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Session Overview
Session
7ST/5: Science & Technology
Time:
Wednesday, 12/Dec/2018:
9:30am - 10:30am

Session Chair: Prof. Rajat Gupta
Location: LT5
Lecture Theatre 5, 2/F, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK

Presentations
9:30am - 9:45am

Integration of Life Cycle Analysis tools in Building Information Modelling toward a regenerative design.

Tiziano Dalla Mora, Erika Bolzonello, Fabio Peron, Antonio Carbonari

university iuav of venice, Italy

In the case of regenerative processes, design can receive significant benefits from information that can be obtained by applying the life cycle assessment methodology. The LCA (life cycle assessment) approach can be implemented both for a single building material and for the whole building. An effective and efficient real application of this methodology requires the integration of LCA databases and analysis routines to the simulation tools (Building Energy Simulation, Building Information Modelling). The integration of LCA tool significantly impacts the design efficacy especially in reducing environmental impact of the construction industry. This paper reviews the integrated LCA tools in simulation software currently available for BIM platforms and will explore the possibilities given to restorative design informed by LCA analysis, through a test on two construction typologies for a case study.


9:45am - 10:00am

Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Applications in Energy Audits: Towards Standardizing Automated Building Inspections using Drones

Tarek Rakha, Alice Gorodetsky

Syracuse University, United States of America

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) have evolved over the past decade as both advanced military technology and off-the-shelf consumer devices. There is a gradual shift towards public use of drones, which presents opportunities for effective remote procedures that can disrupt a variety of built environment disciplines. UAS equipment with remote sensing gear present an opportunity for analysis and inspection of existing building stocks, where architects, engineers, building energy auditors as well as owners can document building performance, visualize heat transfer using infrared imaging and create digital models using 3D photogrammetry. This paper presents a comprehensive review of various literature that addresses this topic, followed by the identification of a standard procedures for operating a UAS for energy audit missions. The presented framework is then tested on a university campus site based on the literature review to showcase: 1) pre-flight inspection procedure parameters and methodologies; 2) during-flight visually identified areas of thermal anomalies using a UAS equipped with Infrared (IR) cameras and; 3) 3D CAD modelling developed through data gathered using UAS. A discussion of the findings suggests refining procedure accuracy through further empirical experimentation, as well as study replication, as a step towards standardizing the automation of building envelope inspection.


10:00am - 10:10am

Contribution to the evaluation of Algiers Kasbah microclimatic comfort

Assia Talhi1,2, Aline Barlet1, Boudjamâa Aichour2

1GRECCAU (EA MCC7482) Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture et du Paysage de Bordeaux, France; 2AUTRe, Université de Batna 1, Algérie

This paper presents the global methodology proposed for studying the microclimatic comfort of Algiers Kasbah. Three complementary approaches are used: (1) objective evaluation, (2) subjective survey, and (3) numerical simulation. Moreover, four typologies characterizing the Algiers Kasbah, since the algero-ottoman period until today, are considered to characterize the urban ambiances. This research aims to define the qualities and defects of different urban forms in order to outline a new framework for the future developments. The final objective is to learn from the past to produce urban spaces that respect the challenges of the sustainable development.


10:10am - 10:20am

Impact of Design Parameters Upon the Performance of Transitional Spaces

Shruti Shiva

TerraViridis, Hyderabad, India

Manipulation of solar radiation and ventilation are key in achieving comfort in the tropics, hence transitional spaces often find their use as passive cooling agents in ethnic Indian architecture. A chawl is an example of a building typology in which transitional spaces find themselves serving plural functions- social and comfort enabling. Unique to Mumbai, chawls can be classified as social housing of the colonial times, consisting of buildings with long corridors, flanked by one room tenements and an enclosed courtyard. This paper focuses on evaluating the performance of aforementioned transitional spaces, through the optimization of their respective design elements. The courtyard is analysed to parameterize the relationship between design features and creating a favourable micro-climate, while the corridor study is aimed at quantifying human comfort as a parameter in transitional space design. The paper culminates with a comparison of performance of the optimized spaces to an existing chawl, emphasizing the method as well as the potential in the inclusion of transitional elements in design.