Mahmoud, S; Hussein, M; Zayed, T and Fahmy, M (2022) Multiobjective optimization model for the life cycle cost-sustainability trade-off problem of building upgrading using a generic sustainability assessment tool. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 148(7): 04022050, ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
Because existing buildings occupy most of our built environment, there is an urgent need to upgrade them considering building sustainability criteria. Therefore, many optimization models were proposed to find the optimum upgrading solution that improves the building sustainability while minimizing its costs using traditional sustainability rating tools [e.g., Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) (US), Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology (BREEAM) (UK), and others]. The variations among these tools hinder their application outside their original countries, calling for global tools. Therefore, this study contributes to the knowledge by developing a novel multiobjective optimization model to solve the life cycle cost (LCC)-sustainability trade-off for building upgrading using a generic sustainability rating tool. This tool includes seven sustainability criteria and 29 subcriteria, resulting in 134 decision variables. The proposed model finds the near-optimum upgrading solutions that minimize their LCC while improving the building sustainability using the multiobjective artificial immune system algorithm. The model was applied to a real case study of a large building in Montreal, Canada. The obtained solutions covered almost all the ratings ranges from pass to outstanding and showed the trade-offs between the building sustainability and LCC. This research is a step toward adopting a global sustainability rating tool to find the optimum building upgrading solutions that can address the regional limitations of the traditional rating tools.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | artificial immune system; buildings; life cycle cost; optimization; rating systems; sustainability |
| Index terms: | case study, environmental design, Canada, building sustainability, built environment, sustainability assessment, building research, BREEAM accreditation, upgrading, life cycle cost, methodology, variation, environmental assessment |
| Subjects: | contractual condition, Geography, research methods, sustainability assessment, infrastructure and transport systems, research management, environmental impact, data collection methods, strategic management, sustainability and energy, environmental policy |
| Topics: | Design Practice, Urban Studies, Contract Administration, Business Strategy, Research Practice, Geographical Context, Sustainability |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTE |
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