Cost-Effective Energy Refurbishment of Prefabricated Buildings in Serbia

Matic, Dubravka; Calzada, Jaime Roset; Todorović, Marija; Erić, Miloš; Babin, Mihajlo

doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-101128-7.00016-2

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“…Prefabricated houses also reduce CO 2 operating emissions by approximately 50% in annual households [5]. Studies by Matic [35] investigated the energy refurbishment of existing buildings, and their conversion to energy efficient buildings with minimized loads. This study found a significant reduction of thermal and cooling loads after refurbishment of existing buildings, when compared to those buildings' pre-furbished data.…”

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“…This study found a significant reduction of thermal and cooling loads after refurbishment of existing buildings, when compared to those buildings' pre-furbished data. These research and case studies [2,4,[35][36][37][38][39][40][41] indicate that prefabricated construction systems contribute significantly to improving environmental sustainability in the construction industry. buildings, and their conversion to energy efficient buildings with minimized loads.…”

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Performance Review of Prefabricated Building Systems and Future Research in Australia

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Volumetric prefabricated building construction is growing in most developed countries; for example, in Sweden the market share of prefabricated building systems in the housing industry was more than 80%. However, in Australia only approximately 3–4% of new building constructions are prefabricated buildings in a year. A major hindrance to the growth of prefab construction in Australia is that systems are developed under commercial and confidential conditions. There are limited publicly-available research and case studies for certifiers, regulators, engineers and academia to provide independent information on the performance, advantages and disadvantages of prefabricated building systems. Independent designers and structural engineers are relying on the strength of the structural and non-structural element, as well as the connections of the prefabricated building systems. This strength is estimated from the “commercial-in-confidence” test of individual components by manufactures, and it might result in undesired outcomes in design. This paper provides an overview of available literature on structural performance, benefits, constraints and challenges of prefabricated building systems. This paper also highlights the research needed on the prefabricated building systems such as full-scale tests, numerical modelling, hybrid simulations, case studies and social and economic assessments. Being supported by sound academic research will increase the market demand for prefabricated building systems in Australia as well as in other countries.

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Performance Review of Prefabricated Building Systems and Future Research in Australia

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“…Compared with traditional cast-in-situ concrete building, it can minimize construction time, save construction water and reduce environmental pollution [ 5 – 8 ]. In addition, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) points out that prefabricated buildings can also reduce building energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions [ 9 , 10 ]. But the cost problem has always restricted the development of prefabricated buildings [ 11 , 12 ].…”

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Analysis on the hidden cost of prefabricated buildings based on FISM-BN

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Facing the pressure of environment, sustainable development is the demand of the current construction industry development. Prefabricated construction technologies has been actively promoted in China. Cost has always been one of the important factors in the development of prefabricated buildings. The hidden cost of prefabricated buildings has a great impact on the total cost of the project, and it exists in the whole process of building construction. In this paper innovatively studies the cost of prefabricated buildings from the perspective of hidden cost. In order to analysis the hidden cost of prefabricated buildings, the influencing factor index system in terms of design, management, technology, policy and environment has been established, which includes 13 factors in total. And the hidden cost analysis model has been proposed based on FISM-BN, this model combines fuzzy interpretive structure model(FISM) with Bayesian network(BN). This model can comprehensively analyze the hidden cost through the combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. And the analysis process is dynamic, not fixed at a certain point in time to analyze the cost. We can get the internal logical relationship among the influencing factors of the hidden cost, and present it in the form of intuitive chart by FISM-BN. Furthermore the model could not only predict the probability of the hidden cost of prefabricated buildings and realize in-time control through causal reasoning, but also predict the posterior probability of other influencing factors through diagnostic reasoning when the hidden cost occurs and find out the key factors that lead to the hidden cost. Then the final influencing factors are determined after one by one check. Finally, the model is demonstrated on the hidden cost analysis of prefabricated buildings the probability of recessive cost is 26%. In the analysis and control of the hidden cost of prefabricated buildings, scientific and effective decision-making and reference opinions are provided for managers.

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“…In a factory-controlled environment, there is less risk for problems associated with moisture, environmental hazards, and dirt, and there are strict factory processes and procedures that protect workers from on-the-job injury [12][13][14]. As for environmental sustainability, prefabricated concrete construction offers benefits in waste reduction [15], facilitates the reuse of some components [16], and reduces water consumption [17]. Prefabricated building modules can also be designed and fabricated with requests of clients to meet living comfort requirements [18].…”

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A BIM-Based Study on the Comprehensive Benefit Analysis for Prefabricated Building Projects in China

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Prefabricated construction has been widely accepted as an alternative to conventional cast-in-situ construction, given its improved performance. Great efforts have also been made to develop prefabricated construction technologies in China. However, there is a lack of an appropriate pattern for evaluating its comprehensive economic merits, and reasonable mathematical models for providing a comparative analysis of conventional cast-in-situ and prefabricated building projects have yet to be developed. Therefore, the research in this paper aims to comprehensively evaluate the economic benefits of implementing prefabricated construction techniques in order to surpass the economic barrier and promote the development of prefabricated buildings in China. The comprehensive economic evaluation is formulated in terms of resource-use efficiencies, project progress, and incentive policies. An apartment building in Shanghai is selected as a case study. Construction progress is simulated on the BIM platform when the same case study is rationally transformed from the prefabricated to the conventional cast-in-situ construction technique. The results reveal that the comprehensive economic merit can reach ¥739.6/m2 when selecting the prefabricated construction process. The economic benefit brought by shortening the construction period can be regarded as the most significant contributor. Yet, the current incentive policies only contribute 7.1% of the comprehensive economic evaluation. Overall, this research contributes an assessment framework for decision-making in the technique management of building construction. The BIM-based simulation approach can greatly help investors to identify the relevant economic factors and adopt the latest incentive policies.

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Cost-Effective Energy Refurbishment of Prefabricated Buildings in Serbia

Cited by 8 publications

References 15 publications

Performance Review of Prefabricated Building Systems and Future Research in Australia

Performance Review of Prefabricated Building Systems and Future Research in Australia

Analysis on the hidden cost of prefabricated buildings based on FISM-BN

A BIM-Based Study on the Comprehensive Benefit Analysis for Prefabricated Building Projects in China

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