Sentence examples for building sustainability from inspiring English sources

Therefore, this paper is aimed at examining the role of sustainable development concept in sustainable envelope design by investigating the impacts of sustainable envelope design on building sustainability using Integrated Performance Model.

On the basis of the numerical findings, this study concludes that the proposed framework can successfully address the problem of criteria weighting and assessing the building envelope sustainable performance towards achieving building sustainability.

Building sustainability assessments are driving greater market demand for sustainable buildings in the developed world.

A holistic view of social sustainability in residential buildings is lacking when it comes to modern tools and systems of building sustainability assessment, which creates gaps in analytical support necessary for sustainable decision-making.

This paper compares the assessment procedure of three building sustainability assessment systems (BSA): SBToolPT-H, BREEAM's Code for Sustainable Homes and LEED for homes v4 when dealing with steel solutions.

This paper proposes an exergy-based definition of a sustainable building, the calculation method of a new Exergy-based Index of building Sustainability (ExSI), and the rating scale.

Around the world, companies that are building sustainability-centred business models are reaping rewards in better performance and higher profit.

Based on the Austrian building certification system ÖGNI/DGNB, we applied a systemic approach for building sustainability-improvement, using a case study of a public office building in Graz, Austria.

BSA tools are developed to independently provide an evaluation of buildings' sustainability performance considering different impact categories.

In this study, a building information modeling (BIM) based building design optimization method is proposed to facilitate designers to optimize their designs and improve buildings' sustainability.

In addition, appropriate efforts to formulate strategic RUE policies are initiated for assuring buildings sustainability and providing guidelines for future architecture.