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Thermal performance of alternative binders lime hemp concrete (LHC) building: comparison with conventional building materials Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2021-02-27 R. Haik; A. Peled; I. A. Meir
ABSTRACT This research aims to estimate the operational energy (OE) savings of a full-scale building, made of lime hemp concrete (LHC) with alternative binders partly replacing lime, compared to buildings made of conventional materials, e.g. Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC), Hollow Concrete Blocks (HCB), and Expanded Polystyrene (ESP). The thermal performance of small size (1 m × 1 m) different materials
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Comparative study on the feasibility of watertight face-sealed building joints under simulated wind-driven rain conditions Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2021-02-22 Stéphanie Van Linden; Nathan Van Den Bossche
ABSTRACT Although several field studies have indicated that water penetration can be expected through face-sealed joints over the lifespan of buildings, in particular, when sealed by means of construction sealant, face-sealed systems are still being applied by industry, e.g. precast concrete panels. Laboratory studies evaluating the concept of face-sealed joints are, however, limited. This study assesses
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Evaluating non-market costs of ICT involving data transmission in smart cities Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2021-01-15 Wenjing Yang; Patrick T. I. Lam
ABSTRACT Smart cities are spurred by rapid development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Cost justification has been a challenging but essential decision-making aspect for smart city projects. Whilst market costs are measurable, non-market costs are often obscure and even intangible. The adverse effects on individuals arising from ICT services are usually underestimated due to the
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Energy conservation assessment of traditional and modern houses in Sydney Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2021-01-08 Haider Albayyaa; Dharmappa Hagare; Swapan Saha
ABSTRACT This study simulates various residential housing construction scenarios, including improved and standard fibro, brick veneer, double brick and fibro with improved flooring. The total heating and cooling energy requirements for each scenario are simulated with a computer program to determine which one is most energy efficient. In the simulation models, construction types and passive solar and
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Distributed network-based structural health monitoring expert system Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-12-14 Bello Kontagora Nuhu; Ibrahim Aliyu; Mutiu Adesina Adegboye; Je Kyeong Ryu; Olayemi Mikail Olaniyi; Chang Gyoon Lim
ABSTRACT Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is a process of detecting damages to engineering structures. The goal of SHM is to improve both the safety and reliability of infrastructures such as buildings, bridges, and highways. Several efforts have been made to develop improved SHM systems. However, most of these studies only considered vibration as a monitoring parameter without incorporating expert
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Building information modelling application of material, water, and climate footprint analysis Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2021-01-04 Husam Sameer; Stefan Bringezu
ABSTRACT Buildings are considered major drivers of resource use and climate change. This has initiated the development of design tools that could better reflect the environmental performance of buildings. This article describes the extension of building information modelling (BIM) through the development of the sustainable resource application (SURAP) that can be used to determine the material, water
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Exploring membrane-assisted radiant cooling for designing comfortable naturally ventilated spaces in the tropics Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-11-25 Kian Wee Chen; Eric Teitelbaum; Forrest Meggers; Jovan Pantelic; Adam Rysanek
ABSTRACT This research proposes the use of membrane-assisted radiant panels to improve the thermal comfort of naturally ventilated spaces in hot and humid climates. These radiant panels are capable of conditioning naturally ventilated spaces, which is impractical with conventional mechanical cooling systems. For conventional systems, a permeable envelope will result in energy wastage from conditioned
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Physiological sensing-driven personal thermal comfort modelling in consideration of human activity variations Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-11-14 Jeehee Lee; Youngjib Ham
ABSTRACT As one of the representative parameters for human energy metabolism, the metabolic rate has been considered as the significant factor for occupants’ thermal comfort analyses. Despite the importance of metabolic rate as a predictor of thermal comfort modelling, prior works rely on uncertain metabolic rate estimation without considering actual activity variations while occupying a building.
