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Chen, Qian, Lauren Kleinman, and Aparna Dial. "ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF CAMPUS LEED® BUILDINGS: IMPLICATIONS FOR GREEN BUILDING AND ENERGY POLICY." Journal of Green Building 10, no. 3 (September 2015): 137–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.3992/jgb.10.3.137.

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Many university campuses in the United States are working toward their sustainable goals by adopting energy or green building policies, which require Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) certification for new construction and major renovation projects. Because LEED certification heavily relies on whole building energy simulation to demonstrate building energy performance improvement, it is often assumed that the finished buildings will achieve the predicted level of energy efficiency. This paper presents a study that compares the energy model predictions with actual energy performance of three LEED buildings on a university campus. The study shows that one of the campus LEED buildings consumed twice the predicted energy usage while causing a high level of occupant dissatisfaction. Further investigation reveals a variety of contributing factors for these issues and provides insights to improve green building policy and practice. Not only are the research findings important for this particular campus (Ohio State University) on its way to sustainability, they also have widespread ramifications for other university campuses.

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Saigo, Tetsuya, Seiji Sawada, and Yositika Utida. "Future Direction of Sustainable Buildings in Japan." Open House International 36, no. 4 (December 1, 2011): 5–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-04-2011-b0002.

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Amidst growing concern about the sustainability of human society, architecture studies are focusing increasingly on the means to achieve sustainable buildings. While various forward-looking studies are ongoing in this field, it is also important to realize that critical lessons may be learned from historical buildings that have withstood the test of time. Many traditional wooden buildings in Japan provide excellent examples of sustainable building design and production practices that are inherently flexible and therefore highly resistant to obsolescence. This paper first summarizes a recent lecture by Utida outlining his research into the flexibility and durability of modern buildings, which is based on comparisons with Japan's traditional wooden buildings. It is based on the results of Open Building researches in Japan, especially works in Utida laboratory of Tokyo University (1970-1986) and in AIJ Open Building Sub Committee. This is followed by an overview of the flexibility and material/social lifespan of buildings, and of the developmental trends seen in builders' organizations. And lastly, the future direction of the Japanese detached housing industry is explored. Specifically, the paper traces the changes in the Japanese detached housing industry between 1970 and 2010, and shows how the industry has been shifting toward a sustainable business model. Problems arising from these changes and possible solutions are discussed with concrete examples, and one specific business model is singled out and defined as a promising solution.

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Nijs, Jochem C., Elma Durmisevic, and Johannes I. M. Halman. "Interface Design For Open Systems Building." Open House International 36, no. 1 (March 1, 2011): 35–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-01-2011-b0005.

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Open Building and IFD (Industrial Flexible Demountable) building are philosophies that aim to create high quality buildings with increased flexibility and better environmental characteristics. However, a successful adoption of IFD principles has not yet occurred because of concerns for the types of connections that are needed between building components. Therefore, this paper describes PhD research at the University of Twente that has the objective of designing a typology of flexible interfaces for IFD building that can be widely applied in the construction industry and aims to standardize connections, at the various levels of technical composition of a building, to create compatibility between building products from different suppliers. Such a typology of interfaces will increase the re-use and recycling of building parts, resulting in the increased sustainability of the building process. Furthermore, it will help accelerate the industrialization of the housing industry and mass customization of housing. A preliminary case study, in which a sustainable, flexible bathroom is designed, illustrates the various types of interfaces that can be applied, based on existing research. The paper illustrates the importance of interfaces, and aims to increase environmental benefits of buildings (less construction waste), improve the social aspects (higher user satisfaction in buildings) and achieve economical advantages (lower overall costs) by designing new interfaces.

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Jamaludin, Adi Ainurzaman, Nila Keumala, Ati Rosemary Mohd Ariffin, and Hazreena Hussein. "Landscape and Sustainability: Three Residential College Buildings in the Tropics." Open House International 39, no. 1 (March 1, 2014): 92–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-01-2014-b0010.

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Three residential colleges located in a university campus at the capital city of Kuala Lumpur and built in different decades were selected for landscape studies with respect to species and position of the trees, as well as the effects of the current landscapes as a shelter in reducing solar radiation on buildings, as a pre-assessment for the Low Carbon Cities Framework (LCCF) and assessment system. These landscape designs were carefully studied through on-site observation. The name and location of the matured plants were redrawn and visualised with standard normal photographs. The studies revealed that the old residential college landscape is dominated by tropical forest trees which are able to provide a significant shade to the buildings and offered a potential to achieve sustainable development due to a higher rate of carbon sequestration. While, palm and hybrid fruit plants were most extensively cultivated in the landscape of new residential colleges due to low maintenance and being fast growing.

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Salama, Ashraf M. "Editorial." Open House International 34, no. 1 (March 1, 2009): 5–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-01-2009-b0001.

