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![(a) Floor plans of the case study building after [42], (b) Buildings model. The first floor of the main building has a 209 m 2 parking lot. Technical areas and ancillary spaces are located partly on the first floor and under the roof. The buildings were modeled using the BIM software Autodesk Revit [43], based on the planning documents](publication/365071803/figure/fig2/AS:11431281094655812@1667532667299/a-Floor-plans-of-the-case-study-building-after-42-b-Buildings-model-The-first.png)
(a) Floor plans of the case study building after [42], (b) Buildings model. The first floor of the main building has a 209 m 2 parking lot. Technical areas and ancillary spaces are located partly on the first floor and under the roof. The buildings were modeled using the BIM software Autodesk Revit [43], based on the planning documents
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Buildings play an important role to meet Sustainable Development Goals, especially regarding the use of resources and greenhouse gas emissions. They are increasingly designed with energy-efficient solutions regarding their operations, while the related use of natural resources is still insufficiently considered. In this article, a methodology in Bu...
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... proposed methodology was applied to the design of new buildings in the city of Korbach, Germany (town hall office building). It includes a renovated historical building with a 676 m 2 building area, an adjacent newly built building, the main building with three floors and a 3727 m 2 building area, and a secondary building with a 1711 m 2 building area, which has also three floors (Figure 2). [43], based on the planning documents provided by the architects. ...
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... It is also in charge of 40% of natural resource depletion and 25% of waste generation [2]. Therefore, the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector started to adopt strategies, methodologies, and technologies that minimize these percentages and promote sustainable development [3][4][5][6][7][8]. ...
Toward achieving the UN sustainable development goals, the construction sector is adopting all possible strategies, and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a robust methodology for assessing environmental impacts. The number of studies that seek to integrate LCA into the architectural design from the early stage is rising. Frameworks, methodologies, approaches, and tools are evolving to support the sustainable construction movement. This paper aims to present an overview of LCA studies and constraints in Egypt in addition to methods and attempts used to integrate LCA at the early design stage, and that can be the first step toward facilitating the application of LCA at the national level and supporting the design process. The applied methodology used Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) for database development and the Biblioshiny tool, then the focus of the review comprised the approaches that deal with LCA at the early stages of design. The results gave insights through the bibliometric analysis. It also included variant studies classified according to the applied method, such as the integration with BIM or different parametric methods. This research provides a comprehensive understanding of the current early LCA integration.
Egg production is amongst the most rapidly expanding livestock sectors worldwide. A large share of non-renewable energy use in egg production is due to the operation of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. Reducing energy use, therefore, is essential to decreasing the environmental impacts of intensive egg production. This review identifies market-ready alternatives (such as heat pumps and earth–air heat exchangers) to traditional HVAC systems that could be applied in the industrial egg sector, specifically focusing on their use in temperate and continental climates. For this analysis, energy simulations were run to estimate the typical thermal loads of caged and free-run poultry housing systems in various Canadian locations, which were used as examples of temperate and continental climates. These estimations were then used to evaluate alternative HVAC systems for (1) their capability to meet the energy demands of egg production facilities, (2) their environmental impact mitigation potential, and (3) their relative affordability by considering the insights from a systematic review of 225 relevant papers. The results highlighted that future research should prioritize earth–air heat exchangers as a complementary system and ground source heat pumps as a stand-alone system to reduce the impacts associated with conventional HVAC system operation in egg production.