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Green building and policy innovation in the US Low-Income Housing Tax Credit programme Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-11-14 Armin Yeganeh; Andrew P. McCoy; Georg Reichard; Todd Schenk; Steve Hankey
ABSTRACT This article analyses the integration of green building with the largest low-income housing production programme in the US and the innovativeness of state housing agencies. Drawing on policy innovation literature, panel data and regression analysis are employed to quantify associations between state-level characteristics and the adoption of green building criteria into the Low-Income Housing
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A proposed long-term thermal comfort scale Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-10-30 Sormeh Sharifi; Wasim Saman; Alemu Alemu; John Boland
ABSTRACT This study proposes a novel 10-point numerical scale to evaluate long-term thermal comfort satisfaction. The available scale that verbally evaluates the short-term thermal comfort is thermal sensation vote (TSV) and this has substituted for the long-term thermal comfort assessment. However, the TSV has been questioned by many studies due to the ambiguous, widely different interpretation of
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Valorization of economic effects from the programme of energy renovation of public buildings in Croatia Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-10-17 Davor Mikulić; Željko Lovrinčević; Damira Keček
ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to determine the socio-economic effects of investing in an energy-efficient renovation of public buildings in the Republic of Croatia. Valorization of economic effects is based on the gross value added and jobs that were induced by energy renovation. Analysis techniques of an open and closed input–output model were used for the quantification of multiplicative economic
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Quantifying airtightness in Brazilian residential buildings with focus on its contribution to thermal comfort Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-10-03 Lucelia Rodrigues; Renata Tubelo; Alan Vega Pasos; Joana Carla Soares Gonçalves; Christopher Wood; Mark Gillott
ABSTRACT Airtightness refers to the amount of air leakage through a building’s envelope. This uncontrolled exchange of air between inside and outside, either infiltration or exfiltration, may lead to thermal discomfort. Nevertheless, little or no attention has been given to airtightness in some countries including Brazil. In Brazil, a range of different strategies are suitable to achieve thermal comfort
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Efficient energy consumption prediction model for a data analytic-enabled industry building in a smart city Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-09-17 Sathishkumar V E; Changsun Shin; Yongyun Cho
ABSTRACT The fast development of urban advancement in the past decade requires reasonable and realistic solutions for transport, building infrastructure, natural conditions, and personal satisfaction in smart cities. This paper presents and explores predictive energy consumption models based on data-mining techniques for a smart small-scale steel industry in South Korea. Energy consumption data is
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Energy use optimization in ventilation of operating rooms during inactivity periods Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-09-12 Ana Tejero-González; Víctor M. DeFreitas-Barros-Galvão; Andrés M. Zarzuelo-Sánchez; Julio F. SanJosé-Alonso
Hospitals are highly energy-demanding buildings, where simple actuations can involve large savings. However, energy efficiency actions must comply with the high safety standards. Operating rooms demand continuous ventilation despite the short activity periods. Setback during non-occupation of the operating rooms can reduce ventilation loads but must not hinder indoor overpressure to avoid infiltrations
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A multi-dimensional energy-based analysis of neighbourhood sustainability assessment tools: are institutional indicators really missing? Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-09-09 Ayotunde Dawodu; Ali Cheshmehzangi; Ayyoob Sharifi
The popularity of Neighborhood Sustainability Assessment Tools (NSATs) has grown over the past decade, which has led to the replications of these tools in different regions but also their limitations. One of the most notable limitations is the inadequate recognition of the complexities of the institutional dimensions (i.e. policies, laws, and regulation) that contribute to mainstreaming and operationalizing
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Higher education students’ indoor environmental quality satisfaction benchmark Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-09-02 Suyeon Bae; Caren S. Martin; Abimbola O. Asojo
Post-occupancy evaluation is a well-known research method documenting occupants’ satisfaction with indoor environmental quality (IEQ) factors. Despite potentially significant roles of gender differences in IEQ satisfaction, it has not always been acknowledged by researchers and findings are debated. Through a self-administered questionnaire over nine years, students (n = 3140) in 11 different higher
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A policy knowledge- and reasoning-based method for data-analytic city policymaking Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-09-02 Sun-Young Ihm; Hye-Jin Lee; Eun-Ji Lee; Young-Ho Park
