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Ahmad, A G B (1994) Conservation of British colonial buildings built between 1800 and 1930 in Malaysia, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Ahmed, A L (2019) Development of conceptual constructs for organisational BIM adoption and their systematic application within the UK architecture sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.
Al-Sedairy, S (1984) Large scale projects: management, design and execution, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.
Al-Wareh, M (1979) Investigation of the design procedures for buildings of quality in modern architecture, with notes on the relevant contemporary situation in Syria, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Andrade de Alencar Loiola, F (2014) The formulation of Public-Private Partnership projects for infrastructure development in Brazil: an institutional analysis of the Municipality of Fortaleza, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Belhadj, T A (1989) Computer-aided architectural evaluation and design: a cost modelling experiment, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.
Brocklesby, M (1999) The environmental impact of frame materials: an assessment of the embodied impacts for building frames in the UK construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield.
Buckman, A H (2016) An exploration of the applications of increased information availability in smart buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: energy consumption; improvement; occupancy; performance; variations; designer; efficiency; case studies; case study; energy efficiency; thermal comfort
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- URL: https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/13858/
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Modern buildings have the capability to capture vast quantities of information about the building itself, its purpose, the people that use it and its wider environment. With the development of fields such as the Internet of Things and Big Data, the future of buildings will involve more data around all aspects of their operation and the people using them. Within the context of these changes, this research hypothesises that the availability of increasing information within buildings can enable new ways of operation to step change their performance. Initially the thesis combines an extensive literature review of modern building developments and the current landscape that buildings operate within to develop clarity around the term “Smart Building”. Two case studies are then presented to demonstrate the potential of Smart Building concepts: The first case study involves a pilot study within an existing university library building using occupancy, energy, occupant satisfaction and building functionality data to investigate the potential of the buildings ability to vary physical space with occupancy. The second study uses computational fluid dynamics to model the thermal comfort variations throughout a large underfloor heated naturally ventilated atrium. The results are then used to investigate potential energy savings and comfort improvements through correlating individual comfort preferences with environmental variations. The work forms a clear definition of a Smart Building to create a framework for researchers and designers to focus future Smart Building developments. The first case study then demonstrates that by varying physically occupied space with occupancy, energy consumption of the building can be reduced by approximately 33%. The second study demonstrates that a step change in both comfort and energy efficiency can be achieved in flexible working spaces by aligning individual preferences with environmental conditions. These findings are discussed in detail, addressing limitations and future expansions of the novel approaches developed.
Butchers, A M (2004) Learning off the job: engineers and professional education, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Densley Tingley, D (2013) Design for deconstruction: an appraisal, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Donohoe, S W (2008) Can surveying and construction management undergraduate sudents' attitudes to construction law be changed by changes in teaching?, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Eccles, S D (2000) Quantitative evaluation of contract strategies for construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield.
Fletcher, S L (2001) Developing disassembly strategies for buildings to reduce the lifetime environmental impacts by applying a systems approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.
Gillott, C (2022) Potential for the vertical extension of existing buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Gyoh, L E (1999) Design-management and planning for photovoltaic cladding systems within the UK construction industry: An optimal and systematic approach to procurement and installation of building integrated photovoltaics: An agenda for the 21st century, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Hamed, O (2022) Developing a BIM-based tool to automate green buildings assessment: the case of Jordan Green Building Guide, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Hughes, A J (2022) On risk-based decision-making for structural health monitoring, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Ibarra, G (2016) The meaning of 'social' in Mexican social housing: A study of housing developments in Mazatlán, Mexico, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Jiang, H (2019) An institutional analysis of the green housing transition in China: examining developers' capacity to deliver green housing in the Chinese housing market, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield.
Li, S (2018) Knowledge domains and skills that facilitate knowledge sharing in project management: a case study in the Chinese construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Information School, University of Sheffield.
Morland, K V (2020) Multi-level learning of a quality management routine: a UK housebuilder case study, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Management School, University of Sheffield.
Nguyen, B K (2012) Developing a framework for assessing sustainability of tall-building projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Palit, N (2017) Analysis of the project supply chains: coordination and fair allocation, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Management School, University of Sheffield.
Pirooz Far Poorang, A E (2008) Mass-constomisation: The application on design, fabrication and implementation (DFI) processes of building envelopes, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Price, D A (2003) Community involvement in the design of social housing, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Town and Regional Planning, University of Sheffield.
Sami Kashkooli, A M (2013) A critical building lifecycle assessment framework for building designers and decision makers, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.
Sanusi, I E (2019) Optimal and adaptive control frameworks using reinforcement learning for time-varying dynamical systems, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield.