scholarly journals Towards Adaptive Design Strategies for Zero-Carbon Eco-Cities in Egypt

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marwa Dabaieh ◽  
Dalya Maguid ◽  
Deena El Mahdy
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Design ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Zero Carbon

scholarly journals Evaluasi Desain Bangunan Berdasarkan Sistem Sertifikasi DGNB (Studi Kasus : The Khabele School, Austin)

Arsitektura ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Dady Wicaksono ◽  
Sugini Sugini
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Pollution Problem ◽  
Zero Carbon

<p class="Abstract"><em><span lang="EN-GB">The air pollution problem had become a big problem for many cities in the world. In line with the rapid development of these cities, the concept of sustainability also continues to develop with various solutions to overcome existing problems. To solve the air pollution problem, the authors evaluated the selected building object, The Khabele School, to see the extent of the building's contribution to overcoming the air pollution problem.  The evaluation was carried out based on the DGNB (German Sustainable Building Council) certification system, the variables measured were biotope area factor (BAF), indoor air quality, daylight factor, and zero-carbon mobility. The results reveal that indoor air quality and daylight factors could meet the desired standards, while BAF and zero-carbon mobility had not met the standard. Based on theoretical and empirical studies, this paper discussed alternative design strategies, to improve the quality of the building, so that they can contribute more to overcoming air pollution problem.</span></em></p>

scholarly journals Ecological Design Strategies and Theory for Urban Parks in Seoul, 1990s–Present

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1163
Author(s):  
Myeong-Jun Lee
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Design Theory ◽  
Adaptive Design ◽  
Urban Parks ◽  
Urban Morphology ◽  
Wildlife Habitat ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Ecological Design ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Ecological Processes

This study explores the characteristics of and changes in Korean landscape architects’ attitudes toward ecological design strategies and theories over the last three decades. Methodologically, this study includes a literature review and incorporates data from case studies and site visits. It discusses Seoul-specific contexts regarding environmental conditions, urban morphology, administrative agency, and design theory and practice. It redefines ecological parks, expanding their scope using physical and non-physical ecological processes. Considering this redefinition, this study categorizes the five main attitudes of contemporary Korean landscape architects towards ecological design: providing wildlife habitat, constructing aesthetic experiences, the phasing strategy, developing environmental learning programs, and designers’ metaphoric expression. Through these attitudes, this study chronologically explores gradual and constant changes in design strategies and the discourse on ecological design. Specifically, in the 1990s, landscape architects emphasized the representation of ecosystems by constructing wildlife habitats. In the early 2000s, ecological parks were artistically designed as urban parks by reusing post-industrial landscapes. Around the 2010s, landscape architects developed resilient and adaptive design strategies to flexibly respond to uncertain changes in natural and urban ecological circumstances. Since the 2010s, landscape architects have continually expanded the scope of ecology to cover physical, non-physical, urban, and social infrastructures, including public transportation, as well as political, social, and cultural structures and virtual and augmented landscapes. This study can contribute to the field literature while adding a valuable overview of the understudied Korean context.

scholarly journals Exploring the Potential of Climate-Adaptive Container Building Design under Future Climates Scenarios in Three Different Climate Zones

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Jingchun Shen ◽  
Benedetta Copertaro ◽  
Xingxing Zhang ◽  
Johannes Koke ◽  
Peter Kaufmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Adaptive Design ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Internal Heat ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Future Climate ◽  
Modular Construction ◽  
Climate Data ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Design Strategies

