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What are the reasons for the limited utilization of sustainable materials in construction, despite many ongoing investigations and research aimed at achieving significant advancements in the sustainable construction sector?
What are the key factors influencing the adoption and implementation of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in sustainable construction projects, and how do these factors impact project performance and outcomes? This question explores the intersection of BIM technology and sustainable construction practices, focusing on the challenges and benefits associated with their integration into the construction industry.
What are the possible areas can I do my PhD program in construction management/sustainable construction.
How to develop sustainable modern urban agglomerations according to the green smart city model with the application of Industry 4.0 technologies, including Big Data and artificial intelligence technologies, and in accordance with the concept of sustainable economic development, the principles of green economic transformation, circular economy, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, development of urban parks and other green areas, self-sufficiency in energy and food production, environmental and climate social responsibility, etc.?
An important attribute of a modern agglomeration developed in accordance with the green smart city model is also the consideration of low greenhouse gas emissions, minimization of energy and resource consumption, minimization of the agglomeration's negative impact on the environment, on the surrounding biosphere and climate. Accordingly, agglomerations developed according to the green smart city should also become increasingly low-emission, energy-intensive and more neutral to the planet's biosphere and climate.
Urban development taking place according to the green smart city concept should also take into account the sustainable economic development of the urban agglomeration, which takes into account the principles of green economic transformation, the circular economy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and maximizing the issue of self-sufficiency in energy and food production. In terms of achieving energy self-sufficiency, the development of renewable and emission-free energy sources can be helpful. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions can be achieved not only through the development of renewable and zero-emission energy sources, but also by insulating the facades of existing buildings to reduce energy intensity, and through the development of means of transportation within the framework of public urban transportation, taking into account electromobility and hydrogen-powered transportation. On the other hand, achieving self-sufficiency in food production can be helped by vertical vegetable and fruit crops created in abandoned office buildings and factory halls, as well as in new multi-story buildings created specifically for this purpose.
In addition to this, an important issue in achieving zero-carbon cities is to take into account the carbon footprint of not only the built housing blocks, office buildings, market halls, shopping centers, factory halls, public administration and public service buildings, etc., but also the greenhouse gas emissions emitted during the construction of the said housing developments, buildings, office buildings, halls, etc. As a result, there will probably be more than once issues to be resolved regarding the choice of less-emitting options, in which one will have to choose either to revitalize, insulate the exterior façade, install photovoltaic panels, etc. on existing buildings, or rather to demolish them and build new ones in their place, in which more modern construction, energy and material technologies, etc. will be used, ensuring greater durability, lower emissions and energy efficiency or even zero-energy efficiency of the new buildings.
In order to reduce the negative impact of urban agglomeration on the biosphere, it is essential to build wastewater treatment plants for rivers leaving the cities, and to establish water purification systems for ponds, lakes and other water bodies located in the city area or its suburbs. In order to reduce emissions, improve air quality, increase humidity and reduce air temperature, it is essential to create additional urban parks and other green areas. In the situation of limited space that can be allocated for the creation of additional green areas, urban parks, flower meadows, etc., an optional solution is the creation of many so-called pocket parks, i.e. parks and other green areas occupying small areas, which were created after removing parts of previously too extensive created concrete sidewalks, asphalt roadways, paved with concrete cubes squares, etc.
In view of the above, sustainable, modern urban agglomerations developed according to the green smart city model with the application of Industry 4.0 technologies, including Big Data and artificial intelligence technologies, should also be developed in accordance with the concept of sustainable economic development, the principles of green economy transformation, circular economy, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, development of urban parks and other green areas, self-sufficiency in energy and food production, environmental and climate social responsibility, etc.
