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Designing and building for extreme environments. A multi-criteria decision model to evaluate architecture for extreme temperatures
PLEA 2020 - Planning Post Carbon Cities: 35th PLEA Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture
Year (definitive publication)
2020
Language
English
Country
Spain
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Abstract
The purpose of this research is to present an assessment methodology that validates architecture
designs for environments with extreme temperatures, considering structural and energy demands, as well as
sustainability-related concerns. This is achieved using multi-criteria decision analysis modelling. This study
presents the results of a MCDA model built for this purpose, and evaluated through four variations representing
different project scenarios. A total of 11 criteria (regarding energy efficiency, material performance,
architectural performance and circularity) are used to analyse four building assemblies, in order to understand
which is more appropriate for an environment with extremely cold and extremely hot temperatures. This allows
the validation of the proposed multi-criteria analysis framework, which will lead to further research on extreme
climate design.
Acknowledgements
FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P., under the project FCT UIDB/04466/2020.
Keywords
Extreme environments,Sustainable architecture,Multi-criteria evaluation
Funding Records
| Funding Reference | Funding Entity |
|---|---|
| UIDB/04466/2020 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
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