Sustainability Assessment of the New Residential Projects in the Baltic States: A Multiple Criteria Approach

Tupėnaitė, Laura; Kaklauskas, Artūras; Lill, Irene; Geipele, Ineta; Naimavičienė, Jurga; Kanapeckienė, Loreta; Kauškale, Linda

doi:10.3390/su10051387

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“…This shows that environmental sustainability cannot be achieved without strong emphasis on energy efficiency and use of renewable sources. This finding is in line with the findings of many studies, e.g., [5,8,9,23,30]. LEED, BREEAM or other sustainability certifications are gaining popularity worldwide as it helps to prove that a building is built in a sustainable manner and meets international or global environmental standards.…”

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“…As the concept of sustainability is holistic, the assessment system must include indicators with different levels of relevance and units of measurement. In the scientific literature, multi-criteria assessment methods are often chosen to comprehensively assess the sustainability of buildings across a wide range of criteria (e.g., [20][21][22][23][24][25][26]). However, assessment and comparison of modern high-rise timber buildings is very limited in the scientific literature.…”

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Sustainability Assessment of Modern High-Rise Timber Buildings

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As woodworking and construction technologies improve, the construction of multi-storey timber buildings is gaining popularity worldwide. There is a need to look at the design of existing buildings and assess their sustainability. The aim of the present study is to assess the sustainability of modern high-rise timber buildings using multi-criteria assessment methods. The paper presents a hierarchical system of sustainability indicators and an assessment framework, developed by the authors. Based on this framework, the tallest timber buildings in different countries, i.e., Mjøstårnet in Norway, Brock Commons in Canada, Treet in Norway, Forte in Australia, Strandparken in Sweden and Stadthaus in UK, were compared across the three dimensions of sustainability (environmental, economic/technological, and social). Research has revealed that none of the buildings is leading in all dimensions of sustainability. However, each building is unique and has its own strengths. Overall multi-criteria assessment of the buildings revealed that the Brock Commons building in Canada has received the highest rank in all dimensions of sustainability. The paper contributes to the theory and practice of sustainability assessment and extends the knowledge about high-rise timber buildings. The proposed sustainability assessment framework can be used by both academics and practitioners for assessment of high-rise timber buildings.

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“…To analyze indoor air pollution by building finishing materials, on-site measurements are conducted for nine different housing units before residents moved in to the new apartments (Tupenaite et al, 2018;Li et al, 2019). To identify the pollutant emission characteristics of walls and floors of housing units with high pollutant emission rates, the same finishing materials as in actual construction were manufactured for small chambers to identify the emission characteristics in detail (Zhang et al, 2011;Piasecki et al, 2018).…”

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The Analysis of Indoor Air Pollutants From Finishing Material of New Apartments at Business Bay, Dubai

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Due to fast economic development, Dubai has built many high-rise apartments in a short period of time. The Dubai Municipality attempts to control indoor air quality with strict regulations, but the detailed provisions are still not comprehensive. The objective of this paper is to conduct on-site measurements for new high-rise apartments before moving on to investigate indoor air pollution and to analyze pollutant emissions by type of finishing material. As a methodology, on-site measurements were conducted fornine different housing units (three lower, three middle, and three higher floors) before moving on to investigate the status of indoor air pollution in new apartments. Based on the on-site measurements data, lab experiments with a small chamber for the same finishing materials from the most polluted housing unit (a lower two bedroom unit) were conducted to measure the emission of pollutants over 30 days. The result shows that the average of CH2O (64.4 μg/m3 for studio, 64.5 μg/m3 for one bedroom, and 83.4 μg/m3 for two bedroom) was lower than the standard (100 μg/m3) in all units, while the average TVOC (520.1 μg/m3 in the studio, 509.5 μg/m3 in one bedroom, and 754.7 μg/m3 in two bedroom) exceeded the standard (500 μg/m3) in most of the units. It was proven that regarding the CH2O, silk wallpaper, initial wallpaper, and wallpaper adhesive had the highest emissions and for the TVOC, tile and tile adhesive had the highest emission. During small chamber experiments, CH2O and TVOC emissions tended to decrease gradually over time, but the emission amount changed significantly in high pollutant emission material especially from day 1–10. Therefore, Dubai municipality should establish the regulation for residents to move into their new apartment after at least 10 days to avoid the high polluted emission from the curing process of the interior finishing material.

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“…As sustainability needs to be assessed in relation to the four main dimensions (see Section 1), it is not possible to choose one area or criterion. Therefore, Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methods can be used, which help to quantify any complex phenomenon and to select the best alternative according to a number of criteria (Nuuter et al, 2015;Zavadskas et al, 2017;Tupenaite et al, 2018).…”

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Sustainability Assessment of the Residential Construction Projects in Lithuania

Kanapeckienė

Tupėnaitė

Jucienė

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Development of real estate has the potential to advance sustainability. This is particularly important in residential sector as it plays a crucial role in the lives of habitats and directly influences their welfare. As populations grow and cities expand, the demand for real estate increases and construction volumes rise. Assurance of sustainability in the residential projects becomes a new concern of real estate developers and construction companies. This article aims to analyse in more detail the concept of a sustainable residential construction and the evaluation criteria. In the first part the concept of sustainable development and its dimensions in residential construction are analysed. The second part describes the research methodology. In the third part, the research methodology is applied to the evaluation of five residential construction projects in Vilnius, Lithuania. The fourth part describes the possibilities of using wooden construction to improve the sustainability of residential construction projects.

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Sustainability Assessment of the New Residential Projects in the Baltic States: A Multiple Criteria Approach

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Sustainability Assessment of Modern High-Rise Timber Buildings

Sustainability Assessment of Modern High-Rise Timber Buildings

The Analysis of Indoor Air Pollutants From Finishing Material of New Apartments at Business Bay, Dubai

Sustainability Assessment of the Residential Construction Projects in Lithuania

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