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Model-based life cycle cost and assessment tool for sustainable building design decision

Han, I. X., Zhou, W. and Tang, L. C. M. (2011) Model-based life cycle cost and assessment tool for sustainable building design decision. In: 4th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management (ICCEPM-20011) , 16-18 Feb 2011, Sydney, Australia.

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Abstract/Summary

There is a growing concern in reducing greenhouse gas emissions all over the world. The U.K. has set 34% target reduction of emission before 2020 and 80% before 2050 compared to 1990 recently in Post Copenhagen Report on Climate Change. In practise, Life Cycle Cost (LCC) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tools have been introduced to construction industry in order to achieve this such as. However, there is clear a disconnection between costs and environmental impacts over the life cycle of a built asset when using these two tools. Besides, the changes in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) lead to a change in the way information is represented, in particular, information is being fed more easily and distributed more quickly to different stakeholders by the use of tool such as the Building Information Modelling (BIM), with little consideration on incorporating LCC and LCA and their maximised usage within the BIM environment. The aim of this paper is to propose the development of a model-based LCC and LCA tool in order to provide sustainable building design decisions for clients, architects and quantity surveyors, by then an optimal investment decision can be made by studying the trade-off between costs and environmental impacts. An application framework is also proposed finally as the future work that shows how the proposed model can be incorporated into the BIM environment in practise.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science > School of the Built Environment
ID Code:18155
Uncontrolled Keywords:Building Information Modeling (BIM), Carbon emissions, Life Cycle Cost (LCC), Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

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