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Whether in school buildings or university campuses the educational process involves many activities that include knowledge acquisition and assimilation, testing students' motivation and academic performance, and faculty and teachers' productivity. The way in which we approach the planning, design, and our overall perception of learning environments makes powerful statements about how we view education; how educational buildings are designed tells us much about how teaching and learning activities occur. Concomitantly, how these activities are accommodated in a responsive educational environment is a critical issue that deserves special attention. While it was said several decades ago that a good teacher can teach anywhere, a growing body of knowledge-derived from knowledge on “evidence-based design” suggests a direct correlation between the physical aspects of the learning environment, teaching processes, and learning outcomes. In its commitment to introduce timely and pressing issues on built environment research, Open House International presents this special edition to debate and reflect on current discourses on sustainable learning environments.

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Komisar, June, Joe Nasr, and Mark Gorgolewski. "Designing for Food and Agriculture: Recent Explorations at Ryerson University." Open House International 34, no. 2 (June 1, 2009): 61–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-02-2009-b0007.

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Strategies to enable alternative urban food systems cannot be developed alone by those involved with the production and distribution aspects of food systems. It is important for architects, landscape designers and planners to be part of the process of conceiving and implementing innovative food-system thinking. Environmentally focused building standards and models for sustainable communities can easily incorporate farmers' markets, greenhouses, edible landscapes, permeable paving, green roofs, community gardens, and permaculture and other food-related strategies that complement energy generation and conservation, green roofs, living walls, and other approaches that have been more commonly part of sustainable built-environment initiatives. Recently, architecture faculty and students at Ryerson University in Toronto and at a number of other universities have been exploring the intersection of these disciplines and interests. This paper will show how Ryerson tackled agricultural and food issues as design challenges in projects that included first-year community investigations, student-run design competitions, third-year studio projects and complex final-year thesis projects. These projects that dealt with food issues proved to be excellent entry points for addressing a range of design challenges including social inclusion, cultural context, community design and sustainable building practices.

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Sullivan, Terry. "Alternative Uses for Fossil Fuels." Journal of Green Building 2, no. 4 (November 1, 2007): 39–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.3992/jgb.2.4.39.

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Is it possible to design sustainably using off-the-shelf equipment and fossil fuels? Yes, when designers consider a multitiered approach that considers everything from energy-conscious design to alternative uses of the old standards. Three case studies illustrate how, when alternative systems or fuels may not be readily available or cost-effective, designers can use current/standard technology and fossil fuels that are accessible in order to create sustainable systems. The Ohio Statehouse and Ohio Judicial Center, the Columbus Museum of Art, and Frank Lloyd Wright's Westcott house all presented particular challenges in heating and cooling, yet for these prominent public buildings, efficient and unobtrusive systems were a must.

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Wubah, Daniel, Chris Steuer, Guilbert Brown, and Karen Rice. "Funding community sustainable development using zero energy buildings." International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 22, no. 1 (October 22, 2020): 29–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijshe-10-2019-0312.

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Purpose This study aims to provide an example of how higher education institutions (HEIs) can use a successful campus infrastructure project to fund a student- and faculty-led, community-success platform that advances the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Design/methodology/approach The authors applied conceptual models for systems thinking and creating virtuous cycles to analyze Millersville University’s work to establish a community-impact, micro-grant fund using cost savings and utility rebates associated with a new campus zero-energy building. The analysis provides a case study that other HEIs can implement to create university and community virtuous cycles that advance the SDGs. Findings The case study suggests that as HEIs face increasing financial challenges, opportunities exist to capitalize on philanthropic giving and other funding sources to support community prosperity and increase university vitality through a shared responsibility paradigm centered on the SDGs. Practical implications This case study identifies specific funding sources that HEIs can use to fund campus and community sustainability projects using the SDG framework, mechanisms for establishing shared purpose around that impact and a conceptual model for thinking about opportunities to leverage philanthropic giving to create a virtuous cycle that increases university vitality through community impact. Social implications Constructing a campus zero energy building funded in part through philanthropic giving provided a unique opportunity to explore how a project’s success can be leveraged to create additional community successes. This case study offers an example for how to convert one success into a platform that funds projects that have direct community impact in one or more of the SDG goal areas. Originality/value This paper aims at bridging the gap between theoretical frameworks for community sustainable development and descriptive-only case studies by using a case study to demonstrate a conceptual model or framework for advancing community sustainability (Karatzoglou, 2013). The case study provides a unique model for using utility rebates associated with an infrastructure project that was funded through philanthropic giving to establish a fund for projects that support the community. Utility rebates associated with campus energy efficiency projects are often otherwise overlooked, used to fund additional energy efficiency projects or simply returned to a university’s operating budget. For some HEIs, this model may connect the work of facilities staff to student success in ways that have not previously been explored. For others, this alternative use of utility rebates may offer an opportunity to increase the investment value of utility rebate dollars by creating virtuous cycles within their communities that contribute to university vitality.