Key aspects of the negative effects of the progressive process of global warming and the associated necessary acceleration of the processes of green transformation of the economy in order to decarbonize the economy, slow down the process of global warming, protect the climate, biosphere and biodiversity of the planet's natural ecosystems I described in the article:
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT AS A KEY ELEMENT OF THE PRO-ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE ECONOMY TOWARDS GREEN ECONOMY AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY
I described the applications of Big Data technologies in sentiment analysis, business analytics and risk management in my co-authored article:
APPLICATION OF DATA BASE SYSTEMS BIG DATA AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SOFTWARE IN INTEGRATED RISK MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIZATION
I described the key issues of opportunities and threats to the development of artificial intelligence technology in my article below:
OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS AND THE NEED FOR NORMATIVE REGULATION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT
In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:
How to develop sustainable, modern urban agglomerations according to the green smart city model with the application of Industry 4.0 technologies, including Big Data and artificial intelligence technologies, and in accordance with the concept of sustainable economic development, the principles of green economy transformation, circular economy, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, development of urban parks and other green areas, self-sufficiency in energy and food production, environmental and climate social responsibility, etc.?
How to develop green smart city with the application of Industry 4.0 technologies and the concept of sustainable economic development?
What do you think about this topic?
What is your opinion on this issue?
Please answer,
I invite everyone to join the discussion,
Thank you very much,
Best wishes,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
The above text is entirely my own work written by me on the basis of my research.
In writing this text, I did not use other sources or automatic text generation systems.
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Among other things, is the new sustainable construction a return to the old, first construction techniques based on the use of natural building materials like wood, straw and clay?
Among other things, is the new sustainable construction that is an important part of the green transformation of the economy a return to the old, original construction techniques based on the use of natural building materials like wood, straw and clay?
Sustainable construction, which involves the use of environmentally and climate-friendly and highly energy-efficient or zero-energy building materials, is one of several key segments of the ongoing green economy transformation process to build a zero-carbon, sustainable, green circular economy. In recent years, many examples of construction have been appearing, confirming the thesis that the new sustainable construction is, among other things, a return to the old, first construction techniques based on the use of natural building materials such as wood, straw and clay. In view of the above, the return to the old first construction technologies, such as the use of straw, wood, waste paper, lumber waste, in addition to sand, rock and clay in sustainable construction is therefore an important element of the green sustainable closed loop economy.
In terms of sustainable construction materials, among other things, partially processed raw materials of natural origin such as particle board and prefabricated building insulation products made from straw, waste paper, lumber waste, etc. are also used. In addition, clay is used to produce clay plaster, which can be an excellent substitute for traditional plaster.
The level of fire resistance of such building materials is also an important issue. When straw is compressed, combined with other materials and used as an insulating material it has a flammability class of S i.e. comparable to Styrofoam. In contrast, slabs, materials made from compressed straw when covered by other materials with a much lower flammability rating then the building can be highly resistant to fires. This kind of sustainable construction has been growing rapidly in some countries in recent years. In France, for example, there are already more than 10,000 buildings insulated with prefabricated products made from straw.
I am conducting research on this issue. I have included the conclusions of my research in the following article:
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT AS A KEY ELEMENT OF THE PRO-ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE ECONOMY TOWARDS GREEN ECONOMY AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY
In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:
Is the new sustainable construction, which is an important element of the green transformation of the economy, among other things, a return to the old, original construction techniques based on the use of natural building materials like wood, straw and clay?
Is the new sustainable construction, among other things, a return to the old, primary construction techniques based on the use of natural building materials like wood, straw and clay?
Is the new sustainable construction, among other things, a return to the old, first construction techniques?
What do you think on this topic?
What is your opinion on this issue?
Please answer,
I invite everyone to join the discussion,
Thank you very much,
Best regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
The above text is entirely my own work written by me on the basis of my research.
In writing this text I did not use other sources or automatic text generation systems.
Copyright by Dariusz Prokopowicz
How can urban green areas be developed, turn large areas of concrete and asphalt into urban parks, implement new ICT and Industry 4.0/5.0 information technologies into computerized urban agglomeration management systems, and thus transform current cities into modern agglomerations developing according to the green smart city model?
