A computational framework for large-scale seismic simulations of residential building stock

2021 ◽  
Vol 244 ◽  
pp. 112690
Author(s):  
Sebastiano Marasco ◽  
Ali Zamani Noori ◽  
Marco Domaneschi ◽  
Gian Paolo Cimellaro
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Computational Framework ◽  
Residential Building Stock

scholarly journals Energy Modelling and Retrofit of the Residential Building Stock of Jiangsu Province

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Cimillo ◽  
Filippo Calcerano ◽  
Xi Chen ◽  
David Chow ◽  
Elena Gigliarelli
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Jiangsu Province ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Energy Retrofit ◽  
Energy Modelling ◽  
Occupant Comfort ◽  
Residential Building Stock

Thecontributiondiscussestheenergyuseandcharacteristicsoftheresidentialbuilding stock in Jiangsu Province (China), with a focus on the potential of large-scale energy retrofit to mitigate environmental impact and running costs of its most inefficient vintages, while improving occupant comfort and reducing the need for demolition and reconstruction in the upgrading of the stock. Whilethehistoricalpartoftheresidentialstockisprofoundlyrootedinthelocaltraditions and adapted to the climate of the region, the development of the newer building typologies, that currently constitute the majority of the extant buildings, has been drastically shaped by different international influences starting form the 20

scholarly journals Techno-economic potential of large-scale energy retrofit in the Swiss residential building stock

2017 ◽  
Vol 122 ◽  
pp. 121-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Nino Streicher ◽  
David Parra ◽  
Meinrad C. Buerer ◽  
Martin K. Patel
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Economic Potential ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Energy Retrofit ◽  
Residential Building Stock

scholarly journals TOPOI RESOURCES: Quantification and Assessment of Global Warming Potential and Land-Uptake of Residential Buildings in Settlement Types along the Urban–Rural Gradient—Opportunities for Sustainable Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4099
Author(s):  
Ann-Kristin Mühlbach ◽  
Olaf Mumm ◽  
Ryan Zeringue ◽  
Oskars Redbergs ◽  
Elisabeth Endres ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Global Warming Potential ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Residential Building Stock ◽  
Urban Rural

The METAPOLIS as the polycentric network of urban–rural settlement is undergoing constant transformation and urbanization processes. In particular, the associated imbalance of the shrinkage and growth of different settlement types in relative geographical proximity causes negative effects, such as urban sprawl and the divergence of urban–rural lifestyles with their related resource, land and energy consumption. Implicitly related to these developments, national and global sustainable development goals for the building sector lead to the question of how a region can be assessed without detailed research and surveys to identify critical areas with high potential for sustainable development. In this study, the TOPOI method is used. It classifies settlement units and their interconnections along the urban–rural gradient, in order to quantify and assess the land-uptake and global warming potential driven by residential developments. Applying standard planning parameters in combination with key data from a comprehensive life cycle assessment of the residential building stock, a detailed understanding of different settlement types and their associated resource and energy consumption is achieved.

scholarly journals Towards Urban Mining—Estimating the Potential Environmental Benefits by Applying an Alternative Construction Practice. A Case Study from Switzerland

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 5041
Author(s):  
Efstathios Kakkos ◽  
Felix Heisel ◽  
Dirk E. Hebel ◽  
Roland Hischier
Keyword(s):  
Impact Category ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Experimental Unit ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Urban Mining ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Residential Building Stock ◽  
Construction Practice

Modern cities emerged as the main accumulator for primary and waste materials. Recovery of both types from buildings after demolition/disassembly creates a secondary material stream that could relieve pressure from primary resources. Urban mining represents this circular approach, and its application depends on redefining current construction practice. Through the life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology and assuming primary resources as step zero of urban mining, this study estimates the impacts and benefits of conventional versus a circular construction practice applied to various buildings with different parameters and the country-level environmental potential savings that could be achieved through this switch in construction practice—using the increase of the residential building stock in Switzerland between 2012 and 2016 as a case study and key values from the experimental unit “Urban Mining and Recycling”, designed by Werner Sobek with Dirk E. Hebel and Felix Heisel and installed inside the NEST (Next Evolution in Sustainable Building Technologies) research building on the Empa campus in Switzerland. The results exhibit lower total impacts (at least 16% in each examined impact category) at building level and resulting benefits (i.e., 68–117 kt CO2-Eq) at country level over five years, which can be further reduced/increased respectively by using existing or recycled components, instead of virgin materials.

Simulating a residential building stock to support regional efficiency policy

2020 ◽  
Vol 261 ◽  
pp. 114223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brock Glasgo ◽  
Nyla Khan ◽  
Inês Lima Azevedo
Keyword(s):  
Residential Building ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Residential Building Stock
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