[HTML][HTML] From LCA to circular design: A comparative study of digital tools for the built environment

A Dervishaj, K Gudmundsson - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper reviews digital tools for supporting the Circular Economy (CE) in the built
environment. The study provides a bibliometric analysis and focuses on computer-aided …

[HTML][HTML] The unbalanced research on digitalization and automation of the building permitting process

T Bloch, J Fauth - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
The building permitting process is characterized by enormous complexity and
multidisciplinarity. It consists of multiple steps, and many involved stakeholders with various …

[HTML][HTML] Automation of escape route analysis for BIM-based building code checking

S Fischer, C Schranz, H Urban, D Pfeiffer - Automation in Construction, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of BIM is becoming increasingly important in the AEC industry because the included
dataset enables the automation of many processes. One emerging application of BIM is the …

Generating BIM model from structural and architectural plans using Artificial Intelligence

M Urbieta, M Urbieta, T Laborde, G Villarreal… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the last few decades, building development has been recorded using hand-made
blueprints before CAD tools appeared and later with digital building plans. As a …

[HTML][HTML] Correlation between building size and material intensity in residential buildings

A Miatto, Y Fasanella, M Mainardi, P Borin - Resources, Conservation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Material stock analyses of buildings and infrastructure are proliferating in Industrial Ecology
literature. One popular approach to calculating material stocks is multiplying the number of …

[HTML][HTML] Digital approaches to construction compliance checking: Validating the suitability of an ecosystem approach to compliance checking

T Beach, J Yeung, N Nisbet, Y Rezgui - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2024 - Elsevier
The lifecycle of the built environment is governed by complex regulations, requirements and
standards. Ensuring compliance against these requirements is a complicated process …

Adapting to an OpenBIM building permit process: a case study using the example of the city of Vienna

H Urban, S Fischer, C Schranz - Buildings, 2024 - mdpi.com
The adoption of building information modelling (BIM) enables data-driven decision-making
for many participants in the construction process. Building authorities are stakeholders that …

Urban metabolism-based approaches for promoting circular economy in buildings refurbishment

J Fernandes, P Ferrão - Environments, 2023 - mdpi.com
The systemic transformation towards climate neutral cities depends on a dramatic reduction
in the use of natural resources, whose use are directly or indirectly associated with …

[HTML][HTML] A platform-based Natural Language processing-driven strategy for digitalising regulatory compliance processes for the built environment

R Kruiper, B Kumar, R Watson, F Sadeghineko… - Advanced Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
The digitalisation of the regulatory compliance process has been an active area of research
for several decades. However, more recently the level of activities in this area has increased …

Reviewing the literature on the tripartite cycle containing digital building permit, 3D city modeling, and 3D property ownership

D Guler, T Yomralioglu - Land Use Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
There is an increasing trend for digitalization because of the developments in Information
and Communications Technologies (ICTs). One of the topics that digitalization might be …