Today, there are already opportunities to develop urban green areas as part of the green transformation of the economy, to turn large areas of concrete and asphalt into urban parks, to implement new ICT and Industry 4.0/5.0 information technologies into computerized urban agglomeration management systems and thus transform current cities into modern agglomerations developing according to the green smart city model. Developing urban green areas generates many positive effects for the residents of an urban agglomeration, including both humans and animals living in urban parks. The issue of developing urban green areas has increased in importance due to the occurrence of increasingly frequent and severe periods of drought and heat during the summer season. The replacement of areas covered with concrete or asphalt with green areas results in a significant drop in air temperature and increased humidity, which is especially important during the summer heat. In many cities in recent years, the levels of maximum air temperatures have steadily increased from year to year. During such periods, the scale of citizens' use of cooling equipment has strongly increased, resulting in a large increase in demand for electricity. In addition, during periods of drought, some citizens used tap water to water their home lawns. This caused a decline in the city's drinking water reserves. As a result, some cities are implementing restrictions on the use of water from municipal water supplies. The bans mainly concern the use of water from municipal water supplies for watering lawns, washing cars and filling swimming pools. Besides, the development of urban green areas promotes the population of pollinating insects, including honey bees, whose numbers are rapidly declining due to the excessive and improper use by farmers of pesticides and other chemical pesticides, the use of which poisons, wiping out bees and other pollinating insects. Besides, increasing urban green areas improves air quality, which is often still polluted by emissions from the process of burning fossil fuels, burning motor fuels in motor vehicles, production processes carried out in industrial plants located near urban agglomerations. Increased areas of urban parks also allow city residents to spend their leisure time in conditions similar to the natural environment, and are a place for convalescence, rest, physical and sports activities, etc. In addition, flower gardens, ponds, botanical gardens and zoos can be created in city parks, which are additional assets for improving urban living conditions, and also can serve children and young people as important elements for supporting nature, ecology, environment, climate education, etc. On the other hand, the implementation of new ICT and Industry 4.0/5.0 information technologies into computerized urban agglomeration management systems, combined with the application of the goals of sustainable development and green transformation, makes it possible to transform cities into modern agglomerations developing in accordance with the green smart city model.
In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:
How can urban green areas be developed, turn large areas of concrete and asphalt into urban parks, implement new ICT and Industry 4.0/5.0 information technologies into computerized urban agglomeration management systems and thus transform current cities into modern agglomerations developing in accordance with the green smart city model?
How can urban green areas be developed and current cities transformed into green smart cities?
And what is your opinion on this topic?
What is your opinion on this issue?
Please answer,
I invite everyone to join the discussion,
Thank you very much,
Best wishes,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
The above text is entirely my own work written by me on the basis of my research.
In writing this text I did not use other sources or automatic text generation systems.
Copyright by Dariusz Prokopowicz
The survey aims to identify the essential criteria and implementation barriers for sustainable construction in Nigeria. The survey outcome could assist the relevant construction stakeholders in improving related practices. Your participation in this survey is vital in determining the relevant criteria essential for sustainable construction in Nigeria. We guarantee that all data obtained during this survey will be treated with the utmost confidentiality. Your feedback is precious and would be appreciated. Kindly use the link provided below.
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Which green technologies and eco-innovations will make it possible to achieve significant energy savings and zero-emission buildings still in this decade?
Which green technologies and eco-innovations will make it possible to achieve significant energy savings for existing buildings and to make buildings zero-emission in the decade ahead and to build zero-energy buildings powered by renewable and zero-emission energy sources? Which green technologies and eco-innovations will be used most in terms of developing sustainable, zero-energy and zero-emission green buildings?
The energy crisis of 2022, the climate crisis determined by the accelerating global warming process and the increasingly emerging smog in cities are the main determinants for the development of sustainable, zero-energy and zero-emission green building. In the perspective of a few decades, practically every investment that significantly improves the issue of energy efficiency and zero-emission should be included in the implementation of the green building transformation process. The basis for this kind of thesis, which plays a key role in climate, energy and environmental policy, is the pursuit of sustainable development goals, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, combating the ongoing process of global warming, limiting the scale of biodiversity decline and other environmental policy objectives. Besides, among the important objectives for the implementation of the green transformation of the economy, including the green transformation of the building industry, is the reduction of consumption, i.e. the scale of fossil fuel combustion, and the conversion of energy sources supplying heat and electricity to buildings from sources based on dirty combustion energy to renewable and emission-free energy sources. In this way, the development of sustainable green buildings with a high level of energy savings, low energy consumption and low or zero carbon emissions could be one of several key factors not only in the context of building a green, sustainable, zero-carbon closed loop economy, but also in terms of energy independence and a high level of energy security, which could be important in the future if further energy crises were to reoccur. In addition to this, an additional positive effect of the green transformation carried out in the construction industry will also be an improvement in air quality. In the European Union, the building industry, including unsustainable, energy-intensive construction, generates 40 per cent of energy consumption and is responsible for 36 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions. The European Union is therefore planning to accelerate the process of the ongoing green transformation of the economy, including the green transformation of the construction industry. One important element of the green transformation of the building industry is the thermal modernisation of existing buildings, which makes it possible to reduce energy consumption, including fossil fuels, by at least half. Existing, in-service buildings should be energy retrofitted by insulating them, modernising building facades by adding additional layers of materials to prevent heat loss from buildings, and equipping them with new renewable and carbon-free energy sources. On the other hand, newly constructed residential, office, industrial and other facilities should be built using new green building technologies and eco-innovations in materials, energy and others so that they are characterised by a high level of energy efficiency and zero-carbon. In view of the above, over the next few years all buildings in the European Union are to be significantly improved in terms of thermal energy consumption and zero carbon buildings should be achieved as soon as possible.
