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Sustainable Design in Offsite Construction

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2021) | Viewed by 3195

Special Issue Editor

School of Architecture and Planning‎, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Interests: offsite construction; sustainable design; affordable commercial housing; passive house standard; public interest design

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue will comprise papers covering offsite design and construction, with a particular emphasis on sustainable strategies, including the use of life cycle impact assessments and the environmental impact assessments of transporting modular buildings. It will also include papers addressing measures aiming to mitigate the environmental impacts on offsite construction industry. Methods include assessing the environmental sustainability of the offsite production chains, including holistic methods, such as life cycle assessment (LCA), and other modeling approaches.

Prof. John Quale
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • offsite construction
  • environmental sustainability
  • teaching sustainability
  • environmental impact assessments
  • life cycle assessment
  • greenhouse gas emissions

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19 pages, 1935 KiB  
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An Exploration of the Best Value Perceptions of Small Housebuilding Developers towards Offsite Construction
by Andrew Agapiou
Sustainability 2021, 13(7), 4054; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13074054 - 06 Apr 2021
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Abstract
Offsite construction is increasingly being presented as a way to increase housing delivery and reduce the housing crisis. Large developers play a pivotal role in the delivery of affordable homes and therefore offsite construction could be beneficial in alleviating the crisis. Previous Offsite [...] Read more.
Offsite construction is increasingly being presented as a way to increase housing delivery and reduce the housing crisis. Large developers play a pivotal role in the delivery of affordable homes and therefore offsite construction could be beneficial in alleviating the crisis. Previous Offsite Construction (OC) studies conducted into the drivers, barriers and decision factors provide qualitative analysis from manufacturers and larger developers appear to be taking advantage of the UK government’s renewed interest in offsite manufacturing and have begun investing in these methods. However, the role of smaller housebuilding developers in the use of offsite construction systems is rather more uncertain. This research addresses this gap in the literature through an exploration of small housebuilding developers’ best value perceptions of offsite construction methods within the UK housebuilding sector. A questionnaire survey was used to ascertain perceptions of the 134 small developers towards the drivers, barriers and decision factors identified in the extant OC literature. Although survey respondents had not widely used offsite manufactured systems previously, the results indicate a high level of agreement with the drivers identified within the offsite construction literature. The respondents identified the buyers’ perception of traditional methods as superior to OC systems and creating higher sales figures. Many any of the respondents also believe that best value, and hence maximised profit, higher sales value, and greater returns on investment, is achieved through traditional methods of construction. These two factors combined are more desirable for small developers, rather than the perceived increase in sustainability and efficiency offered by OC systems, due to their positive effect on profit. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Design in Offsite Construction)
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