Add to ORKGBuilding codes and standards have been key drivers in shifting industry towards more energy efficiency, but it is important to take a more holistic approach toward GHG mitigation and evaluate the impact of design decisions from construction, through operation, maintenance, repair and replacement, and end of life. MIT CSHub researchers surveyed architectural firms, homebuilders and developers to understand what decisions are made at different points in the design process so that tools can be targeted accordingly.This research was carried out by the CSHub@MIT with sponsorship provided by the Portland Cement Association (PCA) and the Ready Mixed Concrete (RMC) Research & Education Foundation
2013 International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management: Construction and Operation...
This paper focuses on a process designed to facilitate two key decisions early in the building desig...
Concrete is a key component of the built environment. However, the manufacture of cement-based mater...
Building design is a very complex process, being dependent on the input of a high number of variable...
Recent increasing interest in the whole lifecycle environmental impacts of buildings, indicates the ...
We identify decision points in standard engineering work processes where adjustments should be made ...
Energy consumption and conservation is an important consideration for commercial building owners. T...
In order to mitigate global warming and address other pertinent environmental issues, it is importan...
During the building design process hundreds of decisions are made at different stages, and with mult...
Reducing the embodied carbon of reinforced concrete structures is crucial to mitigate climate change...
Efforts have been being made to foster carbon reduction in the construction development. However, fe...
Engineering structures consume a significant fraction of resources and contribute to greenhouse gas ...
Decisions taken as early as during the design of buildings are a factor of vital importance in shapi...
It is an interesting time in the building industry; for more than one decade sustainability is a pla...
The design of sustainable high-performance buildings entails dealing with numerous decisions associa...
2013 International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management: Construction and Operation...
This paper focuses on a process designed to facilitate two key decisions early in the building desig...
Concrete is a key component of the built environment. However, the manufacture of cement-based mater...
Building design is a very complex process, being dependent on the input of a high number of variable...
Recent increasing interest in the whole lifecycle environmental impacts of buildings, indicates the ...
We identify decision points in standard engineering work processes where adjustments should be made ...
Energy consumption and conservation is an important consideration for commercial building owners. T...
In order to mitigate global warming and address other pertinent environmental issues, it is importan...
During the building design process hundreds of decisions are made at different stages, and with mult...
Reducing the embodied carbon of reinforced concrete structures is crucial to mitigate climate change...
Efforts have been being made to foster carbon reduction in the construction development. However, fe...
Engineering structures consume a significant fraction of resources and contribute to greenhouse gas ...
Decisions taken as early as during the design of buildings are a factor of vital importance in shapi...
It is an interesting time in the building industry; for more than one decade sustainability is a pla...
The design of sustainable high-performance buildings entails dealing with numerous decisions associa...
2013 International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management: Construction and Operation...
This paper focuses on a process designed to facilitate two key decisions early in the building desig...
Concrete is a key component of the built environment. However, the manufacture of cement-based mater...