How Lack of Knowledge and Tools Hinders the Eco-Design of Buildings—A Systematic Review
The building sector is responsible for extensive resource consumption and waste generation, resulting in high pressure on the environment. A way to potentially mitigate this is by including environmental considerations during building design through the concept known as eco-design. Despite the multi...
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| description | The building sector is responsible for extensive resource consumption and waste generation, resulting in high pressure on the environment. A way to potentially mitigate this is by including environmental considerations during building design through the concept known as eco-design. Despite the multiple available approaches of eco-design, the latter is not easily achieved in the building sector. The objective of this paper is to identify and discuss what barriers are currently hindering the implementation of eco-design in the building sector and by which measures building designers can include environmental considerations in their design process. Through a systematic literature review, several barriers to implementation were identified, the main ones being lack of suitable legislation, lack of knowledge amongst building designers, and lack of suitable tools for designers to use. Furthermore, two specific tools were identified that allow the inclusion of environmental consideration in building design, along with nine design strategies providing qualitative guidance on how to potentially minimize energy and material consumption, as well as waste generation. This paper contributes a holistic overview of the major barriers to and existing tools and method for the eco-design of buildings, and provides guidance for both future research and practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5e190f48f6a24f67b2cc5b3a191d96252023-12-03T12:43:37ZengMDPI AGUrban Science2413-88512021-02-01512010.3390/urbansci5010020How Lack of Knowledge and Tools Hinders the Eco-Design of Buildings—A Systematic ReviewKikki Lambrecht Ipsen0Massimo Pizzol1Morten Birkved2Ben Amor3Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory on Sustainable Engineering and Ecodesign (LIRIDE), Civil and Building Engineering Department, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K2R1, CanadaDepartment of Planning, Aalborg University, Rendsburggade 14, 9000 Aalborg, DenmarkDepartment of Green Technology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense-M, DenmarkInterdisciplinary Research Laboratory on Sustainable Engineering and Ecodesign (LIRIDE), Civil and Building Engineering Department, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K2R1, CanadaThe building sector is responsible for extensive resource consumption and waste generation, resulting in high pressure on the environment. A way to potentially mitigate this is by including environmental considerations during building design through the concept known as eco-design. Despite the multiple available approaches of eco-design, the latter is not easily achieved in the building sector. The objective of this paper is to identify and discuss what barriers are currently hindering the implementation of eco-design in the building sector and by which measures building designers can include environmental considerations in their design process. Through a systematic literature review, several barriers to implementation were identified, the main ones being lack of suitable legislation, lack of knowledge amongst building designers, and lack of suitable tools for designers to use. Furthermore, two specific tools were identified that allow the inclusion of environmental consideration in building design, along with nine design strategies providing qualitative guidance on how to potentially minimize energy and material consumption, as well as waste generation. This paper contributes a holistic overview of the major barriers to and existing tools and method for the eco-design of buildings, and provides guidance for both future research and practice.https://www.mdpi.com/2413-8851/5/1/20eco-designsustainable designcircular economylife cycle assessmentclimate change mitigationconstruction industry |
| spellingShingle | Kikki Lambrecht Ipsen Massimo Pizzol Morten Birkved Ben Amor How Lack of Knowledge and Tools Hinders the Eco-Design of Buildings—A Systematic Review Urban Science eco-design sustainable design circular economy life cycle assessment climate change mitigation construction industry |
| title | How Lack of Knowledge and Tools Hinders the Eco-Design of Buildings—A Systematic Review |
| title_full | How Lack of Knowledge and Tools Hinders the Eco-Design of Buildings—A Systematic Review |
| title_fullStr | How Lack of Knowledge and Tools Hinders the Eco-Design of Buildings—A Systematic Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | How Lack of Knowledge and Tools Hinders the Eco-Design of Buildings—A Systematic Review |
| title_short | How Lack of Knowledge and Tools Hinders the Eco-Design of Buildings—A Systematic Review |
| title_sort | how lack of knowledge and tools hinders the eco design of buildings a systematic review |
| topic | eco-design sustainable design circular economy life cycle assessment climate change mitigation construction industry |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2413-8851/5/1/20 |
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