ABSTRACT Efforts are being directed towards the implementation of data analysis in various areas of policymaking. In many studies, data analysis has been conducted by applying scientific methods on objective data. However, very few studies have dealt with this aspect pragmatically, starting from the data collection stage. This paper presents knowledge and reasoning systems for establishing city policies
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Exploring transformative pedagogies for built environment disciplines: the case of interdisciplinarity in low carbon transition Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-08-26 Maurizio Sibilla; Esra Kurul
ABSTRACT The integration of transformative pedagogies into curricula is recognized as a strategy to deal with the new demands of complexity in learning, which include equipping future professionals with the necessary knowledge and skills to transition to a low carbon built environment. It requires a dedicated interdisciplinary learning environment. Creating this environment remains a challenge due
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Getting smarter about household energy: the who and what of demand for smart meters Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-08-25 Diego Castro Fettermann; Antonio Borriello; Andrea Pellegrini; Caroline G. Cavalcante; John M. Rose; Paul F. Burke
The development of policies promoting smart meter adoption is essential to guide the transition towards sustainable use of resources such as water, electricity and gas, as well as inform smart-city initiatives. This article explores household preferences in terms of different smart meters and identifies the amounts that households are willing to pay for different smart meter configurations to monitor
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A human-centred approach to smart housing Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-08-25 Philip Agee; Xinghua Gao; Frederick Paige; Andrew McCoy; Brian Kleiner
Smart buildings are complex systems, yet architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) professionals often perform their work without considering the human factors of building occupants. Traditionally, the AEC industry has employed a linear design and delivery approach. As buildings become smarter, the AEC industry must adapt. To maximize human well-being and the operational performance of smart
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A human-centred approach to smart housing Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-08-25 Philip Agee; Xinghua Gao; Frederick Paige; Andrew McCoy; Brian Kleiner
ABSTRACT Smart buildings are complex systems, yet architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) professionals often perform their work without considering the human factors of building occupants. Traditionally, the AEC industry has employed a linear design and delivery approach. As buildings become smarter, the AEC industry must adapt. To maximize human well-being and the operational performance
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Getting smarter about household energy: the who and what of demand for smart meters Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-08-25 Diego Castro Fettermann; Antonio Borriello; Andrea Pellegrini; Caroline G. Cavalcante; John M. Rose; Paul F. Burke
ABSTRACT The development of policies promoting smart meter adoption is essential to guide the transition towards sustainable use of resources such as water, electricity and gas, as well as inform smart-city initiatives. This article explores household preferences in terms of different smart meters and identifies the amounts that households are willing to pay for different smart meter configurations
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Adaptive behaviour and air conditioning use in Brazilian residential buildings Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-08-18 Greici Ramos; Roberto Lamberts; Karla C. F. J. Abrahão; Fernanda B. Bandeira; Carla Fernanda Barbosa Teixeira; Mariana Brito de Lima; Evandro Eduardo Broday; Adriana P. A. S. Castro; Lilianne de Queiroz Leal; Renata De Vecchi; Lizia De Moraes De Zorzi; Kelen A. Dornelles; Silvia Duarte; Renata G. Faisca; Marília Fontenelle; Thyago Freitas; Camila Gregorio Atem; Giane Grigoletti; Liliane Maciel; Clélia
This paper aims to understand and characterize occupant behaviour from a perspective of air conditioner (AC) usage. Therefore, it analyses data collected via a questionnaire applied throughout the Brazilian territory, which resulted in 3,259 valid answers explored by non-parametric statistical methods. The main results obtained were: (i) 89% of interviewed occupants prefer naturally ventilated environments
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Cognitive response and how it is affected by changes in temperature Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-08-10 İlker Erkan
This study focused on ambient temperature and investigated how it affects architectural liking. In total, 180 volunteers participated in the study. Participants travelled in a virtual reality environment at three different temperatures (15°C, 22°C, 30°C). All other physical interior features (such as moisture, sound, and odour) were eliminated for the study; the main objective was to test the effect
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Factors influencing existing medium-sized commercial building energy retrofits to achieve the net zero energy goal in the United States Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-08-03 Ming Hu; David Milner
Despite the increased awareness of benefits and opportunities resulting from energy retrofits, there is a lack of information regarding the factors influencing the success of energy retrofits – especially deep energy retrofits – aiming to achieve a net zero energy goal. The aim of this study is to identify factors and variables that could contribute to the successful implementation of energy retrofit