In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:
Which green technologies and eco-innovations will make it possible to achieve significant energy consumption savings for existing buildings and zero-carbon buildings still in the current decade and to build zero-energy buildings powered by renewable and zero-carbon energy sources? Which green technologies and eco-innovations will be used to the greatest extent in developing sustainable, zero-energy and zero-emission green buildings?
What do you think about it?
What is your opinion on this subject?
Please respond,
I invite you all to discuss,
Thank you very much,
Warm regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
How are urban agglomerations coping with water shortages and increasingly frequent periods of drought caused by progressive global warming?
The effects of progressive global warming include increasingly higher average air temperatures, record high temperatures recorded annually during the summer heat waves, longer and more severe periods of drought, and rivers, lakes and wells drying up. Drought is becoming an increasingly serious problem in agriculture. In some regions of the world, crop production is already declining due to increasingly frequent periods of drought. In metropolitan areas, too, increasingly frequent heat and drought are generating a number of serious problems. Many urban agglomerations lack clean water and rivers are heavily polluted. As a result, in some cities restrictions are being imposed on water use beyond food and sanitation purposes. For example, watering lawns may be allowed once a week in some cities. During periods of drought, total bans are imposed on watering lawns and washing cars from clean running water intakes. In addition, during hot weather in the situation of large areas of concrete and small areas of green space, the lack of urban parks in metropolitan areas, the air temperature rises strongly. In the situation of lack of water and strong heating of concrete surfaces, living conditions in urban agglomerations deteriorate significantly. In addition, in a situation of underdeveloped renewable energy sources and thermal power generation based on dirty fossil fuel combustion energy and a large number of internal combustion cars, smog characterized by strong air pollution from toxic wastes of combustion processes is increasingly appearing. As a result, some residents of large urban areas are moving out of city centers to the outskirts of cities, suburbs or the countryside. This is fostered by the development of remote work provided via the Internet. However, problems related to the shortage of clean water are steadily worsening. In the long term, it is necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to slow down the ongoing process of global warming. In view of the increasingly serious problems caused by scarcity of clean water, city governments are introducing new solutions for reducing water consumption.
In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of researchers and scientists:
How are urban agglomerations coping with water shortages and increasingly frequent periods of drought caused by ongoing global warming?
What does this issue look like in your city?
What is your opinion on this issue?
Please answer,
I invite everyone to join the discussion,
Thank you very much,
Warm regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
For sustainable construction activity a replacement of concrete as a construction material is becoming important than ever before. Almost 5 to 6 percent of carbon dioxide gases are attributed to cement industry alone and this is one of the biggest contributor to the pollution and carbon footprint. In addition to this the consumption of energy in making concrete and laying at site will further lead to carbon emissions. Life cycle use of concrete may further add to the consumption of energy.
The time has come when we need to focus on the alternate material of concrete which will have less carbon foot print and sustainable.
In the context of the current energy crisis, rising property prices in conurbations and the climate crisis which is also developing in the long term, the following question is becoming increasingly topical:
With which technologies can a climate-neutral, zero-carbon and energy autonomous residential building be built?
How can a home be built that is resilient to current and future energy crises?
Is it possible to build a house that is resilient to the energy crisis and also to the negative effects of the ongoing climate crisis?