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Mickaitytė, Aistė, Edmundas K. Zavadskas, Artūras Kaklauskas, and Laura Tupėnaitė. "THE CONCEPT MODEL OF SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS REFURBISHMENT." International Journal of Strategic Property Management 12, no. 1 (March 31, 2008): 53–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/1648-715x.2008.12.53-68.

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Sustainable development principles reaching many spheres of human activities, public buildings refurbishment is not an exemption in this case. Buildings refurbishment supports excellent opportunities to reduce energy consumption in buildings as well as encourages other sustainable refurbishment principles implementation ‐ citizens’ healthcare, environment protection, rational resources use, information about sustainable refurbishment dissemination and stakeholders groups’ awareness. During the pilot refurbishment FP‐6 project Brita in PuBs, authors of this article have developed conceptual sustainable public buildings refurbishment model. Model was created basing on sustainable development principles, their consideration in decision making process and model efficiency influencing factors. In order to demonstrate models’ application possibilities following the healthcare principle, practical case study of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University main building pollution mapping is given at the end of this article. Santrauka Darnios plėtros principai skverbiasi į daugelį veiklos krypčių, neaplenkdami ir visuomeninių pastatų atnaujinimo proceso. Pastatų atnaujinimas – tai puiki galimybė ne tik sumažinti suvartojamos pastate energijos apimtis, bet ir užtikrinti kitus darnios renovacijos principus – rūpinimąsi gyventojų sveikata, aplinkos tausojimą, racionalų išteklių naudojimą, taip pat ir informacijos apie darnią pastatų renovaciją prieinamumą. Vykdant demonstracinį FP-6 projektą Brita in PuBs, straipsnio autoriai sukūrė koncepcinį darnios visuomeninių pastatų renovacijos modelį, kuriame atsižvelgiama į darnios plėtros principus, jų taikymą priimant sprendimus ir modelio efektyvumą veikiančius veiksnius. Siekiant pademonstruoti modelio realizavimo galimybes, paskutiniame straipsnio skyriuje rūpinimosi sveikata principas iliustruojamas renovuojamo VGTU centrinio pastato užterštumo žemėlapio sudarymu.

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Kim, Kwang-Je, Robert J. Budnitz, and Herman Winick. "Andy Sessler: The Full Life of an Accelerator Physicist." Reviews of Accelerator Science and Technology 07 (January 2014): 225–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1793626814300114.

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This article describes the distinguished career of Andrew M. Sessler, the visionary former director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), one of the most influential accelerator physicists, and a strong, dedicated human-rights activist. Andy died on 17 April 2014 from cancer at age 85. He grew up in New York City, and attended Harvard (BA in Mathematics, 1949) and then Columbia (PhD in Physics, 1953.) After an NSF postdoc at Cornell with Hans Bethe and a stint on the faculty at the Ohio State University in 1954–59, he joined the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (now LBNL) in 1959, and spent the remainder of his career there. Although Andy left his mark on several areas of physics, including nuclear structure theory, elementary-particle physics, and many-body problems, his lasting and most important contributions came from his efforts in accelerator physics and engineering, to which he devoted most of his life's work. In collaboration with his colleagues of the legendary Midwestern Universities Research Association, he developed theories for the RF acceleration process and the collective instability phenomena, helping to realize the colliding-beam accelerators with which most of the high-energy-physics discoveries of the last few decades have been made. His work in connection with the free-electron-laser (FEL) amplifier for high-power microwave generation constructed at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory anticipated the optical-guiding and the self-amplified spontaneous-emission principles, upon which the success of the X-ray FELs as the fourth-generation light sources is based. Throughout his career Andy made major contributions to issues related to the impact of science and technology on society. He helped usher in a new era of research on energy efficiency and sustainable-energy technology and was instrumental in building the research agendas in those areas for the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and later the Department of Energy. With a lifelong interest in promoting the human rights of scientists, Andy was instrumental in initiating the American Physical Society's Committee on International Freedom of Scientists and in raising funds to endow the APS Andrei Sakharov Prize. He and Moishe Pripstein cofounded Scientists for Sakharov, Orlov, and Sharansky; the group's protests along with those of other groups led to the release of the three Soviet dissidents. More importantly, Andy's voice and example became a major force in helping call the world's attention to the plight of scientists trapped in places where their human rights and their ability to do science were severely compromised. Andy received many honors, including the AEC's Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award in 1970, the APS's Dwight Nicholson Medal in 1994, and the Enrico Fermi Award from the US Department of Energy in 2014.

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Kariyeva, Jahan. "LIGHTING EFFICIENCY FEASIBILITY STUDY OF THREE OHIO UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1149438993.

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Brown, Kyle A. "Incorporating Green-Building Design Principles into Campus Facilities Planning: Obstacles and Opportunities." Ohio : Ohio University, 2006. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1149880857.

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Smit, Gerrit. "Green building guidelines at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1010974.