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Indoor environmental quality factors that matter to workplace occupants: an 11-year-benchmark study Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-07-27 Suyeon Bae; Caren S. Martin; Abimbola O. Asojo
Post-occupancy evaluations (POE) have been often used to study user satisfaction with office environments. More recently, POEs have been recognized for documenting occupant well-being and responses to 26 indoor environmental quality (IEQ) factors that incorporate sustainable design guidelines such as thermal, lighting, and acoustic conditions. The Sustainable Post-Occupancy Evaluation Surveys (SPOES)
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Incremental transformation of spatial intelligence from smart systems to sensorial infrastructures Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-07-24 Serdar Erişen
ABSTRACT In addition to the scalability of new computation technologies considering their potentials and limitations, recent applications of embedded computation ensure its possible uses in the scope of urban computing and policymaking strategies. This study examines methods of crowdsourcing with the aim of incremental transformation of the built environment through the experimental exploration of
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Mapping the dynamics of China’s prefabricated building policies from 1956 to 2019: a bibliometric analysis Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-07-20 Yuna Wang; Xiaolong Xue; Tao Yu; Yaowu Wang
ABSTRACT Compared to buildings constructed in situ, prefabricated buildings (PBs) offer many environmental benefits in terms of carbon emissions, energy consumption, material consumption, and waste generation. To mitigate adverse impacts by the building sector on the environment, PBs have been widely applied in many countries. Although PB policies (PBPs) have played a significant role in guiding, supporting
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Towards a holistic approach for assessing the impact of IEQ on satisfaction, health, and productivity Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-07-14 Melanie Franke; Claudia Nadler
While there is broad evidence of the impact of tangible factors (i.e. room temperature, indoor air quality) on work well-being and productivity, the objective measurement of intangible factors (i.e. ergonomics and privacy) is still an under-researched subject. A holistic approach to indoor environmental quality (IEQ) has been developed in this study by combining the research dimensions of IEQ factors
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Towards a smart campus: supporting campus decisions with Internet of Things applications Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-07-07 Bart Valks; Monique H. Arkesteijn; Alexander Koutamanis; Alexandra C. den Heijer
ABSTRACT At universities worldwide, creating a ‘smart campus’ is gaining significance. This is a response to the increasingly dynamic use of the campus and the pressure on resources: energy, financial and human resources. The university community has become more mobile, student numbers more unpredictable and funding more uncertain. Consequently, campus strategies focus on resource efficiency and sharing
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Developing an autonomous psychological behaviour of virtual user to atypical architectural geometry Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-07-05 Young Lim Lee; Yungil Lee
ABSTRACT In order to meet increasing social demand for atypical buildings and spaces, architects must be able to design an atypically shaped building. However, such design outcomes and processes often ignore the central element of architecture—namely, the human factor. In this context, virtual users (VUsers) are regarded as a suitable solution to this problem. In the previous field research, we investigated
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Trusted data infrastructure for smart cities: a blockchain perspective Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 Yonggui Fu; Jianming Zhu
ABSTRACT It is very important to improve the operation and management efficiency of data and network for the construction of smart cities. The current trust infrastructure in smart cities shows obvious shortcomings, accordingly, this paper proposed the idea of applying blockchain to smart city systems and as their trust infrastructure. The research method is: firstly, the network architecture and data
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Person anomaly detection-based videos surveillance system in urban integrated pipe gallery Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-06-22 Laisong Kang; Shifeng Liu; Hankun Zhang; Daqing Gong
ABSTRACT The integrated pipe gallery, also known as urban lifeline, is a significant content of the smart city. While the video surveillance system is a crucial part of the integrated pipe gallery, which provides a basis for the construction of smart city. Due to the large amount of video data, manual monitoring is a time-consuming and laborious task. To address the above problems, we propose a neural
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Testing the relationship between objective indoor environment quality and subjective experiences of comfort Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-06-09 Michael J. Roskams; Barry P. Haynes
At present, workplace researchers lack a suitable methodology for combining objective indoor environmental quality (IEQ) data with repeated subjective assessments of comfort in real offices. To address this gap, we conducted a study at two office sites. Four IEQ parameters (carbon dioxide, temperature, humidity, and illuminance) were continuously monitored at each site, and brief environmental comfort
