The outlook of building information modeling for sustainable development

As human needs evolve, information technologies and natural environments require a wider perspective of sustainable development, especially when examining the built environment that impacts the central of social-ecological systems. The objectives of the paper are (a) to review the status and development of building information modeling (BIM) in regards to the sustainable development in the built environment, and (b) to develop a future outlook framework that promotes BIM in sustainable development. Seven areas of sustainability were classified to analyze forty-four BIM guidelines and standards. This review examines the use of BIM in sustainable development, focusing primarily on certain areas of sustainability, such as project development, design, and construction. The developed framework describes the need for collaboration with the multiple disciplines for the future adoption and use of BIM for the sustainable development. It also considers the integration between “BIM and green assessment criteria”; and “BIM and renewable energy” to address the shortcomings of the standards and guidelines.     

美国绿色BIM应用现状及其对中国建设领域的影响分析

近年来,绿色BIM(building information modeling)受到美国等发达国家建设领域的广泛关注与重视,多数运用绿色BIM技术的建筑工程项目也获得了能够有效兼顾可持续性与经济性的良好效果。尽管绿色BIM实践中仍存在诸多问题,但绿色BIM已成为建设领域未来发展的必然趋势。笔者基于绿色BIM在美国的应用现状对其在中国建设领域的影响进行了初步分析,分析认为,相较于美国的绿色BIM,中国的绿色BIM起步较晚,技术上也存在巨大差距,在发展过程中,应充分借鉴绿色BIM在美国的成熟实践经验,并结合中国建设领域的特点,形成符合中国国情的绿色BIM操作流程、重视绿色BIM在不同类型建筑工程项目中的运用、重视建筑材料及可再生能源的选择和使用、加强BIM软件及相关技术本土化和政府投入,以有效推动绿色建筑发展、实现节能减排目标。     

Investigating the challenges related to combining BIM and Last Planner System on construction sites

The construction industry is facing a gradual but important transformation toward more productivity and collaboration. In this framework, two major approaches are often cited in the literature as having the potential to improve the practices in the industry: Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Lean Construction. Several scientific studies have demonstrated the synergy of these two approaches and very recent research has reported positive results from the use of software applications as support for their implementation on construction sites. However, the stakes of such integration have been very little studied. This article presents the results of a research project conducted within a general contractor firm that decided to implement BIM and Last Planner System (LPS) on its construction sites. The research uses a four-stage action research approach, including the characterization of the research issue, the establishment of an action plan, its implementation and its evaluation. Compared to recent related studies, the research is less enthusiastic. While it highlights the need for new tools to improve production planning and control, it also points to a strong resistance to change by practitioners at the site. They emphasize the necessity for adequate pre-service training and the need for new resources that can work full-time on the ongoing training of site teams. In addition, some limitations of the tool lead workers to believe that it can quickly become a factor that slows down their daily work rather than improving it. Based on the advice of professionals, the paper formulates some recommendations to the industry, the researchers and the software developers.     

Development of a BIM-based production planning and control system for Lean Construction through advancement and integration of existing management techniques

As part of general construction management, production planning and control is vital for successful project delivery. Numerous approaches supporting production planning and control exist in practice and research. However, the different approaches focus on distinct areas such as workflow stabilization or cost control, and no single system combines all the requirements of a holistic production management system. Varying production management systems can be explained by the unique characteristics of many construction projects. As an approach for the digital twinning in the construction industry, building information modeling (BIM) can help standardize production management through shifting the management system design toward the digital prototype. Previous scientific work has acknowledged this approach, thereby generating numerous concepts for using building information models within construction management approaches. However, BIM is often merely used as a parallel support rather than as an integral part of production management systems. To address this gap and in terms of research methodology, we follow a Design Science Research approach. Thus, we propose a new BIM-based production management system, which is characterized by a theoretical integration model for BIM and existing construction management techniques, and a methodology for applying these concepts in practice.     

Multi-objective optimization of process cogeneration systems with economic, environmental, and social tradeoffs

Process cogeneration is an effective strategy for exploiting the positive aspects of combined heat and power in the process industry. Traditionally, decisions for process cogeneration have been based mostly on economic criteria. With the growing interest in sustainability issues, there is need to consider economic, environmental, and social aspects of cogeneration. The objective of this article is to develop an optimization framework for the design of process cogeneration systems with economic, environmental, and social aspects. Process integration is used as the coordinating framework for the optimization formulation. First, heat integration is carried out to identify the heating utility requirements. Then, a multi-header steam system is designed and optimized for inlet steam characteristics and their impact on power, fixed and operating costs, greenhouse gas emissions, and jobs. A genetic algorithm is developed to solve the optimization problem. Multi-objective tradeoffs between the economic, environmental, and social aspects are studied through Pareto tradeoffs. A case study is solved to illustrate the applicability of the proposed procedure.     

