Development of Green Building Materials’ Evaluation Criteria to Achieve Optimum Building Facade Energy Performance

Mayhoub, Marwa M. Gomaa; Ibrahim, Mona G.; Sayad, Zeyad M. Tarek El; Ali, Ahmed AbdelMonteleb M.

doi:10.1109/icseea47812.2019.8938620

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“…In areas of external walls and façades on the building, Mayhoub et al [13] proposed a technique to evaluate the alternatives of building façade materials considering their thermal performance and energy efficiency. Baglivo et al [14] determined a set of possible external wall configurations to choose the proper solution using a Pareto front of the multi-objective problem.…”

Section: Selection External Walls Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exterior Walls Selection Framework using Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Saud¹,

Al-Gahtani²,

Alsugair³

2023

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The building material selection among different options is a crucial issue affected by quality and cost. The implementation of the value engineering (VE) process is challenging. Thus, this paper proposes a framework for automating the VE process and integrating it with the decision-making process for building material selection. Moreover, this process becomes easily applicable by using Building Information Modelling (BIM). This study's research methodology combines VE, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), Pairwise, and Function Analysis System Technique (FAST) methods to select the best choice of eight assemblies of exterior walls based on nine identified criteria. Moreover, a questionnaire is used to validate the chosen criteria weights. Furthermore, a case study of a commercial building is conducted. Eight assemblies of exterior walls are modeled and evaluated using the proposed framework. Finally, the results are presented to three experts to receive their feedback, and it shows that the proposed framework gives a reliable evaluation of the value of each alternative. The programmed framework with BIM is a great aid to the decisionmaker to select the most valuable materials during the design stage. This study gives guidance to future studies to standardize the external walls alternative to be evaluated more efficiently.

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Section: Selection External Walls Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exterior Walls Selection Framework using Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Saud¹,

Al-Gahtani²,

Alsugair³

2023

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“…The authors indicate that having a building material with green origin features does not necessarily mean that its performance is green. For instance, Gomaa et al [20] simulated an educational building's external wall system in a hot desert climate using Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Block AAC (a green alternative material) for brickwork as a conventional material. This study mentioned that the green material positively impacts thermal comfort.…”

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“…Leo et al [41] analyzed eight buildings' thermal performance constructed with eco-friendly, durable, and cost-effective structures regarding surface and indoor air temperatures and thermal comfort. Gomaa et al [20] identified the energy con-sumption, embodied carbon, and thermal comfort when replacing a conventional material with an environmentally friendly one for an external wall using simulations.…”

Section: Selecting Façade Building Materials Based On Performance and Originmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment of Green Building Materials’ Attributes to Achieve Sustainable Building Façades Using AHP

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The need to enhance the performance of building façades and mitigate adverse environmental impacts has promoted the hypothesis of integrating green materials towards sustainable buildings. Façade designers tend to select building materials based on their green characteristics (origin) or green performance; however, this study highlights the importance of integrating both into the decision process. The main objective is to develop a new assessment process for selecting green building façade materials based on green performance and green originality. Furthermore, the evaluation framework considers four green building rating systems as a reference to allocate credits for the relevant criteria. Applying the proposed criteria in this study helps maximize the points for accreditation when incorporating green building materials in building façades. Moreover, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is used to assign the proposed criteria’s weighting importance based on the four rating systems’ average points. After that, performing sensitivity analysis to identify each criterion’s influence is conducted. The study concluded that involving minimum levels of adverse impacts is the preferable criteria regarding the green origin concept. As for the green performance, promoting the performance of indoor air quality is the most favorable selection criteria.

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“…From the reviewed literature on building envelope systems to minimize energy consumption, researchers have used different envelope component materials including the addition of insulation layers in order to maximize energy saving. Not all research has conducted an economic evaluation for these developments despite its importance to homeowners (Mayhoub et al, 2019;Ingrao et al, 2016;Aktemur and Atikol, 2017;Salandin and Soler, 2018;Tejedor et al, 2017;Guillen et al, 2014;Asdrubali et al, 2014) and also the use of sustainable materials are not widely adopted. Many works were also conducted to improve building thermal performance by adding reflective coating and insulation layers but also without economic evaluation of these developments (Mohamed et al, 2016;Saber and Maref, 2019;Radhi et al, 2017;Ascione et al, 2018).…”

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Energy Performance Analysis of Building Envelopes

2021

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The building sector has a high level of energy consumption caused mainly by the buildings heating and cooling energy demands to satisfy indoor comfort requirements. Reducing both the amount of energy consumed and the life cycle cost is a main challenge for the construction of buildings. It is evident that sustainable materials have low environmental impacts and need low consumption of energetic resources in addition to their durability and recyclability. Therefore, this research aims to test different sustainable materials available in Egypt for the construction of building envelopes that include local stones “Marble and Limestone” and insulation materials “Polyurethane- expanded and Extruded polystyrene (XPS) foam” in order to achieve savings in energy and total life cycle cost. The simulation tests were conducted through Design Builder software. The results aim to provide solutions for building designers to achieve energy-efficiency and costeffective design. The proposed alternatives showed a significant reduction in energy consumption by up to 62% and the total life cycle costs significantly reduced by up to 45.8%.

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Development of Green Building Materials’ Evaluation Criteria to Achieve Optimum Building Facade Energy Performance

Cited by 7 publications

References 7 publications

Exterior Walls Selection Framework using Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Exterior Walls Selection Framework using Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Assessment of Green Building Materials’ Attributes to Achieve Sustainable Building Façades Using AHP

Energy Performance Analysis of Building Envelopes

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