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Although much research has been conducted on the greening of universities in the international context, not many studies focus on this topic in the South African context. A literature overview also identified that there are insufficient guidelines for green buildings at South African universities. Even though the Green Star rating tool is implemented in South Africa, no set of guidelines for green buildings exits at South African universities. The development of guidelines for green buildings at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan is a challenge which needs to be investigated. From the literature overview, it was possible to develop a framework containing seventeen green building aspects which could assist in developing green building guidelines. For this study, a two stage process was used to obtain information to evaluate green building guidelines critically at South African universities. Green building guidelines, as available at South African universities, were firstly explored by conducting a content analysis of all South African university websites. The information available on South African university websites regarding green buildings was scant and only two universities, namely the University of Cape Town and the University of Pretoria, reported that they had a green building. Stage two in the research process involved the empirical investigation of guidelines for green buildings at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. The results of the descriptive statistics showed that most building guidelines were perceived as important, but difficult to implement. The building guideline that was ranked the most important was the design of buildings that required low levels of maintenance or were maintenance free. The building guideline that was ranked the easiest to implement was to save energy in general. Considering the 17 suggested aspects and the five groups identified, a proposed set of green building guidelines was developed. The data gathered in this study is important as it could be utilised by the university to develop and implement the proposed green building guidelines.

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Rangsiraksa, Preechaya. "Climatic data and thermal comfort of Bangkok and low energy building design /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18563.pdf.

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Vaillancourt, Joseph Robert. "University students' attitudes and behavior regarding farmers' markets: an Ohio study." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1339602411.

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Ghode, Mayura. "Guidelines and principles for sustainable land use planning a study of low-impact development strategies for Grailville, Ohio /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1194898019.

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Thesis (Master of Community Planning)--University of Cincinnati, 2007.
Advisor: Menelaos Triantafillou Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed Feb. 5, 2008). Includes abstract. Keywords: Low-Impact Development (LID), Sustainable Land use planning and Zoning, and LIUDD (low impact urban design and development, a term used in New Zealand), Site sustainability, environmentally friendly design, resource-efficient design, better site design. Includes bibliographical references.

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French, Kenneth J. "Critical Sustainability: A Constructivist Appraisal of LEED Certified Architecture in Cincinnati, Ohio." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1216331308.

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Thesis (Master of Architecture)--University of Cincinnati, 2008.
Advisors: Robert Burnham (Committee Chair), David Saile PhD (Committee Member). Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed Apr. 19, 2010). Includes abstract. Keywords: Sustainability; USGBC; LEED; sustainable architecture; sustainable theory; architectural criticism. Includes bibliographic references.

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Burke, Alex Norton. "An Integrated Toolbox to Assess the Viability of Solar PV at OHIO University." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1492506322974432.

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Aljundi, Kamar. "Is BIM an effective methodology to integrate LCA in the buildings' design?: case study: building of the University of Aveiro." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/23198.