What is your opinion on this topic?
Please reply,
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Thank you very much,
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Dariusz Prokopowicz
What role in the shaping of citizens' pro-environmental attitudes and the implementation of pro-environmental and pro-climate measures do local government units play?
What arguments can you give in support of the thesis that local government units play an important role in shaping citizens' pro-environmental attitudes and implementing pro-environmental and pro-climate undertakings.
What examples can you give of pro-environmental measures and pro-climate projects implemented and/or coordinated by local government units?
For example, do the local and regional authorities you know develop waste segregation programmes, expand green areas in cities, build municipal and/or other wastewater treatment plants, organise events to raise pro-environmental and pro-climate awareness among citizens, create flower meadows on city lawns, promote and develop electromobility on city public bus transport, subsidise the purchase of hydrogen-powered buses, etc.?
Please reply,
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Thank you very much,
Regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
Which method is most efficient for mortar removal from RCA?
Do construction professionals (especially construction managers, project managers and quantity surveyors) need environmental sustainability competencies?
Looking at how the construction activities affect the environment and yes we have environmental engineers but wouldn't it be good to have construction professionals that are also aware of the environmental impacts/issues, especially during the construction, operation and demolition phases.
Assistance will be appreciated.
Hi,
While each of the 4 main criteria can include many sub-criteria, this question is about how companies in real-world projects set boundaries between them in their documentations (submittals and reports). For example, the training of project people criterion is it reported in the cost, or the quality, or the sustainability. Are there any references for these boundaries? With my very limited experience, I think tools like BREEAM and ISO are not clear enough for me as an academic student to help setting up such boundaries.
Please, can you indicate if your answer is based on project experience in this field?
Thank you very much beforehand.
I'm currently do research about study case on green building project, assessing the implementation of green construction ( model I use scoring the construction stage only). Is there any research or journal that do the same thing? I'm gonna use it as my literature review and I'm seeking journal/research that state the final score of green construction can be the factor success of green building (without design and operational maintain phase). thank you.
I am looking for a research topic addressing sustainable Construction Project Management issues using innovative methods?
I appreciate your kind responses.
Hi,
I am developing sustainable construction management framework for reducing adverse environmental impacts of construction industry. I have the building blocks but finding it difficult to integrate them to form a framework. I'll be really grateful to have a conversation about it with you.
Looking forward to hear from you.
Regards
Nida Chairman
Dear All Researchers and Engineers,
We are organizing an International Symposium on Construction Resources for Environmentally Sustainable Technologies (CREST) during 10-12 March, 2020.
On behalf of the chairman Prof. Hemanta Hazarika, we would like to invite all those interested in participating in the event. Please send your abstracts and papers, which will be published by Springer.
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What technologies dominate in the development of urban agglomerations according to the concept of smart-ecology sustainable development cities?
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:-) Another #article #published today in the #energies #SpecialIssue: "Thermal Behaviour, Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Sustainable Construction" __/\__
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Hi, I'm a postgraduate student at a Building Surveying course and I am looking for my disseration topic, (research aim, question). I am very interested in sustainable development and construction and some areas that i have been looking to are Life cycle Assessement, Retrofitting , Increase environmental perforcance of buildings, overpopulation, reduce carbon emissions and energy efficielcy, etc. Any ideas or a point of direction?
What kind of scientific research dominate in the field of Economics of sustainable development?
Please, provide your suggestions for a question, problem or research thesis in the issues: Economics of sustainable development.
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Numerous research works have been conducted on development of sustainable materials and methods in construction technology. However, ground reality is that only few users have adopted such materials and methods.
Though sustainable development is the crucial need in construction industry, it has not been acknowledged and implemented in letter and spirit.
How can we overcome this challenge?
How can we convince the users regarding the benefits?
How can this be brought to ground from paper?
I am doing thesis research on "Sustainable site management for green construction". The motive of this study is to illustrate a comparative study of green rating systems and enhancing sustainable site management for green construction. As a part of the research, I have prepared a short online questionnaire on measures. Here is a questionnaire that encompasses the measures extracted from the research that affects the quality of sustainable site management. I kindly ask you to take five minutes of your time and contribute to this project, which will help us in better understanding the need for sustainable site management. So please answer the questionnaire in the link below and forward this message to your honoured collaborators who might be interested in assisting my research work and answering the questionnaire. Please give your opinion about the effectiveness of each measure from 1 (Not recommended) to 5 (strongly recommended) in the given below link. Your alliance is highly comprehended and I am anticipating your favorable response.