The deployment of containers as building modules has grown in popularity over the past years due to their inherent strength, modular construction, and relatively low cost. The upcycled container architecture is being accepted since it is more eco-friendly than using the traditional building materials with intensive carbon footprint. Moreover, owing to the unquestionable urgency of climate change, existing climate-adaptive design strategies may no longer respond effectively as they are supposed to work in the previous passive design. Therefore, this paper explores the conceptual design for an upcycled shipping container building, which is designed as a carbon-smart modular living solution to a single family house under three design scenarios, related to cold, temperate, and hot–humid climatic zones, respectively. The extra feature of future climate adaption has been added by assessing the projected future climate data with the ASHRAE Standard 55 and Current Handbook of Fundamentals Comfort Model. Compared with the conventional design, Rome would gradually face more failures in conventional climate-adaptive design measures in the coming 60 years, as the growing trends in both cooling and dehumidification demand. Consequently, the appropriate utilization of internal heat gains are proposed to be the most promising measure, followed by the measure of windows sun shading and passive solar direct gain by using low mass, in the upcoming future in Rome. Future climate projection further shows different results in Berlin and Stockholm, where the special attention is around the occasional overheating risk towards the design goal of future thermal comfort.

Investigating the climate-adaptive design strategies of residential earth-sheltered buildings in Iran

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elahe Mirabi ◽  
Fatemeh Akrami Abarghuie
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Adaptive Design ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Adaptive Strategy ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Orientation Factor ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Numeric Data

PurposeThe earth-sheltered building is an adaptive strategy reducing energy consumption as well as increasing thermal comfort of the residents. Although this idea historically implemented in the city of Yazd, Iran, its effects on thermal comfort have not been studied thoroughly. This paper aims to discuss and analyze energy performance, in terms of parameters such as orientation, underground depth, nocturnal ventilation and its subsequent effects on thermal comfort in earth-sheltered buildings in Yazd.Design/methodology/approachUsing EnergyPlus software, the obtained numeric data are precisely modeled, simulated and analyzed.FindingsResults show that there is a direct relationship between depth of construction and energy consumption savings. The more construction depth of earth-sheltered buildings, the more percentage of energy consumption savings, that is of a higher rate in comparison to the aboveground ones. However, in south orientation, energy saving significantly reduces from depth of 2 m downwards and the annual indoor temperature fluctuation decreases by 50%. This subsequently yields to experiencing indoor thermal comfort for a significant number of days throughout the year. Considering the effects of orientation factor, the south orientation regardless of the depth provides the most desired outcome regarding energy savings.Originality/valueSimulating the model generalized to the sunken courtyard can approve that the results of this research can be applied to the other models.

scholarly journals Adaptive Design Strategies for Nonresponse Follow-Up in Economic Surveys

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 445-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Kaputa ◽  
Katherine J. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Design ◽  
Optimal Allocation ◽  
Initial Response ◽  
Census Bureau ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Annual Survey ◽  
Economic Census ◽  
Optimized Allocation ◽  
Using Data

Abstract The U.S. Census Bureau is investigating nonrespondent subsampling strategies for use in the 2017 Economic Census. In previous research, we developed an optimized allocation procedure for subsampling nonrespondents that selects larger systematic samples in domains with lower initial response. This article expands on our previous research by exploring improvements to the optimal allocation method; we investigate refinements to the previous procedure that incorporate measures of respondent balance with respect to the original sample. The revised allocation procedures have simultaneous objectives of allocating high proportions of sample in domains that indicate potential nonresponse bias and of equalizing response rates across domains. We examine the effects of the alternative allocation approaches on Horvitz-Thompson estimates via a simulation study using data from the 2014 Annual Survey of Manufactures.

scholarly journals Managing Circular Business Model Uncertainties with Future Adaptive Design

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 10361
Author(s):  
Thomas Nyström ◽  
Katherine A. Whalen ◽  
Derek Diener ◽  
Marcel den Hollander ◽  
Robert H. W. Boyer
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Adaptive Design ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Model Uncertainties ◽  
Adaptable Design ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Circular Design ◽  
Early Phases

Designing products that can adapt to changes over time is crucial for managing product-related business risks in circular business models. However, there is limited circular economy research on how product adaptivity can contribute to more circular products and business models, especially in the early phases of business development and design. To address this research gap, this conceptual paper builds on the adaptable design concept and incorporates ideas from research on circular business models and circular design literature. It proposes a framework we collectively term “Future Adaptive Design” to help manage product-related business risks in circular business models and investigates related design strategies for product-based companies aiming to adopt circular business models.

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