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Project management operations and building performance in the construction industry: A multi method approach of applied in a UK public office building

Papachristos, G; Jain, N; Burman, E; Zimmermann, N; Mumovic, D; Davies, M; (2018) Project management operations and building performance in the construction industry: A multi method approach of applied in a UK public office building. In: (Proceedings) ISDC 2018, 36th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, 6-10 August 2018, Reykjavík, Iceland. System Dynamics Society (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

The “performance gap” in the UK building industry is a persistent problem as new building development projects underperform more often than not. Underperformance has to be addressed as the building sector is responsible for a large share of CO2 emissions in the UK. The “performance gap” arises in part, because building project development involves operations with several stages and actors of different motivations. The outcome of the building project in terms of quality is important and has implications for energy consumption, carbon emissions and occupant well-being. We develop a system dynamics model of building project development operations to explore building quality implications for energy consumption and Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ). To do this, we couple the system dynamics model to a building physics model and apply them in an empirical case of a recently completed building project. The building performance model is developed and calibrated to reproduce the actual energy performance of the building based on one year of monitoring and post commission data. This is used as a reference point for the system dynamics model that explores additional scenarios of how project operations could deliver better total building performance.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: Project management operations and building performance in the construction industry: A multi method approach of applied in a UK public office building
Event: ISDC 2018, 36th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, 6-10 August 2018, Reykjavík, Iceland
Location: Reykjavik
Dates: 06 August 2018 - 10 August 2018
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: https://www.systemdynamics.org/past-conferences
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: project management, operations, simulation, low carbon, system dynamics
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10055028
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