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Holistic indoor environmental quality assessment as a driver in early building design Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-06-04 Lasse Rohde; R. L. Jensen; O. K. Larsen; K. T. Jønsson; T. S. Larsen
Research and practice agree that decisions taken early in a project have a higher impact and are less costly. Current building performance assessment methods are not suited to accommodate the responsiveness required for early design processes and are often used for validation in the later stages where the feedback has little design impact. Tools developed specifically for early-stage Design Decision
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Graph-based network generation and CCTV processing techniques for fire evacuation Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-05-29 Jack C. P. Cheng; Keyu Chen; Peter Kok-Yiu Wong; Weiwei Chen; Chun Ting Li
ABSTRACT Evacuation navigation in emergencies such as fires is one of the most important operational considerations for a building. The large and complicated interior spaces, as well as the intensive population significantly increase the difficulty of fire evacuation in large-scale buildings. The environmental changes such as the spread of a fire and the flow of evacuees exacerbate the difficulties
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Graph-based network generation and CCTV processing techniques for fire evacuation Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-05-29 Jack C. P. Cheng; Keyu Chen; Peter Kok-Yiu Wong; Weiwei Chen; Chun Ting Li
Evacuation navigation in emergencies such as fires is one of the most important operational considerations for a building. The large and complicated interior spaces, as well as the intensive population significantly increase the difficulty of fire evacuation in large-scale buildings. The environmental changes such as the spread of a fire and the flow of evacuees exacerbate the difficulties of fire
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Method for evaluating the snagging propensity of roofing membranes in buildings by roosting bats Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-05-20 E. A. Essah; S. J. Russell; S. D. Waring; J. Ferguson; C. Williams; K. Walsh; S. Dyer; R. Raynor
ABSTRACT Many buildings suitable as bat roosts contain synthetic roofing materials, hereafter referred to as Non-Bitumen Coated Roofing Membranes (NBCRMs) – this includes Breathable Roofing Membranes (BRMs) and non-Permeable Roofing Membranes (nPRMs), rather than 1F felts. Building regulations require all construction materials to be fit for purpose, but some BRMs (although appropriate for their intended
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Natural ventilation usability under climate change in Canada and the United States Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-05-18 Sara Gilani; William O’Brien
Natural ventilation can be incorporated into buildings to decrease energy use and the associated greenhouse gas emissions of buildings. However, mechanical cooling has largely replaced natural ventilation in commercial buildings in Canada and the US. This study evaluates the potential for natural ventilation under climate change. To this end, a typical office space in a mixed-mode building in 14 cities
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Disruptive information exchange requirements in construction projects: perception and response patterns Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-05-03 Hamid Abdirad; Carrie S. Dossick; Brian R. Johnson; Giovanni Migliaccio
ABSTRACT The current proliferation of custom information exchange initiatives in projects disrupts information exchange routines of design and construction firms. This paper investigates how firms perceive, interpret, and act upon information exchange requirements that do not align with their existing routines. This case study examines a construction project for which the owner specified highly custom
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Productive interactions to exchange knowledge in healthcare building design Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-05-02 Margo Annemans; Ann Heylighen
Architects and healthcare organizations involved in designing healthcare environments highly value insights gained through research to inform their practice. Obtaining research funding increasingly presupposes economic and/or societal value of research outcomes. Our study aims to gain a nuanced understanding of what knowledge transfer in an inter- and transdisciplinary context, like healthcare building
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Occupants’ comfort and stress indices in a structural timber school building in the Northeast US in different seasons Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2019-09-12 Timothy O. Adekunle
The study examines stress indices and occupants’ comfort in a cross-laminated timber school building in the Northeast US in different seasons. The case study has won different awards for its sustainability credentials and use of structural timber for the construction. The environmental parameters were measured in the cold and warm periods. Thermal comfort models were applied to evaluate the occupants’
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Human stress responses in office-like environments with wood furniture Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2019-09-04 Michael David Burnard; Andreja Kutnar
ABSTRACT Stress is a major public health concern and work stress is a contributor to both acute and chronic stress. Moreover, most people spend the majority of their time indoors. It follows that the design of office spaces and other interior environments should consider the health impacts of individuals in terms of psychophysiological responses to stress. In this way, buildings can act as an environmental
