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RISGreen Building Rating Systems and Whole-Building Life Cycle Assessment: Comparative Study of the Existing Assessment Tools
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: There is a growing interest in integrating life cycle assessment (LCA) into building design decision making due to LCA’s comprehensive and systemic approach to environmental evaluation. Many green building rating systems ...
Engaging Citizens in Air Pollution Research: Investigating the Built Environment and Indoor Air Quality and Its Impact on Quality of Life
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: There is evidence that when people are exposed to sociobehavorial and socioeconomic disadvantage they become more susceptible to the impacts of poor environmental quality and experience exacerbated health outcomes as a ...
Understanding Green Building Design and Healthcare Outcomes: Evidence-Based Design Analysis of an Oncology Unit
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Life-Cycle Assessment Modeling of Construction Processes for Buildings
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This research examined the environmental impacts due to the construction phase of commercial buildings. Previous building research has often overlooked the construction phase and focused on the material and use phases, ...
Active Experiential Sustainable Engineering Module for Engineering Education
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This paper explores the cognitive and affective outcomes of the Sustainable Metrics (SusMet) Module for introducing engineering students to concepts of design for end-of-life and design for disassembly (explicit) and ...
Gamifying Sustainable Engineering Courses: Student and Instructor Perspectives of Community, Engagement, Learning, and Retention
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: Recruitment, retention, and preparation of students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields are critical to meeting the global challenges of the 21st century. Gamification—game playing concepts used in ...
Assessment of Students’ Mastery of Construction Management and Engineering Concepts through Board Game Design
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Although the use of games to help students learn is explicit in the literature, little research has been conducted on student-developed games to assess student learning. The objective of this research is to establish the ...
Preliminary Comparative Life-Cycle Impacts of Streetlight Technology
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: As part of a streetlight-retrofitting project in Pittsburgh, this study performed a cradle-to-grave life-cycle assessment of four lighting technologies: the widespread high-pressure sodium and metal halide lights, and the ...
Hybrid Dynamic-Empirical Building Energy Modeling Approach for an Existing Campus Building
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: A hybrid modeling framework was constructed to investigate the uncertainty in modeling the energy consumption of an existing campus building with minimal instrumentation. The hybrid framework consisted of a dynamic model ...
Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment of a Living Building
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: A whole building life cycle assessment (LCA) was performed on a Living Building, focusing on impacts from green building materials, a decentralized water system, a net-positive use phase, and the end-of-life of structural ...