Optimizing Energy Use, Cost and Carbon Emission through Building Information Modelling and a Sustainability Approach: A Case-Study of a Hospital Building

Khahro, Shabir Hussain; Kumar, Danish; Siddiqui, Fida; Ali, Tauha Hussain; Raza, Muhammad Saleem; Khoso, Ali Raza

doi:10.3390/su13073675

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“…For example, Ichikowitz et al [54] discuss the strain caused by e-waste, and [64][65][66] are examples of works discussing the straining impact on the environment. Six articles discuss energy burdens, for instance, Khahro et al [81] discuss the benefits of Building Information Models (BIM) in this domain, and Xu et al [47] discuss waste heat recovery in power plants. Regarding further discussions on Infrastructure, strains include growing tourism [39], management at landfill sites [48], water waste [69] and increased production [56].…”

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“…Brownlee [38] Transport de Bruyn [28] Energy Deng [66] Water and Energy Khan [67] Energy Gokarn [35] Food Barreiro [8] Water, Energy, Transport, Waste, Telecom, Environment Babbitt [68] Food and Health Jamal [48] Waste and Recycling Ee [39] Food Ichikowitz [54] Waste and Recycling Karadagli [69] Water and Wastewater Schmitt [70] Food and Health Gausa [55] Food Perakis [56] Food Zhang [71] Waste and Recycling Heydari [72] Waste and Recycling Massoud [73] Waste and Recycling Zheng [74] Waste and Recycling Pulselli [40] Energy Sandhu [33] Waste and Recycling Subiza-Pérez [57] Waste and Recycling Končar [75] Transport Prouty Water Peng [76] Recycling Burton [77] Water Mensah [78] Waste and Recycling, Food, Health Kibler [41] Food, Water, Energy Shoukourian [59] ICT, Energy Bostenaru Dan [79] Energy González-Briones [42] Energy Chen [80] Food Morone [49] Food Chung [50] Health, Waste and Recycling Amirudin [51] Food, Waste and Recycling Niles [60] Waste and Recycling Kamble [52] Food Khahro [81] Energy Sinthumule Waste and Recycling Maase [43] Energy, Transport AlHaj [82] Waste and Recycling Salem [61] Waste and Recycling Hansmann …”

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Critical Infrastructures: Reliability, Resilience and Wastage

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By 2050, according to the UN medium forecast, 68.6% of the world’s population will live in cities. This growth will place a strain on critical infrastructure distribution networks, which already operate in a state that is complex and intertwined within society. In order to create a sustainable society, there needs to be a change in both societal behaviours (for example, reducing water, energy or food waste activities) and future use of smart technologies. The main challenges are that there is a limited aggregated understanding of current waste behaviours within critical infrastructure ecosystems, and a lack of technological solutions to address this. Therefore, this article reflects on theoretical and applied works concerning waste behaviours, the reliability/availability and resilience of critical infrastructures, and the use of advanced technologies for reducing waste. Articles in the Scopus digital library are considered in the investigation, with 51 papers selected by means of a systematic literature review, from which 38 strains, 86 barriers and 87 needs are identified, along with 60 methods of analysis. The focus of the work is primarily on behaviours, barriers and needs that create an excess or wastage.

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“…Evaluating the energy consumption effects of building design parameters in hot-humid climate zones [17].…”

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Using Regression Model to Develop Green Building Energy Simulation by BIM Tools

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Energy consumption in the building sector poses a huge burden in terms of global energy and pollution. Recent advancements in building information modelling and simulating building energy performance (BEP) have provided opportunities for energy optimization. The use of building information modelling (BIM) also has increased significantly in the last decade based on the requirement to accommodate and manage data in buildings. By using the data, some building information modelling tools have developed the function of energy analysis. This paper aims to identify design parameters critical to BEP to assist architects in the initial stages of building design and to investigate their relationship. The outcomes of the prototype model’s energy simulations were then used to construct multilinear regression models. For the rest of the independent building design variables, linear regression models are used to analyse the relationship between it and energy consumption. It was concluded that, in the same building conditions, diamond-shaped buildings have the highest energy consumption, while triangle-shaped buildings showed the most efficient energy performance through energy simulations for seven fundamental prototype building models based on Autodesk Kits, Green Building Studio (GBS) with a Doe-2 engine. In addition, the developed regression models are validated to within 10% error via a case study of the ABS building. At the end of this paper, recommendations are provided on energy optimisation for the initial stages of building design. The parametric analysis of design variables in this study contributed to the total energy consumption at the early phases of design and recommendations on energy optimization.

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“…The benefits of using recycled materials in construction is driven by the ideology that our natural resources will eventually become scarce if humans continue to mismanage and overuse them, as is occurring currently. Therefore, the benefits will be realized by the three main pillars of sustainability, namely environment, economy, and our society [ 48 ]. The following will outline some of the positive impact of using recycled materials in construction.…”

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Circular Economy of Construction and Demolition Waste: A Literature Review on Lessons, Challenges, and Benefits

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Conventionally, in a linear economy, C&D (Construction and Demolition) waste was considered as zero value materials, and, as a result of that, most C&D waste materials ended up in landfills. In recent years, with the increase in the awareness around sustainability and resource management, various countries have started to explore new models to minimize the use of limited resources which are currently overused, mismanaged, or quickly depleting. In this regard, the implementation of CE (Circular Economy) has emerged as a potential model to minimize the negative impact of C&D wastes on the environment. However, there are some challenges hindering a full transition to CE in the construction and demolition sectors. Therefore, this review paper aims to critically scrutinize different aspects of C&D waste and how CE can be integrated into construction projects. Reviewing of the literature revealed that the barriers in the implementation of CE in C&D waste sectors fall in five main domains, namely legal, technical, social, behavioral, and economic aspects. In this context, it was found that policy and governance, permits and specifications, technological limitation, quality and performance, knowledge and information, and, finally, the costs associated with the implementation of CE model at the early stage are the main barriers. In addition to these, from the contractors’ perspective, C&D waste dismantling, segregation, and on-site sorting, transportation, and local recovery processes are the main challenges at the start point for small-scale companies. To address the abovementioned challenges, and also to minimize the ambiguity of resulting outcomes by implementing CE in C&D waste sectors, there is an urgent need to introduce a global framework and a practicable pathway to allow companies to implement such models, regardless of their scale and location. Additionally, in this paper, recommendations on the direction for areas of future studies for a reduction in the environmental impacts have been provided. To structure an effective model approach, the future direction should be more focused on dismantling practices, hazardous material handling, quality control on waste acceptance, and material recovery processes, as well as a incentivization mechanism to promote ecological, economic, and social benefits of the CE for C&D sectors.

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Optimizing Energy Use, Cost and Carbon Emission through Building Information Modelling and a Sustainability Approach: A Case-Study of a Hospital Building

Cited by 52 publications

References 33 publications

Critical Infrastructures: Reliability, Resilience and Wastage

Critical Infrastructures: Reliability, Resilience and Wastage

Using Regression Model to Develop Green Building Energy Simulation by BIM Tools

Circular Economy of Construction and Demolition Waste: A Literature Review on Lessons, Challenges, and Benefits

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