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This book brings together cutting-edge exploratory research findings to show how a vision for sustainable communities can be enabled by digital transformation.
List of contents
Part 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction
Part 2: Enablers, Tools, and Methods for Physical Sustainability
Chapter 2: Building Information Modelling for Deep Retrofitting of Residential Properties by Stephen Phillips (London Southbank University, UK)
Chapter 3: Enhancing Sustainability through High Performance Weather Adaptive Facades by Kishor Zingre, (Northumbria University, UK)
Chapter 4: Exploring Sustainable FM KPIs and the Role of Digital Twins for Sustainable FM Gökhan Demirdöğen, (Yildiz Technical University, Turkey); Zeynep Işık, (Yildiz Technical University, Turkey); Yusuf Arayici, (Northumbria University, UK)
Chapter 5: Stranded Assets in Built environment: Evaluation of Information in Energy Performance Certificates by Kevin Muldoon-Smith, (Northumbria University, UK); Paul Greenhalgh (Northumbria University, UK); Stephen Philips (London Southbank University, UK)
Part 3: Go Green with Digital for Environmental Sustainability
Chapter 6: The Digital Foundations for Sustainable Social Housing Decarbonisation by Richard Watson, Tara Hipwood and Zahirah Mokhtar Azizi (Northumbria University, UK)
Chapter 7: Promoting Built Asset Flood Resilience for Sustainable Development through Data Advantage by Onaopepo Adeniyi, (Northumbria University, UK)
Chapter 8: Measuring Walkability in the Digital Age: Open-Source Data and Spatial Modelling by Ayse Ozbil Torun, (Northumbria University, UK)
Chapter 9: Dealing with Uncertainties of Embodied Carbon Estimates in the Digital Age by Zaid Alwan & Amalka Ranathungage, (Northumbria University, UK)
Part 4: Waste Removal and Lean Practices with Digital for Economic Sustainability
Chapter 10: Knowledge Pipelines: Coordinating Data and Information in the Digital Built Environment by Kevin Muldoon-Smith, (Northumbria University, UK)
Chapter 11: Critical barriers to blockchain-enabled smart contracts adoption in public-private partnership projects: An exploratory study by Ameyaw Ernest and Bimal Kumar, (Northumbria University, UK)
Chapter 12: Digital Public Procurement Philosophies for SMEs to Function Effectively in Social Housing Projects by Richard Humphrey, (Northumbria University, UK)
Chapter 13: Circular Economy for Sustainable Built Environment through Building Information Modelling by Bahriye Ilhan Jones, (Northumbria University, UK); Hatidza Isanovic, (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey)
Chapter 14: Life Cycle Costing Assessment of Circular Building by Haibo Feng, Tarek Ahmed, (Northumbria University, UK)
Part 5: Values and Inclusivity with Digital for Social Sustainability
Chapter 15: A Multi-Level Perspective View to Sustainable Smart Cities as a Decarbonisation Pathway by Hidayati Ramli, Zahirah Mokhtar Azizi, Niraj Thurairajah, (Northumbria University, UK)
Chapter 16: Rendering the digital future – Understanding the social-spatial perception of dynamic IoT-based activities by Jiayi Jin, (Northumbria University, UK)
Chapter 17: Transforming Perceptions Through Design: How Interactive Technology and Spatial Design Bring Digital Advances to Wider Audiences by Ben Couture and Tarek Ahmed, (Northumbria University, UK)
Chapter 18: Radical Sustainability and Architectural Imagination: Can Digital Technologies Enhance Alternative Narratives of Place? By Nadia Bertolino, Cameron McEwan (Northumbria University, UK)
Part 6: Conclusion
Chapter 19: Summary and Conclusion
About the author
Yusuf Arayici is Professor of Built Environment at Northumbria University.
Niraj Thurairajah is Associate Professor of Built Environment at Northumbria University, where he leads the Sustainable Construction Futures research group.
Bimal Kumar is currently Professor of Innovative Digital Construction Technologies at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK.
Summary
This book brings together cutting-edge exploratory research findings to show how a vision for sustainable communities can be enabled by digital transformation.