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Mestrado em Engenharia Civil
O setor de construção tem vindo a crescer consideravelmente desde a revolução industrial, contribuindo para o aumento dos impactes ambientais na Terra, tais como o aquecimento global, smog, e mudanças climáticas. Como tal, são necessários edifícios mais sustentáveis para reduzir esses impactes. De facto, como a indústria da construção se inicia com a escolha dos materiais a aplicar, a seleção de materiais com menores impactes ambientais e com uma elevada durabilidade são essenciais para alcançar uma construção mais sustentável, particularmente se integrados logo nas fases iniciais de projeto. Durante o século passado, o conceito de sustentabilidade e as suas estratégias desenvolveram-se significativamente, proporcionando à comunidade cientifica e técnica diversas metodologias e sistemas com o intuito de promover edifícios verdadeiramente sustentáveis, tais como ACV, e sistemas de avaliação da sustentabilidade como o BREEAM e o LEED. Por outro lado, o setor da construção assistiu nos últimos anos a uma revolução tecnológica com a introdução da metodologia Building Information Modelling - BIM. Com efeito, é uma metodologia na qual as especialidades de arquitetura e engenharia estão integradas, podendo ser modeladas e geridas ao mesmo tempo, no mesmo ficheiro e no mesmo ambiente, desde as fases iniciais do projeto. Assim, esta visão mais sistemática e organizada tem a potencialidade de diminuir os erros na fase da construção e da operação. Este trabalho analisou o edifício do Departamento de Comunicação e Arte da Universidade de Aveiro, que foi concebido como um edifício sustentável do ponto de vista energético. A ACV foi utilizada para calcular os impactes ambientais de três diferentes soluções estruturais (mista, metálica e betão armado), numa perspetiva Cradle-to-Cradle, considerando dois períodos de vida útil: 50 anos e 100 anos. Usaram-se ainda duas abordagens de cálculo: (i) a abordagem tradicional de ACV, usando o SimaPro baseado no modelo BIM-3D; e (ii) o BIM-ACV, usando o Tally e o modelo BIM-3D. Esta comparação concluiu que existem vários obstáculos na aplicação da ACV no setor da construção, particularmente no que respeita à (in)existência de bases de dados específicas que influenciam os resultados da ACV. Além disso, essas duas abordagens destacaram as potenciais vantagens que a integração da ACV no BIM poderia ter no setor da construção, em geral, e particularmente para a obtenção da construção sustentável. Concluiu-se, ainda, que a estrutura de betão armado tem menos impactes relativos ao aquecimento global do que as outras que foram também consideradas. Por fim, este trabalho permitiu evidenciar a necessidade e a potencialidade da integração da ACV no BIM no setor de construção. Adicionalmente, conclui-se que é necessário desenvolver uma base de dados nacional de materiais e de técnicas construtivas, de modo a minimizar os erros e a incerteza dos cálculos da ACV, quer usando a abordagem tradicional LCA ou o BIM-ACV.
The buildings’ sector has been growing since the industrial revolution and consequently it has been contributing increasingly to the world negative environmental impacts, such as global warming, smog emissions and climate changes. Thus, more sustainable buildings are needed, since it is essential to reduce the negative impacts of the construction sector. Indeed, since the construction process starts selecting construction materials with less environmental impacts and high durability that are essential to reach more sustainable constructions, particularly when applying it from the early stage of design phase. During the last century, sustainability concept and strategies have been developed significantly, providing the Scientific and Technical community with various methodologies and systems aiming to promote real sustainable buildings, such as LCA, and labelling and assessing systems like BREEAM and LEED. On the other hand, the construction and design sectors have recently been facing a new technology revolution with the Building Information Modelling – BIM, approach. In fact, BIM is a methodology in which the architectural and engineering areas can be modelled, cooperated and managed at the same time, in the same file and environment and since the early stages of the design. Thus, BIM provides less errors in the construction and operation phases in a much more organised and systematic approach. This work analyses the building of Communication and Art Department of the University of Aveiro, which was designed as a sustainable building according the energy efficiency. LCA methodology was used to calculate the environmental impacts of three different structural solutions (mixed, steel and concrete) in a Cradle-to-Cradle perspective, considering two life spans: a 50-year life span and a 100-year one. Throughout this case study, applying LCA in the construction sector was experienced using two approaches: (i) LCA traditional approach using SimaPro and BIM-3D model; and (ii) BIM-based LCA using Tally and BIM- 3D model. This comparison showed that there are various obstacles when applying LCA in the construction sector, particularly the (in)existence of specific database, since they influence LCA results. Moreover, those two approaches highlighted the potential advantages that LCA integration with BIM could add to the construction sector, in general, and particularly to sustainable construction. This study also concludes that the concrete structure has less global warming impacts than the others that were considered. Finally, this work showed the necessity and the potentiality of integrating LCA in BIM in the construction sector. In addition, it concludes the need to develop a national database of construction materials and techniques that could minimise the errors and the uncertainty of LCA calculations whether using LCA traditional approach or BIM-based approach.
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Xiong, Liang. "Impact of Green Design and Technology on Building Environment." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc822831/.

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Currently, the public has a strong sense of the need for environment protection and the use of sustainable, or “green,” design in buildings and other civil structures. Since green design elements and technologies are different from traditional design, they probably have impacts on the building environment, such as vibration, lighting, noise, temperature, relative humidity, and overall comfort. Determining these impacts of green design on building environments is the primary objective of this study. The Zero Energy Research (ZOE) laboratory, located at the University of North Texas Discovery Park, is analyzed as a case study. Because the ZOE lab is a building that combines various green design elements and energy efficient technologies, such as solar panels, a geothermal heating system, and wind turbines, it provides an ideal case to study. Through field measurements and a questionnaire survey of regular occupants of the ZOE lab, this thesis analyzed and reported: 1) whether green design elements changed the building’s ability to meet common building environmental standards, 2) whether green design elements assisted in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) scoring, and 3) whether green design elements decreased the subjective comfort level of the occupants.

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Books on the topic "Ohio University Sustainable buildings"

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The sustainable university: Green goals and new challenges for higher education leaders. Baltimore, Md: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.

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Sustainable University: Progress and Prospects. Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.

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Sustainable University: Exploring Practice, Process and Prospects. Taylor & Francis Group, 2013.

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Mack, Scogin, Elam Merrill, Gannon Todd, Fletcher Margaret, and Ball Teresa, eds. Mack Scogin, Merrill Elam/Knowlton Hall: Knowlton School of Architecture, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2005.

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K, Dhir Ravindra, Dyer Thomas D, and Newlands Moray D, eds. Achieving sustainability in construction: Proceedings of the international conference held at the University of Dundee, Scotland, UK on 5-6 July 2005. London: Thomas Telford, 2005.

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Sustainable University: Green Goals and New Challenges for Higher Education Leaders. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.

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Rafael, Moneo José, Vidler Anthony, and Eisenman/Trott Architects, eds. Wexner Center for the Visual Arts, the Ohio State University: A building. New York: Rizzoli, 1989.

