Implementing Sustainability Criteria for Selecting a Roof Assembly Typology in Medium Span Buildings

Julian Canto-Perello, Maria P. Martinez-Garcia, Jorge Curiel-Esparza and Manuel Martin-Utrillas
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Julian Canto-Perello: Department of Construction Engineering and Civil Engineering Projects, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Maria P. Martinez-Garcia: Department of Applied Physics, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Jorge Curiel-Esparza: Physical Technologies Center, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Manuel Martin-Utrillas: Physical Technologies Center, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain

Sustainability, 2015, vol. 7, issue 6, 1-18

Abstract: Technological advances have allowed the development of new roof assembly typologies with higher efficiency and less waste. However, in the construction sector the focus is generally on reducing cost and not in sustainable development factors. Short-sighted building planning based only on economic criteria should be avoided improving decision support systems. In addition, the selection of an appropriate roof assembly in a building’s design stage is a complex problem due to the existence of different tangible and intangible factors and the multiple alternatives available. The roof typologies under study involve prefabricated concrete, steel and laminated wood structures. This research work applies a multi-criteria hybrid model combining the Analytical Hierarchy Process with the Delphi method and the VIKOR technique for implementing sustainability criteria in the selection of a roof assembly in medium span buildings. The proposed decision support system enables the use of the triple bottom line that considers economic, social and environmental criteria. Under the criteria analyzed, the compromise solution found is the self-supporting curved system.

Keywords: roof assembly; triple bottom line; multicriteria decision making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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