Comprehensive Risk Management in Passive Buildings Projects

Nowadays, we can observe a growing interest in passive buildings due to global climate change, environmental concerns, and growing energy costs. However, developing a passive building is associated with meeting many Passive House requirements, which results in their increased complexity as well as m...

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Main Authors: Maria Krechowicz, Jerzy Zbigniew Piotrowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-10-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/20/6830
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description Nowadays, we can observe a growing interest in passive buildings due to global climate change, environmental concerns, and growing energy costs. However, developing a passive building is associated with meeting many Passive House requirements, which results in their increased complexity as well as many challenges and risks which could threaten the successful completion of the project. Risk management is a key tool enabling meeting today’s challenging passive house project’s demands connected with quality, costs, deadlines, and legal issues. In this paper, a new model of risk management dedicated for passive buildings based is proposed, in which a novel Fuzzy Fault Tree integrated with risk response matrix was developed. We proposed 171 risk remediation strategies for all 16 recognized risks in passive buildings projects. We show how to apply the proposed model in practice on one passive building example. Thanks to applying the proposed risk management model an effective reduction of the risks of the basic event is enabled, leading to a significant reduction of the top event risk. The proposed model is useful for architects, installation designers, contractors, and owners who are willing to develop attainable and successful passive buildings projects that benefit all stakeholders.
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spelling doaj.art-a634a00b8ddb4301956c2dfde96f21dd2023-11-22T18:09:26ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732021-10-011420683010.3390/en14206830Comprehensive Risk Management in Passive Buildings ProjectsMaria Krechowicz0Jerzy Zbigniew Piotrowski1Faculty of Management and Computer Modelling, Kielce University of Technology, Al. 1000-Lecia Państwa Polskiego 7, 25-314 Kielce, PolandFaculty of Environmental, Geomatic and Energy Engineering, Al. 1000-Lecia Państwa Polskiego 7, 25-314 Kielce, PolandNowadays, we can observe a growing interest in passive buildings due to global climate change, environmental concerns, and growing energy costs. However, developing a passive building is associated with meeting many Passive House requirements, which results in their increased complexity as well as many challenges and risks which could threaten the successful completion of the project. Risk management is a key tool enabling meeting today’s challenging passive house project’s demands connected with quality, costs, deadlines, and legal issues. In this paper, a new model of risk management dedicated for passive buildings based is proposed, in which a novel Fuzzy Fault Tree integrated with risk response matrix was developed. We proposed 171 risk remediation strategies for all 16 recognized risks in passive buildings projects. We show how to apply the proposed model in practice on one passive building example. Thanks to applying the proposed risk management model an effective reduction of the risks of the basic event is enabled, leading to a significant reduction of the top event risk. The proposed model is useful for architects, installation designers, contractors, and owners who are willing to develop attainable and successful passive buildings projects that benefit all stakeholders.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/20/6830passive buildingsrisk managementfault tree analysisfuzzy logic
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passive buildings
risk management
fault tree analysis
fuzzy logic
title Comprehensive Risk Management in Passive Buildings Projects
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risk management
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fuzzy logic
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