A genetic algorithm to optimize consistency ratio in AHP method for energy performance assessment of residential buildings—Application of top-down and bottom-up approaches in Algerian case study

Moussaoui, Fahem; Cherrared, Marzouk; Kacimi, Mohand Akli; Belarbi, Rafik

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2017.08.008

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“…AHP method was proven as efficient, and is widely used by many authors for different sustainability-related tasks' solutions (see e.g., [24,32,36,37,[45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56]. Moreover, approximately 3000 papers concerning multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) in the environmental field were identified by Cegan et al [57].…”

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Ranking of Sustainability Indicators for Assessment of the New Housing Development Projects: Case of the Baltic States

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Sustainable development is inconceivable without healthy real estate market. A housing project can be regarded as sustainable only when all the dimensions of sustainability (environmental, economic, and social) are dealt with. There has been an increased interest in using sustainability indicators for evaluating the impacts of the new development projects. Although international literature is rich in sustainability assessments, there are no tools developed for assessment of new residential projects in the specific context of the Baltic States. Therefore, the aim of this article is to fill this gap and to propose an integrated, hierarchically structured system of sustainability indicators to be used for assessment of the new housing development projects. This aim is achieved through accomplishing three objectives. First, based on a review of literature related to assessing building project performance and sustainable development in construction, the paper proposes an original hierarchically structured system of sustainability indicators suitable for the Baltic context. Second, based on a survey of experts, significances of criteria are estimated by the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. Finally, paper proposes recommendations to government authorities and real estate developers as to how to enhance the performance of new residential projects according to the principles of sustainability.

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Ranking of Sustainability Indicators for Assessment of the New Housing Development Projects: Case of the Baltic States

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“…The estimation of the weights of the criteria / themes was done using a bottom-up approach. This approach involves developing aggregation methods to determine the overall weights of the criteria using values obtained from their indicators (Moussaoui et al , 2018). Besides, due to the manual calculation, this study uses the scores of the indicators for the computation of the weights of the criteria/themes.…”

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Towards a sustainability assessment model for affordable housing projects: the perspective of professionals in Ghana

Adabre

Chan

2020

ECAM

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PurposeThis paper presents a sustainability assessment model to holistically guide sustainable construction and green retrofitting of affordable housing from the Ghanaian perspective.Design/methodology/approachA comprehensive review was carried out, which yielded 16 sustainability indicators. Then, a questionnaire survey was conducted among respondents in the Ghanaian housing sector. Forty-seven valid responses were received and analysed using fuzzy synthetic evaluation (FSE) technique.FindingsA four-index model was developed that includes: Housing and Transportation (H + T) index, household-satisfaction index, efficient stakeholder-management index and quality-related index. These indices account for 25.3%, 26.3%, 23.6% and 24.9% of sustainability attainment in affordable housing, respectively. Accordingly, household-satisfaction has the greatest contribution to sustainability attainment in affordable housing.Research limitations/implicationsDue to challenges in obtaining responses to the questionnaire, the study was conducted with relatively small number of responses.Originality/valueThe model serves as a tool that could be used to objectively and comprehensively assess sustainability performance in affordable housing. Besides, it could be used as a baseline to calibrate future projects and for benchmarking success levels of comparable housing projects. Finally, the estimated indices are applicable in decision making for optimum resource allocation for sustainable low-cost housing in the Ghanaian perspective.

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“…The choice of multi-criteria ranking and selection methods is very broad [37,38]. Among the methods well suited for qualitative data, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) seems to be the most frequently chosen by authors dealing with building assessment [39][40][41]. Considering the specific decision-making environment, many authors argue for other methods such as Analytic Network Process (ANP) [42], Step-Wise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis (SWARA) [43,44], Additive Ratio ASsessment (ARAS) [45], Evaluation Based on Distance from Average Solution (EDAS) [46,47], or Fuzzy Delphic-Eckenrode Likert-type Scale-based Rating Technique (FDERT) [48], to name only a few.…”

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Sequential Model for Long-Term Planning of Building Renewal and Capital Improvement

Bucoń

Czarnigowska

2021

Sustainability

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The paper puts forward a mixed integer linear programming model to support the long-term planning and budgeting for renewal and capital improvements of residential buildings, i.e., to select the optimal sequence of repair and improvement actions over a predefined planning horizon. The input is provided by the evaluation of the building performance according to a set of criteria. Then a set of possible repairs, replacements and improvements needs to be proposed together with the estimates of their cost and benefits; the latter are expressed by increments of building performance ratings according to predefined criteria. The renewal and modernization measures are not mutually independent: at least some of them are complementary and should be carried out in a specific order. The optimization problem was to define the order of renewal/improvement measures resulting with the highest benefits available within the budget, or to achieve the required levels of building performance at the lowest cost. A unique feature of the model is the approach to the constraints on sequential relationships between the measures and to their selection. The model can be used to construct long-term renewal and capital improvement plans.

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A genetic algorithm to optimize consistency ratio in AHP method for energy performance assessment of residential buildings—Application of top-down and bottom-up approaches in Algerian case study

Cited by 32 publications

References 15 publications

Ranking of Sustainability Indicators for Assessment of the New Housing Development Projects: Case of the Baltic States

Ranking of Sustainability Indicators for Assessment of the New Housing Development Projects: Case of the Baltic States

Towards a sustainability assessment model for affordable housing projects: the perspective of professionals in Ghana

Sequential Model for Long-Term Planning of Building Renewal and Capital Improvement

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