NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS Faculty of Civil Engineering

Dept. of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering

EVALUATION METHOD REGARDING THE EFFECT OF BUILDING DESIGN IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
G.-F. SARGENTIS K. BARTSIOKA N. SYMEONIDIS K. HADJIBIROS

September 2007

INTRODUCTION METHOD OF ANALYSIS

Parameters Analysis and models Calculations and evaluation

CONCLUSIONS

INTRODUCTION

Construction

Extremely polluting

Technical knowledge of sustainable solutions

Sustainable and environmentally friendly technologies

Positive results

Raw material Water Energy

Ecosystem

INPUT

BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Waste Energy loss Toxicity

OUTPUT

Relation between built environment and ecosystem

Method
Crucial parameters of design
Life cycle analysis of building
Collection of raw materials

Evaluation of building design Environmental impact

Industrial process

Throw out-Rebuild-Reuse Construction

Demolition

Use of building

METHOD OF ANALYSIS

Parameters
Raw materials Energy
Embodied energy

2 1
Materials

Energy of use

Toxicity Recycling

Parameters
1. Materials
Raw materials Recycled materials

Parameters
2. Energy
Embodied energy Energy of use

Parameters
3. Toxicity

Stages to examine toxicity and pollutant emission

Analysis and models

Buildings of similar geometrical characteristics ground floor, 60,5m2 but constructed with different techniques and materials are being compared.

Model 1. Typical contemporary construction

Model 2. Bioclimatic construction

Model 3. Plinth construction

Model 4. Natural stone construction

Calculations and evaluation

Calculations and evaluation

Calculations and evaluation

100 80

Table and data

RECYCLING ASPECTS OF MODELS 1, 2

5%

95%

recycling

no recycling

RECYCLING ASPECTS OF MODEL 3

45%
60

55%

40

recycling

no recycling

RECYCLING ASPECTS OF MODEL 4

20

35%

0 model 1 model 2 model 3 model 4

65%

RAW MATERIALS

USED MATERIALS

recycling

no recycling

Calculations and evaluation

model 4 model 3 model 2 model 1 0 20

Table and data

40

60

80

100

Calculations and evaluation

3 6 9 9 9 ,4 1 4 0 0 0 0 ,0 0

Table and data

28 792,4

EMBODIED ENERGY (KWh)

3 5 0 0 0 ,0 0 3 0 0 0 0 ,0 0 2 5 0 0 0 ,0 0 2 0 0 0 0 ,0 0 1 5 0 0 0 ,0 0

8 2 9 1 ,7 7 1 0 0 0 0 ,0 0 5 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 Co n c re te S te e l Wa ll Alu m in iu m Gla s s Wo o d Ru b b le -S to n e s fo r th e ro o f 6 5 5 8 ,0 3 1 3 5 4 ,0 3 2 0 3 8 ,3 4 9 ,9 1

MATERIALS OF BIOCLIMATIC BUILT Materials of bioclimatic

building

400000 350000 300000 250000 MJ 200000 150000 100000 50000 0

69557.8 143880.9 267968.5 302459.9

Calculations and evaluation

kWh 1600.0 1200.0 800.0 400.0 0.0 400.0 800.0 1200.0 1600.0

MONTHLY HEATING/ COOLING LOADS - All Visible Thermal Zones

Software
Athens, Gree ce

2000.0 MONTHLY HEATING/ COOLING A LOADS - M Visible The rmal Zones All J F M J J kWh

Athe ns, Gree ce N D

1600.0 1200.0 800.0 400.0 0.0 400.0 800.0 1200.0 1600.0 2000.0 MONTHLY HEATING/ COOLING LOADS - All Visible The rmal Zones J F M A M J J kWh Cooling 1600.0 He ating
1200.0 800.0 400.0 0.0 400.0 800.0 1200.0 1600.0 2000.0 MONTHLY HEATING/ COOLING LOADS - All Visible The rmal Zones J F M A M J J kWh Cooling 1600.0 Heating 1200.0 800.0 400.0 0.0 400.0 800.0 1200.0 1600.0 2000.0 J He ating F M Cooling A M J J A S O N D A S O Athe ns, Gree ce N D

Athens, Gree ce N D

Calculations and evaluation

[KWh] ENERGY
400000 350000 300000 250000 200000 150000 100000 50000 0 10 30 20
Bio climatic built Natural sto ne co ns tructio n

LIFE-CYCLE
Typical co ntempo rary res idence Plinth co ns tructio n

Available evaluation methods

Willingness to pay (WTP) Hedonic Property Method Multi-criteria decision analysis

Aristophanes
Until well found the precision balance of criteria, it is useless to speak about objective approach

Evaluation

Multicriterion tableau for deciding the optimum construction

[KWh] ENERGY

400000 350000 300000 250000 200000 150000 100000 50000 0 10 30

5%

LIFE-CYCLE
Typical co ntempo rary res idence Plinth co ns tructio n Bio climatic built Natural sto ne co ns tructio n

RECYCLING ASPECTS OF MODELS 1, 2

100

recycling
80

20
95%

no recycling

RECYCLING ASPECTS OF MODEL 3

45%
60

55%

40

recycling

no recycling

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RECYCLING ASPECTS OF MODEL 4

20

35%

0 model 1 model 2 model 3 model 4

65%

RAW MATERIALS

USED MATERIALS

recycling

no recycling

model 4 model 3 model 2 model 1 0 20 40 60 80 100

CONCLUSIONS

CONCLUSIONS
EVALUATION METHOD REGARDING THE EFFECT OF BUILDING DESIGN IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Useful Easy

INDICATOR

Evaluates with parameters of sustainability the technical solutions

Studying the construction with this method we can reduce the main environmental problems of construction

Energy Raw material

INPUT

BUILT ENVIRONMENT
OUTPUT

Energy loss Waste Toxicity