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Hello Everyone,
I would like to know what can be more innovative and interesting research questions from the above mentioned phd topic. I am more interested towards sustainable building materials and construction.
Any suggestion for the research questions and methodolgy for this phd topic to make it more interesting and unique
Looking forward
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Hi All,
Please, can you give the best estimation ( a single % number or a range) of the weight of assessed sustainability criteria 'of the construction phase ONLY' in a certified (BREEAM Excellent or LEED Gold) new construction building project?
Is there any source/ study that details the reported criteria per phase?
Thank you beforehand.
I have used One-way MANOVA and the reviewer asked me what is the parameters and how I controlled them.
My independent variables are different categories of respondents.
My dependent variables are barriers affecting sustainable construction waste management.
Thanks
Its no new research that several studies have explored the use of alkali activated materials and geopolymer as a sustainable replacement to the conventional ordinary Portland cement. However, the sustainability of these materials is relative as it depends mainly on the availability of materials locally which eliminates the huge emission and cost associated with the transportation of both the raw materials and finished products. Therefore, the use of OPC might still be sustainable in some parts of the world compared to alkali activated materials and geopolymers
I am trying to develop guidelines for roles Government's in underdeveloped economies can play in sustainable construction implementation..
I am intended to use AHP for development of selection tool. I have found a number of research papers and researchers who used AHP for solving the selection problems of decision making in respect of sustainability. If we consider the perspective of weak and strong sustainability, AHP only address and enforce the concept of weak sustainability. How we can justify its selection? its having various strengths or advantages but still its addressing the weak sustainability. I have searched lots of papers but did not find any strong justification for its use in perspective of weak and strong sustainability. Please guide me in this regard and if you have some references, please provide me for facilitation in my work. I shall be very thankful to you.
Affordable Housing for all using sustainable constructional materials
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My hypothesis is that the discourse of sustainability is a 'reflection' after a considerable/realisable 'damage'. Here, looking for historical positions on sustainability as a reflection in various socio-cultural-environmental practices/academia.
I am currently working on my master’s thesis about Sustainable Marketing in Construction Industry, at Istanbul Technical University. My research aims to introduce marketing as a tool for sustainable construction business development for the creation of the sustainable built environment.
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Currently i am looking to develop a DSS in order to evaluate sustainability in geotechnical projects. I have a general idea of the parameters i want to include and how i will link them but i dont know how to start creating a DSS. Any recommendations or suggestion for further studying or any ideas will be much appreciated.
My intended research is titled: "Modern Methods of Construction: The potentials and challenges of using prefabrication technology for building modern houses in Afghanistan."
This study is both for my "Master Thesis" and I am also very keen to publish at least one Journal paper based on the outcomes of my research and progress in this regard.
I will be glad to have your comments on my research title and area of study, whether or not it is too general or vague. Basically, what I have in mind is to study the current "in-efficient", "sub-standard" and traditional construction practices in Kabul, comparatively check it with MMC and point out the merits of using MMC over conventional construction practices.
Your thoughts on the role of data mining in the delivery of sustainable construction and possible links to published research articles will be highly appreciated. Thanks.
what methodology we can use to select the sustainable materials from a set of materials for a particular region .
I'd like to understand the economic and financial factors that encourage to build skyscrapers all around the world and their
environmental impact of skyscrapers in their surroundings, and the economic cost to manage this buildings over time.
these kind of building
i know about ash,,recycling concrete,,bottom ash. rice hick ash ....any thing else..?..
Hi, I am planning to do the project on recycled aggregates. For that I need the procedure to treat the recycled aggregate with acids like sulphuric acid and nitric acid. I searched in many journals but I didn't find anything. So, please help me.
Thank you
I kindly need your visual opinions and comments as visitors of Waterfront (joggers, artists, etc).
I am interested in the NEC (New Engineering Contract) but could not find any case studies or technical papers on that. Any paper describes the practices and issues emerging in a NEC (EEC in particular) for me to understand more about the mechanism it works on.