文旅融合背景下博物馆文创产品的设计与开发探究

目的 在文旅融合背景下探寻一种博物馆文创产品设计与开发的有效途径,提高博物馆文创产品的生命力。方法 采用文献资料法、理论分析法、案例研究法,针对相关观点列举出一些案例,以进一步优化博物馆文创产品设计与开发的思路。结论 文化旅游新模式实施后,博物馆文创产品设计与开发过程中,应该把握文创产品的设计定位,了解用户诉求;凸显文化独特性,加强产品创新性;提取典型符号,赋予文创产品文化特色;深度研究当地旅游业,拓宽产品开发与销售渠道;打造优质品牌,关注品牌形象塑造。     

An analysis of the sustainability index of micro- and small-sized furniture industries

The measurement of the sustainability level can bring benefits to organizations, particularly in integrating traditional and sustainable management. Thus, the scope of this study is to structure a process to measure the sustainability level, specifically in micro- and small-sized enterprises that belong to the furniture industry, providing them the possibility to measure and monitor their sustainability level through indicators, subindices and a sustainability index. Currently, there is no system for measuring the level of sustainability and its integration in the management of furniture industries. Thus, the system proposed in this article can be considered unprecedented. This measurement system comprises the equations of measurement, standardization, weighting and aggregation of indicators in a sustainability index. The practical application was carried out in nine furniture industries. The results demonstrate that the indicators, subindices and index of sustainability are adequate to diagnose their sustainability level, revealing negligence with environmental aspects. Our conclusion is that the proposed method to measure the sustainability level of micro- and small-sized industries is consistent and reflects the reality of the furniture industry. Furthermore, its efficient use should consider a joint analysis of indicators and subindices. Finally, its integration with the management process of the industries enables a diagnosis, without additional information efforts, of the strengths and weaknesses of environmental, social and economic aspects.     

科技创新与变革助力包装企业可持续发展的策略研究

针对我国包装工业发展情况进行综合分析,总结包装工业发展存在的问题和面临的机遇,提出包装企业科技创新和变革发展策略,以实现包装企业可持续发展。结合国家宏观发展政策和产业实际发展需求,提出从自主创新能力、包装智能制造及两化融合、互联网+包装新业态、包装绿色制造、创新人才培养、品牌塑造等方面实现包装企业创新与变革,助力包装企业实现可持续发展,提升包装产业创新发展水平,实现包装行业的变革和创新。     

主食:我国粮食转化的主渠道——兼析标准化对主食产业发展的作用

本文介绍了传统主食品的社会特征和文化价值,指出主食品与小麦等主要农产品存在着直接的对应关系,对农产品的转化增值带动效果最为明显。同时分析了目前主食生产中普遍存在着低成本、低价格、低水平组成的"三低"问题,并提出实现传统主食产业的健康发展,需要加快主食标准体系建设、加强基础研究、提高我国主食工业的装备水平。     

An integrated building information modelling-based environmental impact assessment framework

The application of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) studies faces many challenges, especially in developing countries. This problem was investigated in the existing literature and via a designed questionnaire among local practitioners. The reasons were mainly attributed to the seclusion of the EIA process across the project’s phases, as well as the complexity of the EIA procedures. Hence, the research argues that Building Information Modelling (BIM) applications can be the key to resolve several associated problems to EIA either directly, or indirectly by streamlining Environmental Management System (EMS). Thus, a keyword-based scientometric analysis was used to define parameters and interrelations and establish network analysis for a proposed BIM-based EIA framework. The proposed framework presents scoring schemes to support three types of assessments: the efficiency of applying BIM techniques for an EIA process (Score A), proper integration of BIM techniques for different EIA steps (Score I) and proper integration of BIM techniques across project phases (Score B). It also shows the interplay of points between the three schemes via a Sankey diagram. The proposed framework was applied to compare three major construction projects in a developing country, the case of Egypt to pinpoint areas of drawbacks. The results pinpointed poor application of advanced BIM models to support sustainability analysis for EIA studies. This is in addition to imbalance of applying BIM applications across different project phases, it was notably less pronounced for the operation and maintenance stage as well as end of life scenarios. Also, poor integration of BIM tools could not support decisions related to the mitigation step. Hence, applying 6-dimensional BIM model shall enable developing mitigation measures and shall support design optimization during building operation and end of life phase. This novel approach presents the required level of verification and quality control procedure needed by decision-makers and environmental engineers to perform EIA studies and pave the way for further related research.

