TY - JOUR
T1 - Holistic sustainability
T2 - Advancing interdisciplinary building design through tools and data in Denmark
AU - Sørensen, Nils Lykke
AU - Rasmussen, Freja Nygaard
AU - Øien, Turid Borgestrand
AU - Frandsen, Anne Kathrine
PY - 2020/5/9
Y1 - 2020/5/9
N2 - Sustainable
housing and buildings constitute a fundamental part of the future urban
fabric. This study aims at clarifying how different actors employ
parameters of sustainability in building design and what enables the
holistic perspective of the interrelating social, economic and
environmental parameters. Interviews with building developers and
designers show that decision support tools are used late in the design
process and commonly focused on single parameters of sustainability. The
analysis shows how practitioners of the planning and early design
phases operate at general levels of geometrical clusters and volumes but
must continuously evaluate each project from the perspective of the
specifications of end-users and the public, to ensure holistic
sustainability. This opposing relationship between need and availability
of general and specific data, however, challenges the implementation of
holistic sustainability. Advancing the interdisciplinary, holistic
building design requires systematic aggregation of data from executed
projects of this data into applicable rules-of-thumb. In parallel,
future tools for simulation and dialogue must employ a broader scope of
sustainability parameters. The conceptual frameworks of data and tools
presented in this study can be used as a backdrop for developing
sectoral initiatives to enable holistic decisions in the early stages of
sustainable building design.Sustainable
housing and buildings constitute a fundamental part of the future urban
fabric. This study aims at clarifying how different actors employ
parameters of sustainability in building design and what enables the
holistic perspective of the interrelating social, economic and
environmental parameters. Interviews with building developers and
designers show that decision support tools are used late in the design
process and commonly focused on single parameters of sustainability. The
analysis shows how practitioners of the planning and early design
phases operate at general levels of geometrical clusters and volumes but
must continuously evaluate each project from the perspective of the
specifications of end-users and the public, to ensure holistic
sustainability. This opposing relationship between need and availability
of general and specific data, however, challenges the implementation of
holistic sustainability. Advancing the interdisciplinary, holistic
building design requires systematic aggregation of data from executed
projects of this data into applicable rules-of-thumb. In parallel,
future tools for simulation and dialogue must employ a broader scope of
sustainability parameters. The conceptual frameworks of data and tools
presented in this study can be used as a backdrop for developing
sectoral initiatives to enable holistic decisions in the early stages of
sustainable building design.Sustainable
housing and buildings constitute a fundamental part of the future urban
fabric. This study aims at clarifying how different actors employ
parameters of sustainability in building design and what enables the
holistic perspective of the interrelating social, economic and
environmental parameters. Interviews with building developers and
designers show that decision support tools are used late in the design
process and commonly focused on single parameters of sustainability. The
analysis shows how practitioners of the planning and early design
phases operate at general levels of geometrical clusters and volumes but
must continuously evaluate each project from the perspective of the
specifications of end-users and the public, to ensure holistic
sustainability. This opposing relationship between need and availability
of general and specific data, however, challenges the implementation of
holistic sustainability. Advancing the interdisciplinary, holistic
building design requires systematic aggregation of data from executed
projects of this data into applicable rules-of-thumb. In parallel,
future tools for simulation and dialogue must employ a broader scope of
sustainability parameters. The conceptual frameworks of data and tools
presented in this study can be used as a backdrop for developing
sectoral initiatives to enable holistic decisions in the early stages of
sustainable building design.
AB - Sustainable
housing and buildings constitute a fundamental part of the future urban
fabric. This study aims at clarifying how different actors employ
parameters of sustainability in building design and what enables the
holistic perspective of the interrelating social, economic and
environmental parameters. Interviews with building developers and
designers show that decision support tools are used late in the design
process and commonly focused on single parameters of sustainability. The
analysis shows how practitioners of the planning and early design
phases operate at general levels of geometrical clusters and volumes but
must continuously evaluate each project from the perspective of the
specifications of end-users and the public, to ensure holistic
sustainability. This opposing relationship between need and availability
of general and specific data, however, challenges the implementation of
holistic sustainability. Advancing the interdisciplinary, holistic
building design requires systematic aggregation of data from executed
projects of this data into applicable rules-of-thumb. In parallel,
future tools for simulation and dialogue must employ a broader scope of
sustainability parameters. The conceptual frameworks of data and tools
presented in this study can be used as a backdrop for developing
sectoral initiatives to enable holistic decisions in the early stages of
sustainable building design.Sustainable
housing and buildings constitute a fundamental part of the future urban
fabric. This study aims at clarifying how different actors employ
parameters of sustainability in building design and what enables the
holistic perspective of the interrelating social, economic and
environmental parameters. Interviews with building developers and
designers show that decision support tools are used late in the design
process and commonly focused on single parameters of sustainability. The
analysis shows how practitioners of the planning and early design
phases operate at general levels of geometrical clusters and volumes but
must continuously evaluate each project from the perspective of the
specifications of end-users and the public, to ensure holistic
sustainability. This opposing relationship between need and availability
of general and specific data, however, challenges the implementation of
holistic sustainability. Advancing the interdisciplinary, holistic
building design requires systematic aggregation of data from executed
projects of this data into applicable rules-of-thumb. In parallel,
future tools for simulation and dialogue must employ a broader scope of
sustainability parameters. The conceptual frameworks of data and tools
presented in this study can be used as a backdrop for developing
sectoral initiatives to enable holistic decisions in the early stages of
sustainable building design.Sustainable
housing and buildings constitute a fundamental part of the future urban
fabric. This study aims at clarifying how different actors employ
parameters of sustainability in building design and what enables the
holistic perspective of the interrelating social, economic and
environmental parameters. Interviews with building developers and
designers show that decision support tools are used late in the design
process and commonly focused on single parameters of sustainability. The
analysis shows how practitioners of the planning and early design
phases operate at general levels of geometrical clusters and volumes but
must continuously evaluate each project from the perspective of the
specifications of end-users and the public, to ensure holistic
sustainability. This opposing relationship between need and availability
of general and specific data, however, challenges the implementation of
holistic sustainability. Advancing the interdisciplinary, holistic
building design requires systematic aggregation of data from executed
projects of this data into applicable rules-of-thumb. In parallel,
future tools for simulation and dialogue must employ a broader scope of
sustainability parameters. The conceptual frameworks of data and tools
presented in this study can be used as a backdrop for developing
sectoral initiatives to enable holistic decisions in the early stages of
sustainable building design.
KW - Building design stages
KW - Data and knowledge management
KW - Decision support tools
KW - Holistic sustainability
KW - Sustainability parameters
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U2 - 10.5130/AJCEB.v20i2.6671
DO - 10.5130/AJCEB.v20i2.6671
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2204-9029
VL - 20
SP - 25
EP - 44
JO - Construction Economics and Building
JF - Construction Economics and Building
IS - 2
ER -