Can anyone say if they are better than the normal one story buildings because they take up less area?
The construction industry and its activities have an important role to play in socio-economic development and quality of life. This is stated in the Agenda 21 for sustainable construction in Developing Countries (CIB/UNEP-IETC, 2002). The United Nations Habitat Agenda (1996) has also addressed the construction sector has a major role to play in terms of sustainable development and achieving adequate and affordable shelter.
My question:
Is affordability considered as a goal in the sustainable development & sustainable construction process? or is it that sustainable development & sustainable construction process wishes to achieve affordability?
Most of the application of sustainability in construction still wordy format (linguistic term). How can we translate this application into measurable one?
I develop a framework for C&D waste management that shows the best sustainable strategy throughout the project, from pre-construction to demolition. Now I need your advice for validation of the framework. is there any idea about it?
Hassan Fathy's work is a rational historicism and Laurie Baker's work is also innovative but both were guided by the same principles, to promote an environmental friendly architecture. I want to ask whether a sustainable appraisal of works of these architects could prove the universality of the principles of sustainable architecture but not the forms or style?
I found two building technologies for helping the sea level rising problem:
1. Seawater Greenhouse
2. Seawater desalination plants
and both of them have been implemented in different countries.
I would like to know is there any other new building technologies which has been implemented or is implementing at the moment that can help to combat with the sea level rising issues.
There are some future construction plans for dealing with the sea level rising issues such as Shimizu Corporation's (Japanese construction firm)'s latest project: Deep Sea Future City Concept- OCEAN SPIRAL.
U.S. students from University of Pennsylvania have come up with an idea to install waterproof membranes protecting the lower stories of Manhattan's buildings to protect against rising sea levels.
In some current Urban Forest Strategies, the urban heat island effect is being a challenge and issue to the forest. Is it possible to improve it by landscape design of the forest?
I am researching about the resilient factor on buildings. Can you include the resilient concept into the buildings design? I would like to know if exist any research about resilient factor on buildings design and how material would have a resilient behavior on them?
I am investigating testing habitability of sustainable building design. I read about various methods for sustainable building design. I would like some advice about testing habitability. I am looking the most efficient method to testing habitability of sustainable building design.
Embodied energy and building geometry that would create appropriate urban environment.
Is there anybody who can work with BIM (revit) or EnergyPlus to simulate the energy consumption inside a building?
We are looking for a scientist who can make calculations with these softwares concerning energy savings in building area.
We have whole plan of building in CAD and need to analyze the energy saving in different situations.
The results we be published in some journals.
In a thickly populated space where a piece of land is an exorbitant, but the landscape is pretty vital. What aspects are to be taken into consideration in order to design landscape in such areas and what would be the compromising aspects?
Am trying to connect 'brain drain' issue, a great number of young people ( 25-30 years old) upon graduation, still living with their parents and lack of state provided housing solution for this particular group(s). Any world famous projects, case studies dealing with this issue?
I'm working about the resilience factor in building design. I'm designing a resilience analysis model in buildings.
Are universities doing a disservice to their architecture students by focusing on design vs the Master Builder Architect focus? I have heard from many architecture professors that many schools are focusing on design more without much focus on students' comprehension of construction.
The construction industry is often associated with a dirty and dangerous image. What are some of the initiatives that can be taken by the construction industry to promote sustainability?
I came to know that there are materials like waste plastics being used for sustainable construction in African countries. What are the other possible construction materials available as eco-friendly substances? And what type of tests should be conducted before going for the same.
Increasing the use of social sustainability in the decision-making process of construction projects requires that it be defined such that it can be evaluated objectively.
My interest is to do research on the means of using mud as a construction material more efficiently.
The main compositions of CDW are: cement concrete, mortars (with binder is cement or lime, plaster), bricks... Other compositions are: clay, mud, plaster, wood, steel etc
I am looking for vegetable or animal adhesives for use in the production of insulating panels.
It is possible to intensify the use of soil triggering a new metabolism of the contemporary city?
I have been looking for an international method to evaluate sustainable buildings and I have found LEED, BREEAM, but these are partial. Some norms like ISO 14000 but these may not be use to certificate buildings.
