Towards the façades of the future: a new sustainability assessment approach
Gilani, Golshid; Pons Valladares, Oriol; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la
While majority of the recent studies report on sustainability assessment of buildings, research on the potential and sustainable performance of building elements such as building envelope and façades is scarce. Façades, as the first line of defense against the undesirable external impact, may contribute to the building sustainability by reducing the amount of energy consumption and providing thermal comfort for the inhabitants, thus minimizing the environmental impact on both the building and on the environment. Despite the significance of this issue, there are a few studies that focus on sustainability assessment of façades with considering all three pillars of sustainability.
In this respect, a set of criteria and indicators for assessing sustainability of residential façade systems is presented and discussed in detail. In addition, a new model for assessing the comprehensive sustainability of building façades is also presented. This assessment tool has been obtained by using MIVES, a Multi-Criteria Decision Making model that integrates the main sustainability requirements (economic, environmental and social) and includes the concept of value functions.
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