Journal
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT IN ENGINEERING
Volume 37, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000883
Keywords
Whole-system design; Energy efficient buildings; Building information modeling; Integrated project teams; Fuzzy sets-qualitative comparative analysis
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- National Science Foundation [0823338]
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie
- Divn Of Social and Economic Sciences [0823338] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Highly energy efficient buildings require a whole-system approach to design. Through a survey, three distinct pathways and shared conditions for success in designing and constructing such buildings were identified, providing valuable insights for practitioners and scholars.
Highly energy efficient (HEE) buildings require a whole-system approach to building design. Scholars have suggested many tools, techniques, and processes to address the cross-disciplinary complexities of such an approach, but how these elements might be best combined to lead to better project outcomes is yet unknown. To address this, we surveyed architects associated with 33 AIA-COTE award-winning projects on the social, organizational, and technological elements of whole-system design (WSD) practices. We then used fuzzy sets-qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to analyze the interdependencies among those elements. We found three distinct pathways for the design and construction of HEE buildings: information-driven, process-driven, or organization-driven. We also found that HEE buildings share some conditions for success, including having shared goals, owners engagement in the design process, and frequent and participatory interorganizational meetings. Our findings can help practitioners strategize and make decisions on incorporating WSD elements associated with their project types. Moreover, these results provide a launchpad for scholars to investigate complementarities among elements facilitating the design and construction process of HEE projects.
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