Yitmen, I; Al-Musaed, A and Yücelgazi, F (2022) Anp model for evaluating the performance of adaptive façade systems in complex commercial buildings. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 29(1), pp. 431-455. ISSN 0969-9988
Abstract
Purpose: Decisions taken during the early design of adaptive façades involving kinetic, active and responsive envelope for complex commercial buildings have a substantial effect on inclusive building functioning and the comfort level of inhabitants. This study aims to present the application of an analytic network process (ANP) model indicating the order of priority for high performance criteria that must be taken into account in the assessment of the performance of adaptive façade systems for complex commercial buildings. Design/methodology/approach: The nominal group technique (NGT) stimulating and refining group judgments are used to find and categorize relevant high performance attributes of the adaptive façade systems and their relative pair-wise significance scores. An ANP model is applied to prioritize these high performance objectives and criteria for the adaptive façade systems. Findings: Embodied energy and CO2 emission, sustainability, energy saving, daylight and operation maintenance were as the most likely and crucial high performance criteria. The criteria and the weights presented in this study could be used as guidelines for evaluating the performance of adaptive façade systems for commercial buildings in planning and design phases. Practical implications: This research primarily provides the required actions and evaluations for design managers in accomplishing a high performance adaptive façade system, with the support of an ANP method. Before beginning the adaptive façade system of a building design process, the design manager must determine the significance of each of these attributes as high performance primacies will affect the results all through the entire design process. Originality/value: In this research, a relatively innovative, systematic and practical approach is proposed to sustain the decision-making procedure for evaluation of the high performance criteria of adaptive façade systems in complex commercial buildings. Ibrahim Yitmen, Amjad Al-Musaed and Fikri Yücelgazi.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | adaptive façade systems; anp; complex commercial buildings; multi-criteria decision making |
| Index terms: | design manager, performance criteria, design process, decision-making, methodology, commercial building, building design, judgment, analytic network process, embodied energy, energy-saving, comfort, design phase |
| Subjects: | decision-making and optimization, occupational health and safety management, decision analysis, performance measurement, research methods, energy systems, professional practice, architectural design, dispute resolution, design methods, profession, construction type |
| Topics: | Health and Safety, Research Practice, Risk Management, Roles and Professions, Construction Technology, Sustainability, Design Practice, Legal Issues, Quality Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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