Integrated life cycle sustainability performance assessment framework for residential modular buildings
department or school: Applied Science, Faculty of
department or school: Engineering, School of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Kamali, Mohammad
issued: 2019-06-05T16:17:17Z
issued: 2019
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Due to the rapid global growth of sustainable construction strategies, it is important to assess the sustainability of buildings constructed by different methods. In the past few decades, the construction industry has been exposed to the process of industrialization and experimenting off-site construction methods. Modular construction, as the primary method of off-site construction, came into practice as an alternative to conventional on-site construction. This method has been claimed to offer many advantages over conventional construction. However, the continued expansion of modular construction highly depends on the quantification and evaluation of its sustainability and the claimed advantages. In this research, an integrated life cycle sustainability performance assessment framework for single-family residential modular buildings was developed. To this end, the results of a comprehensive literature review, various methodologies and tools, and extensive data collection, were integrated to develop a multi-level decision support framework (DSF). The overall framework commences with the identification and selection of the most applicable sustainability performance criteria (SPCs) for comparing the performance of modular buildings versus conventional buildings. To develop a sustainability index for each selected SPC, relevant sustainability performance indicators (SPIs and sub-SPIs) have been determined, calculated, and aggregated using suitable multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) methods and life cycle assessment (LCA). Subsequently, the same methodology has been used to develop the sustainability indices to represent the performance of a given modular building at higher levels including environmental sustainability, economic sustainability, and overall sustainability. To enable comparisons of the developed indices with the industry’s performance benchmarks, suitable sustainability performance scales (SPSs) have been established at the corresponding levels. This …
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note: INTEGRATED LIFE CYCLE SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR RESIDENTIAL MODULAR BUILDINGS by Mohammad Kamali B.Sc., Sharif University of Technology (SUT), 2004 M.Sc., Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), 2008 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Civil Engineering) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) June 2019 © Mohammad Kamali, 2019ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis/dissertation entitled: INTEGRATED LIFE CYCLE SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR RESIDENTIAL MODULAR BUILDINGS submitted by Mohammad Kamali in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy . Dr. Kasun Hewage, School of Engineering Supervisor Dr. Rehan Sadiq, School of Engineering Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Shahria Alam, School of Engineering Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Anas Chaaban, School of Engineering University Examiner Dr. Mohamed Al-Hussein, University of Alberta External Examiner iii Abstract Due to the rapid global growth of sustainable construction strategies, it is important to assess the sustainability of buildings constructed by different methods. In the past few decades, the construction industry has been exposed to the process of industrialization and experimenting off-site construction methods. Modular construction, as the primary method of off-site construction, came into practice as an alternative to conventional on-site construction. This method has been claimed to offer many advantages over conventional construction. However, the continued expansion of modular construction highly depends on the quantification and evaluation of its sustainability and the claimed advantages. In this research, an integrated life cycle sustainability performance assessment framework for single-family residential modular buildings was …
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2019-09
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0379317
language: eng
degree discipline: Civil Engineering
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/70523