ◽

Urban System ◽

Population Data ◽

Target Population ◽

Positive Outcomes ◽

Negative Consequences

The modified law of Iranian Administrative divisions has greatly altered the pattern of settlement in recent decades. The promotion of rural areas to urban areas has shifted from mere population standard to combined population-administrative standards. However, all censuses suggest that many rural areas reported as smaller than the minimum population standard have been promoted to urban areas. In the last two decades, this is a clearly prominent phenomenon in the urban system of Iran. This paper evaluates the effects and consequences of promoting small and sparsely populated rural areas to urban areas in the Bushehr province. The used methodology is analytic-descriptive using a questionnaire distributed among 380 members of the target population. Data analysis is conducted in physical, economic, social and urban servicing domains using one-sample T-test and the utility range. The results show that promotion of rural areas to urban areas has positive outcomes such as improved waste disposal system, improved quality of residential buildings, increased monitoring of the construction, increased income, prevented migration and improved health services. However, the results of utility range show that the negative consequences of this policy are more than its positive outcomes, which have been studied in detail.

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Mapping indoor radon: individual vs. collective hazard

10.5194/egusphere-egu21-1018 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Eric Petermann ◽

Peter Bossew

Keyword(s):

Urban Areas ◽

Gas Permeability ◽

Residential Buildings ◽

Indoor Radon ◽

Hazard Index ◽

Air Pollutant ◽

Soil Gas ◽

Exceedance Probability ◽

Hazard Mapping ◽

Building Stock

Indoor radon is considered as an indoor air pollutant due to its carcinogenic effect. Since the main source of indoor radon is the ground beneath the house, we use geogenic Rn as predictor for indoor Rn hazard mapping. In this contribution, we present a model to link geogenic to indoor Rn.In a first step, we build a random forest model that utilizes observational data (n=6,293) of Rn concentration in soil gas and soil gas permeability across Germany in combination with auxiliary data (geology, soil physical and chemical properties, climate) to create spatially continuous map of a geogenic radon hazard index. Then, in a second step, this is geogenic radon hazard index map is linked to indoor radon data (n=44,629) via a logistic regression model for calculating the probabilities that indoor Rn exceeds 300 Bq/m&#179;. The estimated probability was averaged for every municipality by considering only the estimates within the built-up area. Finally, the mean exceedance probability per municipality was coupled with the respective residential building stock for estimating the number of residential buildings with indoor Rn above 300 Bq/m&#179; for each municipality.We found that (1) the municipal-scale maps of 300 Bq/m&#179; exceedance probability (individual hazard) and affected residential buildings (collective hazard) show contrasting spatial patterns, (2) the estimated number of buildings above 300 Bq/m&#179; in Germany is 345,000 (1.9 % of all residential buildings), (3) areas where 300 Bq/m&#179; exceedance is greater than 10 % comprise only 0.8 % of the German building stock but 6.3 % of buildings with indoor Rn exceeding 300 Bq/m&#179;, and (4) most urban areas and most high-radon residential buildings (77 %) are located in low hazard regions.The implications for Rn protection are twofold: (1) the Rn priority area concept is cost-efficient in a sense that it allows to find the most buildings that exceed a threshold concentration with a given amount of resources, and (2) for an optimal reduction of lung cancer risk areas outside of Rn priority areas must be addressed since most hazardous indoor Rn concentrations occur in low to medium hazard areas.

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