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Sustainable new product development: a longitudinal review

Traditional new product development aims to integrate people, tools, and technology to shorten time-to-market and boost economic gains. Under the triple bottom line of sustainability, the integration with the environment brings an additional layer of complexity. Sustainable new product development (SNPD) is a new and ever-growing research area. This paper offers a novel combination of systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis of themes in SNPD in the past 25 years. The search for the relevant literature in Scopus citation database returned 1541 peer-reviewed papers. The analysis of co-occurrence of keywords identified the main themes of product life cycle, product design, sustainable products, production and environmental standards, innovation, human component of sustainability, supply chains, polymer, and renewable resource. Concerns with economic and environmental sustainability were present since the early research on SNPD. However, there is a growing concern with a holistic approach to SNDP integrating people, the economy, and the planet. The evolution of themes showed a need to integrate further the social aspects of sustainability into SNDP. A research agenda closes the paper proposing themes that deserve further scrutiny, related to sustainable products, product life cycle, and product design.     

Strategic environmental assessments for genetically modified organisms

Genetically modified crops appear to provide a promising option in finding sustainable solutions to end global hunger and poverty, but strategic decisions need to be made on how to spend limited agricultural research funds. Potentially, strategic environmental assessment (SEA) may be used as part of an environmental management system to introduce mainstreaming of environmental considerations in the policy research and priority-setting process of development organizations to help achieve international development goals. This paper sets out a possible biotechnology SEA process that integrates qualitative and quantitative assessments with a focus on risk assessment and management within the SEA and policy environmental assessment frameworks. It uses the International Association for Impact Assessment six performance criteria for SEAs: integration; sustainability; focus; accountability; participation; and iteration.     

Determining what is important for sustainability: scoping processes of sustainability assessments

Over recent decades, there has been a significant proliferation of types of impact assessments. While some argue that this is threatening future use of impact assessments, sustainability assessments have emerged as a potential approach to bridge these diverse approaches. This research focuses on examining sustainability assessments at the project level, looking specifically at scoping practices key to integration. Nine multinational enterprises operating within Indonesia are studied, utilising a case study methodology with semi-structured interviews with 32 respondents. Findings emphasise that while these multinationals sought to address key regulatory requirements through their scoping practices, international standards and global sustainability platforms were critical in informing the practices of these organisations. The recognition of these standards and guidelines saw them addressing a broad range of key sustainability issues; also using prescribed techniques to engage with stakeholders and identify the most critical sustainability issues to focus on in assessment. There was integration of scoping processes through different levels and across the organisations, which were generally managed by teams providing sustainability expertise, including through affiliate personnel for local contextualisation.

Abbreviation AMDAL - Analisis Mengenai Dampak Lingkungan (EIA); BAPEDALDA - provincial/regional-level of the Environmental Impact Management Agency; CAQDAS – computer assisted data analysis software; CSR – corporate social responsibility; EIA – environmental impact assessment; EU – European Union; FDI – foreign direct investment; GRI – Global Reporting Initiative; ILO – International Labour Organization; MCA – multicriteria analysis; MNE – multinational enterprise; MOE - Ministry of Environment (now Ministry of Environment and Forestry); NGO – non-government organisation; OECD – Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development; OH&S – occupational health and safety; SPPL - Letter of Statement on Environmental Management Effort; UKL – Environmental Management Effort; UN – United Nations; UNGC – United Nations Global Compact; UPL - Environmental Controlling Effort.     

中国非遗产品设计的研究现状与发展趋势

目的 对中国非遗产品设计的研究现状与发展态势进行图谱化和定量式的分析,以期探索优化非遗产品设计方案创新与实践。方法 基于中国知网(CNKI)学术期刊论文作为文献数据来源,借助CiteSpace软件文献计量方法,对近20年来“国内非遗产品设计”研究主题的文献发文量、作者合作、机构合作、研究热点、研究现状、发展趋势6个方面内容进行可视化深度分析。结论 CiteSpace知识图谱分析发现,国内学术界持续关注的“非遗产品设计”研究热点集中于文创产品、产品设计、非遗文化、乡村振兴、非遗传承、创新6个研究方向,且主要围绕“非遗保护与开放的平衡关系”“非遗与文化创新融合”“振兴非遗手工艺产业发展”“高校双创人才培养机制”4个主题展开。建议加强国内学者和机构间的合作与沟通,在已有研究热点基础上进一步探索与拓展非遗创新领域深度和广度,达到非遗产品设计理论研究深化、案例借鉴和定量方法创新的目的。     

