Developing the Green Building Materials Selection Criteria for Sustainable Building Projects

Al-Atesh, Ezzaddin Abdullah Ali; Rahmawati, Yuni; Zawawi, Noor Amila Bt Wan; Elmansoury, Ali

doi:10.18517/ijaseit.11.5.14364

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“…The impact caused by the construction industry on the environment, economy, and society is significant [23]. The large number of resources required for the construction and retrofit of buildings gradually brought sustainable construction into focus [24].…”

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“…However, when associated with the lack of experience of the responsible professional, this heuristic approach prevents the available alternatives from being objectively compared [25,33], and the lowest price ends up prevailing as the most important choice criterion. Therefore, it is essential to develop a systematic decision model that helps team members to choose the most advantageous materials, based on well-defined, sustainable, and unambiguous criteria [23,32].…”

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Sustainability Assessment of a Low-Income Building: A BIM-LCSA-FAHP-Based Analysis

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The construction industry is one of the most significant consumers of environmental resources worldwide. Faced with the need to produce new buildings, but without further burdening the environment, attempts to improve social, economic, and environmental indicators have turned attention to building construction in recent decades. The objective of this research is to develop a novel framework to assess the most sustainable choice of materials applied to the construction of low-income buildings, according to the three pillars of the Triple Bottom Line (TBL). A BIM-LCSA-FAHP-based model was proposed with the creation of nine different scenarios, where the materials of the structure (precast concrete, cast-in-place concrete, and structural masonry), painting (PVA water-based and acrylic), and roofing (ceramic and fiber cement tiles) varied. The proposed procedure consists of the elaboration of a 3D Building Information Modeling (BIM) model, for which the parameters described above were evaluated according to the Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA)-TBL-based criteria, divided into ten sub-criteria, that includes: (1) environmental (acidification, eutrophication, global warming, ozone depletion, smog formation, primary energy, non-renewable energy, and mass total), (2) economic (construction cost) and (3) socio-political issues (community impact). Finally, the Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used as a multi-criteria decision-making technique that helps in aggregating and classifying the impacts of each scenario in a sustainability index (SI). Regarding the best option for low-income construction, the results indicated that precast concrete when combined with acrylic paint and fiber cement tiles (scenario 3) proved to be the most advantageous and achieved first place in the sustainability index (SI) developed in this work. This methodology is replicable for different construction typologies and several categories of materials, making it a robust decision-aiding tool for engineers, architects, and decision makers.

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Sustainability Assessment of a Low-Income Building: A BIM-LCSA-FAHP-Based Analysis

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Enhancing Students’ Competency and Learning Experience in Structural Engineering through Collaborative Building Design Practices

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The field of the built environment is evolving, whereby the involvement of a multi-disciplinary team in the project becomes necessary. Complexities of issues keep challenging the industry of Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) and address the importance of skills in collaborative work to deliver a great building design. A building that is not only aesthetic but also durable, sturdy, sustainable, and has positive influences on the surroundings. That said, collaboration skills become essential for students in the field of AEC. Concerning this current need in the industry, it becomes necessary for the educators as well as the undergraduate programs, especially in the field of AEC, to facilitate the students with exposure to a multi-disciplinary environment, to enhance the readiness of their graduates in the industry. The current pandemic makes the efforts harder. This study presents a case study-based research on enhancing the competency and learning experience of students through an international and multi-disciplinary collaborative environment in the form of joint studio assignments involving students of architecture and civil engineering. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches through triangulation methodology were used in the study. Results showed that students could enhance their knowledge as well as their skill to collaborate, especially in the design process.

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Developing the Green Building Materials Selection Criteria for Sustainable Building Projects

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Sustainability Assessment of a Low-Income Building: A BIM-LCSA-FAHP-Based Analysis

Sustainability Assessment of a Low-Income Building: A BIM-LCSA-FAHP-Based Analysis

Enhancing Students’ Competency and Learning Experience in Structural Engineering through Collaborative Building Design Practices

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