Steel and Composite Structures
Volume 43, Number 2, 2022, pages 279-292
DOI: 10.12989/scs.2022.43.2.279
Exploring decision-making methods for sustainable design in commercial buildings
Aifeng Wang, Lin Xing, Khidhair Jasim Mohammed, Anas A. Salameh, Amin Jan, H. Elhosiny Ali and Islam EzzEl-Arab
Abstract
Hundreds of decisions are taken at various phases and with diverse stakeholders along the building design
processing, including the select of alternate components, materials, systems, assemblies, and building forms. Also, sustainability
in the building sector is important since this business has a big influence on the environment and contributes significantly to
socioeconomic growth specifically in Commercial Building. In terms of building sustainability, environmental issues are
important issues in the early design stage, in which the principles of safety of structures, probabilistic reliability and durability
are involved. A new integrated-design method that permits building analysis from a multi-performance view is regarded
necessary to advance the sustainability. In this scenario, the environmental methodologies and footprint schemes for determining
building sustainability are investigated using only a decision-making (DM) process on the basis of sustainable triple bottom line
structure, which incorporates economic efficiency, resource conserving, and design for human adaption. The framework would
enable design teams to achieve an optimal balance between social, environmental, and economic challenges, altering the path of
construction practitioners' thought about the information used while appraising building projects, thereby aiding the
sustainability of building industry. Finally, the technique of DM utilized in those decisions would influence the final building
design, and hence the project's environmental, economic and social results.
Key Words
building design; performance-based assessment; safety; sustainability; method; sustainable construction
Address
Aifeng Wang:Architecture School, Nanyang Institute of Technology, Nanyang City Hennan Province, China
Lin Xing:Chongqing Jianzhu College, Academy of Construction Management, Chongqing 400072, China
Khidhair Jasim Mohammed:Air conditioning and Refrigeration Techniques Engineering Department, Al-Mustaqbal University College, Babylon 51001, Iraq
Anas A. Salameh:Department of Management Information Systems, College of Business Administration, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University,
165 Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia
Amin Jan:Faculty of hospitality, Tourism and Wellness, Universiti Malaysia, Kelantan, City Campus, 16100, Kota Bharu, Kelantan Malaysia
H. Elhosiny Ali:1)Advanced Functional Materials & Optoelectronic Laboratory (AFMOL), Department of Physics,
Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia 2)Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, Abha 61413, P.O. Box 9004, Saudi Arabia 3)Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
Islam EzzEl-Arab:Structural Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Egypt