Ismaeel, W S E (2019) Systems thinking and modeling for buildings' sustainable site selection. In: Gorse, C and Neilson, C J (eds.) Proceedings of 35th Annual ARCOM Conference, 2-4 September 2019, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.
Abstract
Sustainable site selection is considered the first step in the design making process for sustainable buildings. Green building rating systems such as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) include guidance in these regards within two categories; 'Location and transportation' and 'Sustainable Sites'. These tackle context and site related aspects, respectively. It is noted that this problem is of qualitative nature, yet the point scoring mechanism allows performing quantitative analysis. Nevertheless, the intrinsic synergies between these categories to achieve less energy consumption, water use, promoting the use of green materials and resources as well as providing better indoor environmental quality is unexploited which represents a main gap in existing literature. Accordingly, this study formulates data related to buildings' performance, then the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) overlaying and mapping features are used to explore and quantify these synergetic relations for an informed decision-making process. The methodology is applied to new city development areas in Egypt to set an objective base for site selection. This provides valuable research output for the academic and industry outreach.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | energy efficiency, LEED, location and transportation, sustainable site selection, systems thinking and modeling |
| Index terms: | energy efficiency, systems thinking, environmental design, decision-making process, research output, energy consumption, mapping, sustainable building, methodology, indoor environmental quality, green building, site selection, Egypt, quantitative analysis, geographic information system, modelling, synergy |
| Subjects: | design practice, spatial and geospatial analysis, research methods, Geography, sustainable construction, partnership management, geographical techniques and analysis, cognitive psychology, decision analysis, environmental health, research products and data, sustainability and energy, energy systems, data analysis and analytics, analytical methods |
| Topics: | Design Practice, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Sustainability, Engineering Principles, Information Management, Research Practice, Geographical Context |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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