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Impact of occupants’ demographics on indoor environmental quality satisfaction in the workplace Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2019-06-19 Suyeon Bae; Abimbola O. Asojo; Caren S. Martin
Post-Occupancy Evaluations are used to study occupants’ well-being and subjective responses to indoor environmental quality (IEQ), including factors such as thermal, lighting, and acoustic conditions. In this research, a large-scale study analysed 2275 occupants’ responses from 30 workplace buildings across nine years to explore the diverse impacts of demographic factors on IEQ satisfaction. The Sustainable
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Hospital ward temperatures related to hypothermic risk in orthopaedic patients Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2019-10-15 S. Goodhew; J. M. Latour; J. Duthie; H. Shirreff; P. Riddlestone; J. Metcalfe; M. Fox
This paper presents an exploration of the relationship between ward air temperature, radiative effects and hypothermic risk in elderly male orthopaedic patients admitted to a clinical ward in a university hospital. Five bed spaces have their air temperature measured alongside appropriately chosen periods of time-lapse thermography used to assess the probably mean radiative influences. Associated patient
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Multisensory stress reduction: a neuro-architecture study of paediatric waiting rooms Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2019-05-16 Juan Luis Higuera-Trujillo; Carmen Llinares Millán; Antoni Montañana i Aviñó; Juan-Carlos Rojas
The implementation of environmental satisfaction sources in the design of a health centre is a means to achieve stress reduction. The present work analyses the effect that these sources have on the stress reduction of patients’ companions in a paediatric service. A two-phase study was carried out. During the first phase, 120 participants assessed 20 waiting rooms in situ in order to select the environmental
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The roles of cancer care facilities in users’ well-being Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2019-06-03 Pleuntje Jellema; Margo Annemans; Ann Heylighen
The experience of cancer patients often includes numerous consultations and procedures taking place in a variety of (cancer) care facilities. Relatives and care professionals play a part and have unique perspectives. This article describes the roles cancer care facilities play in the well-being of patients, relatives, and care professionals, and identifies spatial aspects contributing to these roles
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Exploring views on communal amenities and well-being in housing for seniors in Taiwan Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2019-10-16 Julie Chia-Ping Chen; Lucky Shin-Jyun Tsaih; Yu-Fen Li
The aim of this study was to learn views from healthcare practitioners and the general public for housing communal amenities that could best support senior well-being for ageing in place. The literature review identified 30 popular communal amenities and was tested via a questionnaire survey conducted in Taiwan. Participants (N = 759) evaluated the importance level of the proposed amenities with five-point
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Enforcement of acoustic performance assessment in residential buildings and occupant satisfaction Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-03-29 Ayça Şentop Dümen; Nurgün Tamer Bayazıt
ABSTRACT ISO/NP TS 19488 constitutes a basis for classifying residential buildings according to their acoustic performance. The new Turkish Regulation defines the minimum requirements for all building types and introduces a similar classification scheme. This paper aims to contribute to the applicability discussions by clarifying and testing the methodology that is to be pursued in order to verify
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Participatory design in refugee camps: comparison of different methods and visualization tools Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-03-24 Dima Albadra; Z. Elamin; K. Adeyeye; E. Polychronaki; D. A. Coley; J. Holley; A. Copping
ABSTRACT Shelters for the displaced can suffer from socio-cultural incompatibility and significant levels of occupant dissatisfaction. Participatory design (PD) is known to help reduce such issues. This is the first study to investigate the effectiveness of different PD methods at engaging and capturing users’ needs for shelter design in refugee camps. It also aimed to identify which visualization
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Utilization of an evaporative air cooler to achieve thermal comfort in Thailand Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-03-24 Sudaporn Sudprasert
Evaporative air coolers are widely accepted for outdoor use in the tropical climates of Thailand. However, their contribution to achieving indoor thermal comfort is still undetermined. The purposes of this study are to determine the thermal comfort level achieved by evaporative air coolers and identify variables affecting thermal comfort when using an evaporative air cooler indoors in the tropical
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An integral view of innovation in hospital building design: understanding the context of the research/practice gap Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-03-22 Anahita Sal Moslehian; Tuba Kocaturk; Richard Tucker
