A review of multi-criteria decision-making applications to solve energy management problems: Two decades from 1995 to 2015

A Mardani, EK Zavadskas, Z Khalifah, N Zakuan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Energy management problems associated with rapid institutional, political, technical,
ecological, social and economic development have been of critical concern to both national …

Key constraints and mitigation strategies for prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction

BG Hwang, M Shan, KY Looi - Journal of cleaner production, 2018 - Elsevier
Prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction (PPVC) is an innovative and cleaner
approach that has restructured the production of the construction industry. It can improve the …

Construction solutions for energy efficient single-family house based on its life cycle multi-criteria analysis: a case study

V Motuzienė, A Rogoža, V Lapinskienė… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2016 - Elsevier
Improvements in the design of energy efficient houses lead to the increase of environmental
impact in construction and demolition phases, creating a need to investigate the use of …

Environmental performance of off-site constructed facilities: A critical review

R Jin, J Hong, J Zuo - Energy and buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
During the recent decades, off-site construction (OSC) has gained a rapid growth worldwide.
It has been reported that OSC, as an alternative construction method, has a variety of …

Environmental sustainability of off-site manufacturing: A literature review

X Hu, HY Chong - Engineering, Construction and Architectural …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose Off-site manufacturing (OSM) is a modern method of construction that brings
various environmental sustainability benefits for stakeholders. The increasing take-up of …

Data interoperability assessment though IFC for BIM in structural design–a five-year gap analysis

MF Muller, A Garbers, F Esmanioto… - Journal of Civil …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In the last years the AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) industry has been
influenced by the development of Building Information Modelling (BIM). With the creation of …

Crucial factors for improving the ISO 14001 environmental management system

J Ejdys, A Matuszak-Flejszman… - Journal of Business …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The practice of using environmental management systems (EMS) ISO 14001 at the
organisational level indicates that the efficacy of such solutions depends on many factors …

[HTML][HTML] Capital cost optimization for prefabrication: A factor analysis evaluation model

H Xue, S Zhang, Y Su, Z Wu - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
High capital cost is a significant hindrance to the promotion of prefabrication. In order to
optimize cost management and reduce capital cost, this study aims to explore the latent …

[HTML][HTML] Research on the tripartite evolution strategy of prefabricated building promotion based on the deepening of demand-side interests

M Liu, Y Chen - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Under construction industry upgrading and environmental protection requirements,
promoting prefabricated buildings is very important, but its development varies significantly …

Structural equation modeling to analyze the critical driving factors and paths for off-site construction in China

C Mao, G Liu, L Shen, X Wang, J Wang - KSCE journal of civil engineering, 2018 - Springer
Off-site Construction (OSC) is an alternative to conventional construction. However, China
lags behind developed countries in terms of its OSC development. The chief goal of this …