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Rampinelli, Giuliano Arns, and Solange Machado. Manual de sistemas fotovoltaicos de geração distribuída: Teoria e prática. Brazil Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31012/978-65-5861-330-5.

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This book started from a desire to contribute scientifically with the knowledge about photovoltaic solar energy – an art promoted and developed by members of School of Sun and the NTEEL Solar. It has been possible through the research groups from School of Sun Project and the Electric Energy Technological Nucleus – Solar (NTEEL Solar). The School of Sun is a project from Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) which promotes scientific knowledge by the promotion of the information. The NTEEL Solar is a group which develops projects and scientific research in Photovoltaic Solar Energy and its applications. This work presents topics about the Brazilian electrical sector and its commercialization of energy, concepts about the reasoning and measurement of the solar radiation, characteristics and technologies of photovoltaic cells and modules; characteristics and technologies of inverters; monitoring and analysis of the photovoltaic systems; consumptions and generation profiles, rules and law, operation and maintenance of systems, softwares to dimension and simulate systems, and energy efficiency at buildings. It is a pleasure to share these research results from projects and scientific researches with you, dear reader. We would like to thank all the people that have been helping us with research so far, especially with this book. We are also thankful for the organizations which have been supporting us: the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), the School of Sun (UFSC), the Electric Energy Technological Nucleus – NTEEL Solar, Graduate Program in Energy and Sustainability (PPGES), the Undergraduate Program in Energy Engineering, the Coordination of Personnel Improvement of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies (CAPES), The National Council of Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and the Foundation of Support to Scientific Research and Innovation from Santa Catarina State (FAPESC). This book contributes scientifically to the promotion of renewable technology, reliable, competitive; towards sustainable development. We hope that you appreciate it and have a great reading.

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Book chapters on the topic "Ohio University Sustainable buildings"

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Kazem, Hussein A. "Teaching Photovoltaic Principles at the University." In Photovoltaics for Sustainable Electricity and Buildings, 113–45. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39280-6_6.

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Ngowi, Alfred B., and Bankole O. Awuzie. "A User-Led Approach to Smart Campus Design at a University of Technology." In Smart and Sustainable Cities and Buildings, 431–41. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37635-2_30.

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Aljundi, Kamar, Fernanda Rodrigues, Armando Pinto, and Ana Dias. "LCA Integration in the Construction Industry: A Case Study of a Sustainable Building in Aveiro University." In Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, 159–70. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9868-2_14.

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Lelis Rabelo Albala, Paula, Nathália Mara Lorenzetti Lima, Paula Regina da Cruz Noia, Mariana Auad Proença, Joana Carla Soares Gonçalves, and Roberta Consentino Kronka Mülfarth. "The Environmental Management Plan at University of São Paulo: A Methodology for Sustainable Buildings Policy and Its Further Developments." In World Sustainability Series, 441–56. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76885-4_29.

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Howald, Emily, and John Krygier. "“Scrappy” Sustainability at Ohio Wesleyan University." In Sustainable Cities and Communities Design Handbook, 561–71. Elsevier, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-813964-6.00029-x.

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"ZICER Building, University of East Anglia." In Sustainable Buildings in Practice, 103–12. Routledge, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203865453-10.

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Dixon, Jodie. "General Purpose Building, University of Newcastle." In Sustainable Buildings in Practice, 253–62. Routledge, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203865453-25.

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Dixon, Jodie. "Student Services Centre, University of Newcastle." In Sustainable Buildings in Practice, 263–72. Routledge, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203865453-26.

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"Liu Institute, University of British Columbia." In Sustainable Buildings in Practice, 73–81. Routledge, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203865453-7.

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Liu, Margaret. "Bioclimatic Retrofitting of University Buildings." In Sustainable Retrofitting of Commercial Buildings, 369–82. Routledge, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203119846-29.

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Conference papers on the topic "Ohio University Sustainable buildings"

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Deshko, Valeriy I., O. M. Shevchenko, and G. G. Farenyk. "UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES ENERGY PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION IN UKRAINE BASED ON MEASURABLE APPROACH." In International Symposium on Sustainable Energy in Buildings and Urban Areas, SEBUA-12. Connecticut: Begellhouse, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1615/ichmt.2012.sebua-12.150.

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Dumnic, Boris, Bane Popadic, Dragan Milicevic, Damir Sljivac, Matej Znidarec, Marinko Stojkov, Antun Barac, et al. "Renewable Energy Sources for smart sustainable health Centers, University Education and other public buildings." In 2020 International Conference on Smart Systems and Technologies (SST). IEEE, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/sst49455.2020.9264132.

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El Asmar, Mounir, Abbas Chokor, and Issam Srour. "Occupant Satisfaction with Indoor Environmental Quality: A Study of the LEED-Certified Buildings on the Arizona State University Campus." In International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure 2014. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784478745.100.

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Kremer, Gregory G., Timothy J. Ryan, and Shyler Switzer. "A Risk Assessment Method and Safety Plan for a University Research Lab." In ASME 2008 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2008-67286.

