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2018 (English)In: Sustainability in Energy and Buildings 2018: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference in Sustainability on Energy and Buildings (SEB’18) / [ed] Prasad Kaparaju, Robert J. Howlett, John Littlewood, Chandima Ekanyake, Ljubo Vlacic, Springer, 2018, p. 12-20Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Evaluation of carbon impacts during building design has for too long unilaterally focused on the operational carbon impacts through the application of Energy Efficiency Measures (EEMs), e.g. enhancing the thermal resistance of the building envelope by using additional insulations, Window to Wall Ratio (WWR) etc. Research indicates that there is a need to also include the embodied carbon impacts and optimizing the trade-off between embodied and operational carbon impacts. Multi-objective optimization approaches can be a solution for handling this trade-off. Therefore, a previously developed BIM-based multi-objective optimization approach has been extended to also cover the impact of the carbon footprint. The extended optimization approach was then tested in a case study of a multifamily residential building located in Stockholm to find the optimal design solutions of the embodied versus operational carbon impact trade-off. The results of the case study demonstrate the applicability of the extended approach in handling the trade-off problem and aiding in more environmentally friendly decisions during the design process.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer, 2018
Series
Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, ISSN 2190-3018, E-ISSN 2190-3026 ; 131
Keywords
Embodied carbon impact, Genetic algorithms, Life cycle carbon impact, Multi-objective optimization, Operational carbon impact, Trade-off
National Category
Construction Management
Research subject
Construction Management and Building Technology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-72857 (URN)10.1007/978-3-030-04293-6_2 (DOI)000770798200002 ()2-s2.0-85059081312 (Scopus ID)
Conference
10th International Conference on Sustainability and Energy in Buildings, SEB 2018, Gold Coast, Australia, 24-26 June, 2018
Note
ISBN för värdpublikation: 978-3-030-04292-9, 978-3-030-04293-6
2019-02-122019-02-122023-05-08Bibliographically approved