Sustainable Technologies in Construction

SustainableTechnologies in
Construction

Table of Contents
1. Introduction..........................................................................................................2
2. Reasons for Sustainable Infrastructure Development........................................3
3. Range of Sustainable Technologies...................................................................3
3.1 Infrastructure Sustainability and Sustainable Design......................................3
3.2 Sustainable Infrastructure Rating Systems......................................................4
4. Sustainable Building Development.....................................................................7
5. Conclusion.........................................................................................................10
6. References........................................................................................................12
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1. Introduction
A great deal of attention has been captivated by Infrastructure Sustainability.
Though it has widespread publicity, still much more significant practical solutions
are required by it. Sustainable design can act as an important factor of success
because the major sustainability opportunities are present in the phase of planning
only. All these goals generate more feasible infrastructure solutions and can be
achieved via BIM. Though the usage of BIM in buildings is very aged, it is now
being utilized throughout the built atmosphere. For undertaking multiple
performance examinations, sustainable designs utilize BIM since the early design
sustainability examination can be supported by it. The lack of well-defined
infrastructure performance knowledge in BIM poses the greatest difficulty. Having a
high capacity of inventing advantageous data which can aid the measurement of
life-cycle costs and examination of performing energy, BIM is great for
sustainability. But in reality, numerous issues related to compliance, interoperability
and regulation are originating (Achal and Mukherjee, 2015)
This research deals with suggesting a flexible design technique (in regards to
infrastructure), which targets the sustainability rating systems as the basis of
decision making in addition to BIM data. This paper examines the potential of
collaborating the BIM and rating systems in a flexible infrastructure design (from
industry and literature so as to further offer a theoretical framework which
combines computable design data developed via BIM models thus having
interaction with the performance examination in a systematic manner. It will offer
us an improved understanding of the sustainable design process in terms of
amalgamation of BIM data and fixed performance examination in the designing
phase.
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2. Reasons for Sustainable Infrastructure Development
The absurd surplus of info may happen to be 1 reason. Spreading experience and
knowledge among experts and developing their practical magnitude is considered
to be a factor crucial to the generation of an environmentally flexible infrastructure.
But owing to the presence of regularly improving and crucial info (on sustainability
and environmental mgt.), it gets highly challenging for the experts to identify the
best, efficient, and beneficial info (Chew, Conejos and Asmone, 2017).
3. Range of Sustainable Technologies
3.1 Infrastructure Sustainability and Sustainable Design.
For Elkington, sustainability meant something which involved the popular triple
bottom line- profit, people and planet. For Pasquire and Abidin, Sustainability
means a goal which involves numerous elements of design like waste reduction,
reduced costs of maintenance, and the efficiency of energy. Sustainability is a
crucial criterion in regards to infrastructures’ construction. Numerous authors have
discussed Sustainability’s definition with respect to the construction sector. George
et al.’s sustainability’s model consist of 4Es (Efficiency, Ethics, Economic,
Effectiveness) and 4 Poles (Environment, Economic, Social, Tech.). Pillars similar
to these were also offered by Bowen and Hill as biophysical, technical, social and
economic. The factors of sustainability which impact the local infrastructure
projects were categorized by Charoenngam and Aksorn into six major dimensions
namely, Policy and plan, mgt. administration, facility and infrastructure, info and
knowledge, environmental and natural resources, finance and budget. (Aydin,
2016)
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