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Risk management processes follow relatively well established steps, but the hazard identification and risk assessment steps often depend heavily on “experts” with relevant expertise and operating experience. This paper presents a tool developed to help novice researchers identify and assess hazards more efficiently. The hazard identification tool was developed in the form of an updatable algorithm, based initially on previous risk assessments for similar situations as well as checklists and guidelines available from academic texts, Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), and industry. Major risk categories included in the algorithm include: a) Ergonomics and Mechanical, b) Chemical, c) Physical (including Electrical Hazards, Fire Safety, Noise Hazards, and Radiation Hazards), d) Psychological and Organizational, and e) Biological. In the initial test of the algorithm, a team of non-experts used the algorithm to identify risks for two Ohio Coal Research Center (OCRC) projects dealing with solid oxide fuel cell and electrostatic precipitator testing. Their results were comparable to the list of risks generated by a group of “research experts” without the algorithm. Future plans include making the algorithm available on a wiki platform to collaboratively develop it with the combined knowledge, experience and perspectives of all participating researchers. This paper also describes the overall safety plan for the Ohio Coal Research Center (OCRC), which operates within the Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment (ISEE) at Ohio University. An OCRC safety flow diagram is presented that has been successfully used to improve the safety of new research projects being led by new researchers.

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Antonyan, Olga, Olga Maksimchuk, Anna Solovyova, and Alexander Chub. "The formation of the cost of overhaul of apartment buildings in the budget of the region." In Proceedings of the Volgograd State University International Scientific Conference "Competitive, Sustainable and Safe Development of the Regional Economy" (CSSDRE 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/cssdre-19.2019.28.

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Madadnia, Jafar, and Myung Hun Park. "Design of Compact BIPV Fac¸ades for the Buildings at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS)." In ASME 2009 Heat Transfer Summer Conference collocated with the InterPACK09 and 3rd Energy Sustainability Conferences. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ht2009-88170.

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Ecologically Sustainable buildings are being designed for the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) where the building fac¸ade and equipment may serve as a project-based environment for engineering students learning about energy efficiency. Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) panels with poly-crystalline Photovoltaic (PV) module were designed and experimentally tested. The power input, and power output, surface temperatures, and channel spacing(s) between the PV module and glazed layer(s) were measured at cooling conditions with both fan-on and fan-off conditions. The electric energy conversion efficiency and the heat transfer ratios of conduction, natural convection, forced convection, and radiation reflection were determined for BIPV panels and optimized against the surface temperature and the channel spacing(s). An optimum BIPV with compact spacing for the single glazed (double-skinned) facade was suggested to be retrofitted to existing buildings, while an optimum BIPV with compact spacing for the double glazed (triple-skinned) fac¸ade was suggested for the building development at UTS. The project is ongoing and serves as a collaborative educational platform for students and staff.

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Piacenza, Joseph, Salvador Mayoral, Sean Lin, Lauren Won, and Xava Grooms. "Understanding the Impact of Occupancy Trends in Sustainable Housing Designs." In ASME 2016 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2016-59588.

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As sustainable building mandates become more prevalent in new commercial buildings, it is a challenge to create a broad, one-size-fits-all certification process. While designers can estimate energy usage with computation tools such as model based design, anticipating the post occupancy usage is more difficult. Understanding energy usage trends is especially complicated in university student housing buildings, where occupancy varies significantly as a function of enrollment and course scheduling. This research explores the effect of student occupancy on both predicted and actual energy usage in a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certified student housing complex. A case study is presented from the California State University Fullerton (CSUF) campus, and examines diversity factor, defined as a building’s instantaneous energy usage as a percentage of the maximum allowable usage during a period of time, trends throughout the academic year. The CSUF case diversity factor is compared to the diversity factor used in predictive models for obtaining LEED certification, and the mandates that govern the models (e.g., ASHRAE 90.1). The results of the analysis show the benefits of considering post occupancy usage in sustainable building designs, and recommendations are presented for creating unique and application based computational models, early in the design process. This research has broad applications, and can extend to sustainable building design in other organizations, whose operational schedule falls outside of current prediction methods for sustainability mandates.

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Elizondo, Hazel A., Bereket Lebassi, and Jorge E. Gonzalez-Cruz. "Modeling and Validation of Building Thermal Performance of the 2007 Santa Clara University Solar Decathlon House." In ASME 2008 2nd International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the Heat Transfer, Fluids Engineering, and 3rd Energy Nanotechnology Conferences. ASMEDC, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2008-54044.

