Sustainable Building Design

Abstract

Abstract. Sustainable building design has become a wide and multidisciplinary research endeavor including mechanical, electrical, electronic, communication, acoustic, architectural, and structural engineering. It involves the participation of owners, contractors, suppliers and building users. There has been a lot of talk about sustainable buildings in the past few years. Most of the published research is concerned with saving energy and water and making the buildings more environmentally friendly by, say, reducing the carbon emissions. In this article, sustainable building design is reviewed from the viewpoint of structural engineering. Different strategies presented in the literature are summarized. Finally, the authors argue that the next big leap in sustainable building design should come from the integration of the smart structure technology including the use of hybrid and semi-active vibration controllers that can result in substantially lighter and more efficient structures.

Importance of occupancy information when simulating energy demand of energy efficient house: A case study

“…The negative environmental impacts of rapidly growing world energy consumption as well as vision of energy efficient sustainable buildings was discussed in the last decade [1][2][3][4] pointing that a successful creation of sustainable infrastructure systems, energy efficient and environmentally-conscious designs requires a holistic, integrated, and multidisciplinary approach. Unfortunately, because of the large number and diversity of participants, construction work is characterised by a fragmented decision-making process, fear of venture, and conservatism, which result in innovation avoidance and missed opportunities.…”

Construction Projects Assessment Based on the Sustainable Development Criteria by an Integrated Fuzzy AHP and Improved GRA Model

“…With the rapid growth of this industry in the coming years, and the need for materials as well as waste generation, the use of sustainable materials and technologies in this industry will be a major contributor to sustainable development. Regarding these issues, the evaluation of construction projects based on the dimensions of sustainable development is very essential [6]. In an article named "designing sustainable construction", it is stated that extensive and multi-fields efforts in mechanics, electronic and electrical devices, communication, acoustics, architecture, and structural engineering are made all over the world for designing sustainable constructions.…”

“…The results show that saving energy and water and making constructions compatible with the environment significantly prevents carbon dioxide emission in the atmosphere. This study presents strategies for designing sustainable constructions, using the integration of smart structure technology and a combination of semi-active vibration control that lead into lighter and more efficient constructions [6]. In one study, authors identified key criteria of construction, and using fuzzy analytic hierarchy process assessed smart constructions.…”

A Quantitative Evaluation of Theoretical Renewable Energy Potential of the Building Site

“…The vision of sustainable building was discussed in the last decade (Adeli 2002;Ali, Armstrong 2008;Wang, Adeli 2013;Kaczorek, Koczyk, 2013;Parasonis et al 2012;Džiugaitė-Tumėnienė et al 2012;Brauers et al 2012) pointing that a successful creation of sustainable infrastructure systems and environmentally-conscious designs requires a holistic, integrated, and multidisciplinary approach. Unfortunately, because of the large number and diversity of participants, construction work is characterised by a fragmented decision-making process, fear of venture, and conservatism, which result in innovation avoidance and missed opportunities (Altwies, Nemet 2013).…”