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Ahmad, A G B (1994) Conservation of British colonial buildings built between 1800 and 1930 in Malaysia, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.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constructs for organisational BIM adoption and their systematic application within the UK architecture sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.
Al-Sedairy, S (1984) Large scale projects: management, design and execution, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.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procedures for buildings of quality in modern architecture, with notes on the relevant contemporary situation in Syria, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.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projects for infrastructure development in Brazil: an institutional analysis of the Municipality of Fortaleza, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Belhadj, T A (1989) Computer-aided architectural evaluation and design: a cost modelling experiment, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.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impact of frame materials: an assessment of the embodied impacts for building frames in the UK construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield.
Buckman, A H (2016) An exploration of the applications of increased information availability in smart buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Butchers, A M (2004) Learning off the job: engineers and professional education, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Densley Tingley, D (2013) Design for deconstruction: an appraisal, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.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and construction management undergraduate sudents' attitudes to construction law be changed by changes in teaching?, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Eccles, S D (2000) Quantitative evaluation of contract strategies for construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield.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disassembly strategies for buildings to reduce the lifetime environmental impacts by applying a systems approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.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.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: sustainability; daylighting; building information modelling; building performance; integration; sustainable construction; Jordan; building performance simulation; case study; green building; simulation
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- URL: https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/33503/
- Abstract:
Sustainable construction is often used to describe buildings designed according to criteria embedded in green building rating tools (GBRTs) systems. GBRTs often tackle multi-criteria, such as energy, water, indoor environment, and materials performance of buildings, requiring experienced professionals to conduct various assessment processes and simulations. Traditional CAD tools often produce different versions of building models for sustainability assessment to perform various performance simulations using building performance simulation tools (BPS) for cost estimates, structural analysis, building energy and daylighting performance. The manual assessment is often considered expensive and challenging,requiring extensive time and effort and, in some cases, could lead to errors and redundant work. The sustainability assessment of buildings is data-driven and highly relies on available building information and tools capable of processing and augmenting design data from the initial design phase. The representation of project information in digital environments, such as Building Information Modelling (BIM), has shifted the industry towards a more efficient practice. BIM was adopted to facilitate green building assessment by integrating with BPS tools and providing data-rich models for various assessment processes. However, the currently developed approaches tackle a specific sustainability issue in a specific standard, such as LEED's energy assessment. The existing literature concludes that currently, there is no comprehensive assessment tool that can streamline green building evaluation. This thesis aims to develop a BIM-based sustainability assessment tool that facilitates the assessment of green buildings. In this regard, we question the ability of BIM technology to provide the necessary means to automate the assessment of GBRTs. Hence, the integrated sustainability assessment tool (iSAT) was developed by first conducting a comparative analysis between selected GBRTs to highlight the maturity and comprehensiveness of the JGBG compared to others, which helped formulate a better understanding of the factors assessed, processes and complexity involved in the assessment process. Secondly, an algorithm was developed using an information technology approach to allow the integration of BIM data, BPS tools, and GBRTs to eliminate the complexity of processes involved and, thus, streamline the assessment process for the targeted criteria. The proposed tool was tested on two case studies designed and certified based on the JGBG. To conclude, BIM has shown a fundamental technical advancement over traditional CAD tools, allowing easier integration with BPS tools. However, not all GBRT criteria can be automated due to the nature of these criteria requiring professional body or expertise involvement. Nevertheless, the proposed tool can efficiently integrate BIM, BPS, and GBRTs, demonstrating that selected criteria are automatically assessed. Further efforts are still needed to overcome challenges while developing the tool, such as improving the quality of BIM-exported data models, developing a middleware tool to fix these files, and allowing for actual data inputs to improve the accuracy of BPS further.
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.