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Sustainability is an issue of great importance in the building and energy sectors. In the United States, about 40% of total energy use is in buildings, 30% of raw materials are used in buildings, 30% of waste outputs come from buildings, 30% of greenhouse gas emissions are attributed to buildings, and 12% of potable water consumption occurs in buildings. Thus, there is a great necessity for the rapid deployment of highly sustainable buildings that are aesthetic and reliable. Solar houses are highly sustainable and can be designed to be reliable by using streamlined technologies, providing as much power as needed, and by minimizing the energy usage within the building. The US DOE Solar Decathlon offered a great opportunity to test these criteria which were at the same time the fundamental elements taken into consideration when designing the Santa Clara University (SCU) solar house in 2007 [1]. In this research the SCU solar decathlon solar house energy and thermal performances were analyzed. The energy and thermal loads were modeled using EnergyPlus™ software which helps to perform detailed modeling of the energy and thermal performances of buildings. The conditioned space of the building consists of two rectangular shaped zones, the living room and the bedroom, which together are approximately 45ft along the east-west direction and 11ft wide. Wood framing with R-19 insulation, made from recycled jeans, was used for the walls. The roof and the floor are constructed of a bamboo wood frame with foam insulation. Daylighting was maximized through active windows (i.e. electro-chromic), energy efficient appliances were incorporated along with solar thermal air conditioning, heating and hot water. Performance parameters for the mechanical systems were developed from conventionally available technologies and the control set-points were based on DOE Solar Decathlon 2007 (SD07) guidelines [1]. The thermal energy design decisions for the house were based largely on a combination of the solar decathlon contest requirements and that technologies were sustainable and commercially available. The house was tested in Washington DC in October 2007 during the competition and performed excellently well ranking at the top in the following categories: energy balance, thermal comfort, and hot water. Data collected during the event provide the unique opportunity of validating the simulated energy and thermal performances of the house with weather file created from the real-time weather data. The created weather file is used to run new simulations of the SCU SD07 house, from these results we can assess the accuracy of the simulation program used. If accuracy is high enough, annual simulations are executed to demonstrate how the house would perform under extreme climatic conditions in different regions.

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Palacio, Santiago Naranjo, K. Max Zhang, Disha Patel, Megha Basu, and Jason Trager. "Sustainable Communities Case Study: Energy Management Using Demand Response Methods." In ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2010-90265.

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Politicians, activists, business-leaders and engineers alike all agree that future societal progress depends heavily on the development of sustainable cities and communities designed to achieve long-term environmental, social, and economic viability. A key factor that must be considered when planning for sustainable communities is the desirability for living and the productivity potential for industry and research. At the foundation of both is energy — from generation through transmission to consumption. Innovations and novel designs at all levels within a community — from individual buildings to system-wide infrastructure — will allow homes and offices to operate without noticeable sacrifice of comfort and convenience. An interdisciplinary team of professors and graduate students at Cornell University has formed to address the energy challenges of transforming Cornell University campus into a sustainable community. Cornell University’s main campus in Ithaca, NY is uniquely situated to serve as a model for validation and implementation of an advanced electricity infrastructure, commonly known as a Smart Grid. The campus owns and operates its electricity infrastructure powered by a combination of renewable energy, coal production and other electricity purchased from independent providers. In addition, similar to other communities, Cornell has a variety of building types, each having its unique energy consumption profile and thus providing great opportunities for interaction between buildings. This can prove to be very beneficial in our validation as all communities have variable load profiles. With new capital expenditures for new infrastructure, we expect to see a great reduction in energy costs and lowered operation costs resulting from the implementation of smart-grid in the present electric grid. Moreover, introducing demand response schemes, one of the major components of a smart-grid, would allow the community to incorporate more renewable energy sources into its energy mix, increase energy efficiency, and achieve significant monetary savings.

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Piacenza, Joseph, Salvador Mayoral, Bahaa Albarhami, and Sean Lin. "Understanding the Importance of Post Occupancy Usage Trends During Concept-Stage Sustainable Building Design." In ASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2017-67461.

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As sustainable building mandates become more prevalent in new commercial and mixed use buildings, it is a challenge to create a broad, one-size-fits-all certification process. While designers can estimate energy usage with computational tools such as model based design, anticipating the post occupancy usage is more challenging. Understanding and predicting energy usage trends is especially complicated in unique mixed use building applications, such as university student housing buildings, where occupancy varies significantly as a function of enrollment, course scheduling, and student study habits. This research explores a computational modeling approach used to achieve LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification for a student housing complex design. A case study is presented from the California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) campus, and examines the impact of post occupancy building usage trends, and diversity factor, defined as a building’s instantaneous energy usage normalized by the maximum allowable usage, on energy use estimates. The CSUF case model, which was originally created using EnergySoft’s EnergyPro 5 software, is examined. An annual predictive energy use comparison is performed in EnergyPro 5 using general building design mandates (i.e., ASHRAE 90.1, California Title 24), and CSUF case specific building usage details (e.g., student scheduling, diversity factor). In addition, the energy usage estimates of these two predictive models are compared to the actual usage data collected during the 2014 academic year. The results of this comparison show the benefits of considering post occupancy usage, and recommendations are presented for creating unique and application based computational models, early in the design process. This research has broad applications, and can extend to sustainable building design in other organizations, whose operational schedule falls outside of current prediction methods for sustainability mandates.

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