The impact of thermal insulation investments on sustainability in the construction sector

Adamczyk, Janusz; Dylewski, Robert

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2017.05.173

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“…The development of a platform for piloting new areas or developing new technologies is emphasized by Hienonen et al [37]; construction supervision also includes monitoring the progress of activities at the construction site, modeling possible situations based on the site data collection to proactively identify possible risks and non-compliances [ The activities of sustainability cover the whole life cycle of a building, starting with the mining of raw materials and reduction of the consumption of raw materials during the manufacturing of construction products until the end of life of the building (i.e., its demolition), minimizing construction and demolition waste and ensuring appropriate waste disposal and recycling processes [3,[29][30][31][32][33]. The construction process itself involves a lot of different activities that influence sustainability, such as use of energy-efficient equipment, effective use of resources, minimization of construction waste, implementation of innovative technologies, involvement of multiple stakeholders, and raising knowledge and awareness of the aspects of sustainable construction [3,[31][32][33][34][35].…”

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Achieving Sustainability in the Construction Supervision Process

Mjakuškina

Kavosa

Lapiņa

2019

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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In recent years, the construction industry faced major challenges in ensuring a balance between environmental, economic, and social aspects. There are a lot of different studies on different aspects of the construction industry. Most of the available studies look at the construction supervision process mainly from the constructor’s point of view. However, there is little research on the market surveillance and supervision process performed by the government and its role in ensuring sustainability in a particular area. The aim of this study was to identify the main activities within the construction supervision process to achieve the sustainability of construction. The theoretical framework of the concept of sustainability in construction and in the activities of the supervision process was analyzed on the basis of a literature survey. The research revealed a connection between sustainability elements and the construction supervision activities. The results of the survey identified the most important factors that influence, negatively as well as positively, the achievements of sustainability in the supervision process. The research results are significant in order to create a construction supervision process which would not only ensure the compliance with the set requirements but also help achieve sustainability in the particular area. Research Limitations/Implications: Research is focused on the supervision process of public building construction in Latvia.

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Section: Activities Within the Construction Supervision Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

Achieving Sustainability in the Construction Supervision Process

Mjakuškina

Kavosa

Lapiņa

2019

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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“…I. R. Salagor considers, that defects arise due to improper operation, insufficient control of technical condition, lack of design documentation and violations of requirements of regulatory documentation at the stage of operation [11]. It should be noted that the first and last reasons are not warranty cases, because the defects occurred due to the fault of the owner.…”

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Apartment quality during warranty period of building

2019

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The article studies process of optimization of cost management structure for improving quality of constructional works in apartment. Property owner has the right to demand the apartment quality during the warranty period. Article 756 of the Civil code of the Russian Federation indicates the limit warranty period as 5 years. Constructional defects can be divided into two categories: general construction and engineering system defects. There are 3 methods, which are applicable to the assessment of apartment quality: ABC, target-costing and life-cycle cost analysis. It is essential to identify the parameters, which can decrease service costs and quantity of defects. Three models of apartment with different conditions are compared. Considering such parameters as the number of defects, the presence of delay in the execution of application, financial loss, presence of repeated complaint from owner, the formula of quality assessment is proposed. New equation allows assessing the quality of the apartment and defining variables, which can influence on it.

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“…Meanwhile, with the awareness of sustainable development and environment protection, people pay more attention on bio-based thermal insulations for environment-friendly and cost-effective purpose [3]. The thermal insulations derived from biomass such as agricultural straws are attracting the interest of the public, due to the hollow structure, low cost, low density as well as low thermal conductivity.…”

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Renewable natural resources reinforced polyurethane foam for use of lightweight thermal insulation

Shao

Zhang

Han

et al. 2020

Mater. Res. Express

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To obtain the energy-saving and environment-friendly lightweight bio-based thermal insulation, polyurethane matrix was incorporated with wood fiber, bamboo fiber, rice husk and liquefied polyol at different percentages (25%, 30%, and 35%). The results revealed that the apparent density for the natural fibers reinforced thermal polyurethane insulation was between 105 kg.m −3 and 178 kg.m −3 by adding 35% of the fibers into the polyurethane matrix. The thermal conductivity of the bio-based thermal insulation ranged from 0.045 to 0.065 W.m −1 K −1 , the addition of the natural fibers increased mechanical strength. The prepared bio-based insulation showed great potential for building thermal insulations with particularly low thermal conductivity (less than 0.065 W.m −1 K −1 ) and self-bearing strength.

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The impact of thermal insulation investments on sustainability in the construction sector

Cited by 64 publications

References 32 publications

Achieving Sustainability in the Construction Supervision Process

Achieving Sustainability in the Construction Supervision Process

Apartment quality during warranty period of building

Renewable natural resources reinforced polyurethane foam for use of lightweight thermal insulation

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