Despite the undeniable need for enhancements in hospital building design, there remain issues in the transition of and translation from research to innovation. While the literature highlights the Research/Practice gap as the prime obstacle, the interplay between research and other variables impacting design innovation remains unclear. This paper aims to understand the innovation system in hospital
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Detection of defects in building walls using modified OptD method for down-sampling of point clouds Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-03-09 Czesław Suchocki; Wioleta Błaszczak-Bąk; Joanna Janicka; Andrzej Dumalski
ABSTRACT Terrestrial laser scanning is a simple and nondestructive method for the high-accuracy, three-dimensional mapping of buildings and structures. It yields a high-resolution point cloud, allowing for comprehensive and reliable diagnosis of the target building. However, there are difficulties in processing such large datasets. Commercial software typically reduces the datasets using random methods
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Thermographic imaging for early detection of biocolonization on buildings Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2020-03-09 Stéphanie Eyssautier-Chuine; Kamel Mouhoubi; Fany Reffuveille; Jean-Luc Bodnar
ABSTRACT Biofilms developed on historical heritage buildings are made of various microbial communities settled and anchored in a substrate. They provide a good medium to the development of macroscopic vegetation which causes irreversible and physical damage to stone structure. Infrared thermography (IRT) measurements have been performed in laboratory scale to investigate the applicability of this non-destructive
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Detecting failures in conservation practice in relation to cultural significance: the case of heritage buildings in Khartoum Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2019-08-29 Dalia Adil Attia; I. Maarouf; D. Taha; D. Nassar
Heritage buildings are valuable assets to the community. Thus, they require continuous monitoring to preserve their values. But, in many cases, these values are influenced negatively due to improper interventions. Cultural heritage significance is a core value that should be preserved. Therefore, this study focuses on examining the impact of physical alterations on this value to detect the failures
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Combination of nadiral and oblique UAV photogrammetry and HBIM for the virtual reconstruction of cultural heritage. Case study of Cortijo del Fraile in Níjar, Almería (Spain) Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2019-06-20 Patricio Martínez-Carricondo; Fernando Carvajal-Ramírez; Lourdes Yero-Paneque; Francisco Agüera-Vega
Historic Building Information Modelling (HBIM) is the most effective method of rebuilding virtual 3D models of heritage buildings, and constitutes a new information management system in the field of cultural heritage interventions. In this study, photogrammetry based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV photogrammetry) was applied as an alternative to Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) for the development
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Self-cleaning and colour-preserving efficiency of photocatalytic concrete: case study of the Jubilee Church in Rome Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2019-06-05 Luciano Cardellicchio
The Jubilee Church in the south-eastern outskirts of Rome is one of the first buildings constructed with super white reinforced concrete with self-cleaning photocatalytic cement. However, 16 years after the opening of the building, the self-cleaning and colour-preserving properties arising from the titania particles (TiO2) within the concrete mix are not meeting the design requirements and the concrete
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Assessment of nanoparticles/nanocomposites to inhibit micro-algal fouling on limestone façades Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2019-05-16 Javier Becerra; Pilar Ortiz; Ana P. Zaderenko; Ioannis Karapanagiotis
This study conducted a comparison between biocide treatments based on nanoparticles of silver, copper, ZnO, TiO2 and silver/ TiO2 nanocomposites to analyse their capability to inhibit microalgal fouling on stone buildings. Biofouling is one of the main alterations on stone façades, causes degradation of their constituent materials and interferes with their aesthetic values. The proposed treatments
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Service life prediction and environmental exposure conditions of timber claddings in South Chile Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2019-06-27 A. J. Prieto; A. Silva
In this research, a methodology for the service life prediction of external timber claddings is proposed and discussed. The proposed model is based on the visual assessment of 110 timber claddings, subjected to real exposure conditions. The claddings under analysis belong to 80 buildings, with and without heritage characteristics, located in Valdivia and Niebla, South Chile. Timber claddings are a
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Analysis of building maintenance requests using a text mining approach: building services evaluation Build. Res. Inf. (IF 3.887) Pub Date : 2019-05-16 Rafaela Bortolini; Núria Forcada
End users’ maintenance requests gathered from computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) configure a rich source of information to evaluate the occupants’ satisfaction and the building systems. Nevertheless, the non-standardized data gathered from CMMS makes it difficult to carry out analytics. This paper presents a text mining approach to extract information from end users’ maintenance requests
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