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contributor authorAlbert Thomas
contributor authorCarol C. Menassa
contributor authorVineet R. Kamat
date accessioned2017-12-16T09:17:41Z
date available2017-12-16T09:17:41Z
date issued2016
identifier other%28ASCE%29CP.1943-5487.0000601.pdf
identifier urihttp://138.201.223.254:8080/yetl1/handle/yetl/4241083
description abstractThe buildings sector accounts for nearly 41% of the United States’ primary energy usage. Various lifecycle analysis (LCA)-based tools are available for facilitating sustainable material selection and energy usage estimation, especially during the material production and construction phases of a building. However, for the use and maintenance phase, there is a lack of a comprehensive framework that can monitor and quantify the effects of various factors such as building system and material deterioration and dynamic occupant behavior patterns on the energy consumption. This research propose a lifecycle energy monitoring framework that couples LCA and energy simulation analysis using a system dynamics modeling framework to enable a distributed simulation platform that can monitor and control the energy requirements during all phases of a building’s lifecycle. Experimental results indicate that the proposed framework can help understand the optimal maintenance and replacement period of major building materials, thereby providing options for limiting the overall energy usage and environmental impacts from a building during its entire lifecycle.
publisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers
titleSystem Dynamics Framework to Study the Effect of Material Performance on a Building’s Lifecycle Energy Requirements
typeJournal Paper
journal volume30
journal issue6
journal titleJournal of Computing in Civil Engineering
identifier doi10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000601
treeJournal of Computing in Civil Engineering:;2016:;Volume ( 030 ):;issue: 006
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