A quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the sustainability of industrialised building systems: A bibliographic review and analysis of case studies

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dc.article.number112034
dc.catalogadorgrr
dc.contributor.authorLópez Guerrero, Rafael Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorVera Araya, Sergio Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorCarpio Martínez, Manuel
dc.contributor.otherCEDEUS (Chile)
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-12T18:42:42Z
dc.date.available2024-09-12T18:42:42Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe building construction has a significant impact on sustainability worldwide. However, industrialised building systems (IBS) might reduce these impacts compared to traditional building systems (TBS). Previous literature reviews have analysed IBS's sustainability, based primarily on environmental aspects and through qualitative indicators, disregarding a detailed quantitative comparison between both technologies and nor considering economic and social sustainability indicators. To fill this gap, this paper aims to evaluate vis-à-vis IBS's sustainability in relation to TBS, based on the quantitative and qualitative indicators studied in the literature. Thus, an exhaustive bibliographic review of IBS and TBS case studies was conducted. In total, 67 scientific papers were selected (papers, book chapters and reports), containing 86 case studies. Major findings indicated that IBS are more sustainable in almost all studied values – except construction costs. Nevertheless, this advantage depends on material design, prefabrication levels, transportation, work management and each author's methodological approaches. These factors are discussed to explain the reasons for IBS′ sustainability. Furthermore, main conclusions indicate that sustainability assessments have been unbalanced in literature, with few analyses of economic and social performance, and some indicators have been poorly studied (e.g., water and acidification potential), so their results are not yet representative. Similarly, reusability, prefabrication levels and the social indicators of IBS were insufficiently analysed in the reviewed case studies. Finally, the current review highlights IBS sustainability indicators that have been less studied in order to motivate new investigations in the broader field, exposing the IBS sustainability outlook and other research gaps.
dc.description.funderANID
dc.description.funderANID FONDECYT
dc.description.funderCenter for Sustainable Urban Development
dc.description.funderNational Agency for Research and Development
dc.description.funderCONICYT
dc.description.funderCEDEUS
dc.fuente.origenScopus
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.rser.2021.112034
dc.identifier.eissn18790690
dc.identifier.issn 1364-0321
dc.identifier.scopusidSCOPUS_ID:85122639329
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.112034
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/87858
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Ingeniería; López Guerrero, Rafael Eduardo; 0000-0002-5941-0421; 1092270
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Ingeniería; Vera Araya, Sergio Eduardo; 0000-0002-7257-0710; 1659
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Ingeniería; Carpio Martínez, Manuel; 0000-0001-9593-6669; 1064226
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido parcial
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofRenewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
dc.revistaRenewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectBenchmarking
dc.subjectBuilding
dc.subjectIndustrialised building system
dc.subjectLife cycle assessment
dc.subjectSustainability
dc.subjectTraditional building system
dc.subject.ddc620
dc.subject.deweyIngenieríaes_ES
dc.subject.ods01 No poverty
dc.subject.odspa01 Fin de la pobreza
dc.titleA quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the sustainability of industrialised building systems: A bibliographic review and analysis of case studies
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen157
sipa.codpersvinculados1092270
sipa.codpersvinculados1659
sipa.codpersvinculados1064226
sipa.trazabilidadSCOPUS;21-03-2022
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