Owner-dominated building information modeling and lean construction in a megaproject

The integration of building information modeling (BIM) and lean construction (LC) provides a solution for the management of megaprojects. Previous studies have generally focused on the theoretical or empirical adoption of BIM and LC. Moreover, only a few studies have examined the approach of simultaneously using BIM and LC in megaprojects. Therefore, an intensive study on the application of BIM and LC in megaprojects, particularly to explore considerably effective integrated application modes of BIM and LC in megaprojects, will substantially promote the management efficiency of megaprojects. The current study describes a method that integrates owner-dominated BIM and LC that was developed in a case study. The proposed method provides a framework for all stakeholders to use BIM and LC in a megaproject dominated by the owner. The interactional relations among the owner, BIM, and LC were analyzed and positive interactions were identified. These positive interactions served as a basis for the implementation of this integrated approach in a case study and could be applied to other megaprojects. The megaproject (i.e., airport construction project) was examined to verify the performance of the developed method. Results showed that the integration of BIM and LC dominated by the owner can improve management performance and achieve high quality standard.     

A sustainable sociocultural combination of building information modeling with integrated project delivery in a social network perspective

The combination of building information modeling (BIM) and integrated project delivery (IPD) has been widely supported in the literature as a solution to the problems of limited collaboration in the construction industry. BIM and IPD have been described as cooperative means of achieving sustainable benefit to stakeholders. However, most studies focused on the technological challenges involved, with reference mainly to the sustainable economic and environmental benefits of the combination, while the sustainable sociocultural benefits have not been extensively explored. In this study, these issues are addressed by highlighting the importance of implementing BIM as a social system, using BIM corporate social responsibility (CSR) application model, in a BIM-based IPD project. This CSR model of BIM application (CSR-BIM model) serves as a benchmark for examining the achievement of a sociocultural benefits from the project. Social network analysis (SNA) was employed as an analytical method for examining the inter-organizational communication network during the design stage in relation to the CSR-BIM model. The SNA studies were conducted to compare the optimal model findings and the actual findings, focusing on clusters, ego-network clusters and the centrality of the players. The comparison—which related only to the BIM communication platform, in the context of the professionals—found a distinction between the BIM manager and the project team and its management, presenting separate and partial clusters. The evaluation also identified the low centrality of the BIM manager relative to the optimal option. In response, recommendations are made to implement the CSR-BIM model as a management measure to better support a sustainable sociocultural project.     

Generic and SME-specific factors that influence the BIM adoption process: An overview that highlights gaps in the literature

Building information modeling/management (BIM) is an emerging technological and procedural shift in the architecture, engineering, construction and operation industry. In this study, we use an extensive state-of-the-art method to clarify the BIM adoption process and the factors that can influence the success or failure of BIM adoption, particularly during the implementation stage, which are not frequently found in the literature. As an innovation, the lexical field allocated to the spread of innovations is assigned to BIM (diffusion, adoption, and implementation). After recalling the definition of relevant terms and then removing the resulting inconsistencies in vocabularies, we investigate various studies to identify factors that influence BIM adoption and then unify all these studies in one coherent and consistent BIM adoption process model. We focus on factors that play a role in the adoption of BIM in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) because SMEs constitute the majority of companies in the construction sector. This research highlights and intends to fill in some gaps found in the current BIM adoption literature.     

我国绿色设计政策的宣传推广机制研究

目的梳理我国绿色设计产业发展情况及政策体系,理顺政策推广机制,进一步提高绿色设计相关政策的宣传推广效果,提升社会对绿色设计的认知和认可。方法针对绿色设计行业的相关政策、标准、第三方评价指标及产品宣传路径进行政策梳理及文献研究。结论从国家层面来看,加强绿色设计政策的宣传推广工作是推进供给侧结构性改革、加快工业绿色产品有效供给的要求。为了加快推动我国工业企业绿色发展,畅通政企双向宣传推广机制,我国不断加强绿色设计政策体系建设,制定绿色制造标准和评价规范,完善绿色设计第三方评价指标,发布绿色设计产品名录,取得了较好的效果。下一步,政府相关部门要通过奖惩机制的设置落实多部门联动的监管效果,同时,也要充分发挥设计类专业媒体的作用和价值,以达到更好的宣传推广效果。