Life cycle energy efficiency in building structures: A review of current developments and future outlooks based on BIM capabilities

S Eleftheriadis, D Mumovic, P Greening - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2017 - Elsevier
The continuous developments of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Architecture,
Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry supported by the advancements in material …

Simulation optimisation towards energy efficient green buildings: Current status and future trends

VJL Gan, IMC Lo, J Ma, KT Tse, JCP Cheng… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
The increasing global importance of climate change has been clearly recognised in the last
few years. The building industry contributed to a large proportion of the global energy use …

Hybrid life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from cement, concrete and geopolymer concrete in Australia

SH Teh, T Wiedmann, A Castel, J de Burgh - Journal of cleaner production, 2017 - Elsevier
Concrete is the second most used material after water and the production of cement is
responsible for 5–8% of global carbon dioxide emissions. The development of low-carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing durability assessment: Machine learning models for depth of wear of environmentally-friendly concrete

M Khan, AU Khan, M Houda, C El Hachem… - Results in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of fly ash in cementitious composites has gained popularity. However, assessing
the depth of wear (DW) of concrete requires expensive and destructive laboratory tests …

Sustainable criterion selection framework for green building materials–An optimisation based study of fly-ash Geopolymer concrete

M Sandanayake, C Gunasekara, D Law… - Sustainable Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Green materials are considered as one of the prominent elements in designing an
environmentally sustainable construction project. Studies have highlighted cement …

Reinforced concrete structural design optimization: A critical review

M Afzal, Y Liu, JCP Cheng, VJL Gan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Building design optimization plays an important role in maximizing the reliability, cost
efficiency, and environmental sustainability of constructed facilities. As the construction of …

Simulation of depth of wear of eco-friendly concrete using machine learning based computational approaches

MA Khan, F Farooq, MF Javed, A Zafar, KA Ostrowski… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
To avoid time-consuming, costly, and laborious experimental tests that require skilled
personnel, an effort has been made to formulate the depth of wear of fly-ash concrete using …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing different strategies of minimising embodied carbon in concrete floors

A Jayasinghe, J Orr, W Hawkins, T Ibell… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present climate emergency demands the construction industry to minimise the carbon
footprint of concrete buildings. In this paper, the potential different optimisation strategies to …

BIM-based building geometric modeling and automatic generative design for sustainable offsite construction

VJL Gan - Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Offsite construction is gaining attention due to government policies promoting automation
and productivity. Therefore, understanding the impact of building design on construction cost …

Parametric modelling and evolutionary optimization for cost-optimal and low-carbon design of high-rise reinforced concrete buildings

VJL Gan, CL Wong, KT Tse, JCP Cheng, IMC Lo… - Advanced engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Design optimization of reinforced concrete structures helps reducing the global
carbon emissions and the construction cost in buildings. Previous studies mainly targeted at …