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The Energy Saving Effect and Economic Assessment of Office Building according to the Building Envelope Remodeling (사무소 건물의 외피 리모델링에 따른 에너지절감효과 및 경제성 분석)

  • Choi, Seon woo;Kim, Ji Yeon;Park, Hyo soon;Kim, Jun Tae
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.12 no.6
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    • pp.85-92
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    • 2012
  • The Korean government has introduced building regulations with improved energy conservation measures, including higher insulation levels for building envelope. However, there are many existing buildings that tend to consume more energy for heating and cooling than new buildings, as they were built under the former regulations with relatively higher U-values of walls and glazing. In order to improve energy efficiency in existing buildings, green remodelling of building envelope and building services are required. For existing buildings, building services improvements have been achieved through energy service company(ESCO), but much attention has not been paid to building envelope improvements with various reasons, such as uncertainty of energy saving effect design issues and costs. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of building envelope improvements in a typical commercial building on its heating and cooling energy loads. The results show that the improvement of glazing with lower U-values has the highest energy saving effects, followed by wall, roof and floor, under the condition of same level of insulation improvements. However, high insulated glazing increased LCC because of higher initial investment costs.

ML-based Allowable Axial Loading Estimation of Existing RC Building Structures (기계학습 기반 노후 철근콘크리트 건축물의 축력허용범위 산정 방법)

  • Hwang, Heejin;Oh, Keunyeong;Kang, Jaedo;Shin, Jiuk
    • Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.257-266
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    • 2024
  • Due to seismically deficient details, existing reinforced concrete structures have low lateral resistance capacities. Since these building structures suffer an increase in axial loads to the main structural element due to the green retrofit (e.g., energy equipment/device, roof garden) for CO2 reduction and vertical extension, building capacities are reduced. This paper proposes a machine-learning-based methodology for allowable ranges of axial loading ratio to reinforced concrete columns using simple structural details. The methodology consists of a two-step procedure: (1) a machine-learning-based failure detection model and (2) column damage limits proposed by previous researchers. To demonstrate this proposed method, the existing building structure built in the 1990s was selected, and the allowable range for the target structure was computed for exterior and interior columns.

A Study on the Adaptability of BIM-based Integrated Building Design Process in Domestic Architectural Design Firms (BIM기반 통합설계프로세스의 국내 적용 가능성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jin-Hee;Jun, Han-Jong
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.19-27
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    • 2007
  • As AEC(architecture, engineering and construction) industry becomes larger and more complex, much information is going into each part and phase. Therefore, the existing building design process has to change and collaboration is emphasized among participants in various fields. The purpose of this study is to compare and analyze existing building design process and integrated building design process based on BIM using a IDEF0 methodology. And then, it establishes a desirable domestic integrated building design process application plan focusing on the design phase of domestic cases. As a result of analysis, flowing conclusions are included ; Firstly, problems occur on the existing building design process that are accomplished with focusing on the outcome. It makes much errors because of 2D-based information. Another problems is that collaboration doesn't go on smoothly. But, integrated building design process is accomplished with the collaboration and the coordination which pursues change and perfects cooperation. Secondly, BIM is a process of effecting optimum integrating, re-using information, and expense reduction throughout the life-cycle of a building. Moreover, it establishes a basis for the integrated building design process to build a collaboration system.

Energy efficiency retrofit package plan for existing buildings (기존 건축물의 에너지 효율화 리트로핏 패키지 방안)

  • Kim, Su Min;Cho, Hyun Mi
    • Land and Housing Review
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.95-101
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    • 2020
  • In the past few decades, the global population growth and rapid economic development have resulted in significant increases in building energy consumption. To reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and building energy consumption, building materials and energy technologies must be optimized. Building retrofitting is a more efficient method than reconstruction to improve the building energy performance. In order to improve the energy performance of existing buildings, this study proposed energy-efficiency retrofit plans and derived cost-effective retrofit plan. The energy efficient retrofit method is achieved through the packaging of energy technology and the energy and cost reduction effect of the energy efficiency retrofit package are analyzed. As a result of the study, the energy-efficiency retrofit package showed an energy reduction effect of up to 60% or more and a construction cost reduction of about 30%. This study argues that optimal energy and construction cost reduction of existing buildings are possible through the packaging of energy efficiency technology.

A Study on the Characteristics of Campidoglio Hill Plan by Michelangelo (미켈란젤로의 캄피돌리오 언덕계획의 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Seok-Man
    • Journal of architectural history
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.85-101
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    • 2009
  • The Purpose of this paper is a study on the characteristics of Campidoglio hill plan by Michelangelo. 1. The plan of the Campidoglio hill is composed of the harmonized and united space, in spite of the existing conditions of a steep flight of land, a irregular site shape, a building of each other different dimension and form. And it is newly changed by site left through the modification of existing building elevation, utilization of existing building for new planning, connection with existing building and newly planned building from plaza composition of trapezoid form. 2. The concept of planning of the Campidoglio hill is planned by compromising for requirements of Baroque after Renaissance which urban planning characteristics of Baroque is as the relation with urban street through a inclined stairs and process such as street-approach stairs-plaza-symbol of inside plaza-building. 3. The section plan of the Campidoglio hill is planned by which can be easily approached to the plaza through the inclined stairs of gentle angle from street at the center east-west direction of main axis such as main axis, utilizing the existing site shape, and it is composed of the convex shape ascending gently at the center central part of the plaza. 4. The plan of the Campidoglio hill is composed of the elation with the axis of existing Senatorio palace, building planning of perfect balance, plaza composition of reversed trapezoid form bybuilding planning, central concentrated planning of buildings surrounding plaza. 5. The three palace of the plan of the Campidoglio hill is composed of the concept as theater which the stage background forms the front elevation of Senatorio palace higher two palace and the wings of either side of stage form the front elevation of Conservatori palace and Nuovo palace, surrounding three palace elevation around plaza of trapezoid form.

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Deformation characteristics and stability analysis of semi-covered deep excavations with existing buildings

  • Linfeng Wang;Xiaohan Zhou;Tao Chen;Xinrong Liu;Peng Liu;Shaoming Wu;Feng Chen;Bin Xu
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.87-102
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    • 2023
  • The cover plate and the building loads often make the semi-covered deep excavations with existing buildings bearing asymmetric load, presenting different deformation characteristics with normal excavations, which is not absolutely clear in current studies. Based on a typical engineering, the building storeys, the basement storeys, the pile length, the existence of the cover plate (CP) and the depth of the diaphragm walls (DW) were selected as variables, and 44 groups of simulation were designed to study the influence of existing buildings and the semi-covered supporting system on the deformation of the excavations. The results showed that the maximum lateral displacement of DW, δhm, and the depth of δhm, Hm, are affected seriously by the building storeys and the basement storeys. Asymmetric structures and loading lead to certain lateral displacement of DW at the beginning of excavation, resulting in different relationships between δhm and excavation depth, H. The maximum surface settlement outside the pit, δvm, increases significantly and the location, dm, moves away from the pit with the building storeys increases. δvm has a quadratic correlation with H due to the existing buildings. CP and building load will affect the style of the lateral displacement curve of DW seriously in different aspects.

Numerical Simulation for Prediction of Existing Cavity Location on Earthquake-Induced Building Collapse (지진에 의한 건축물 붕괴 시 매몰공동 위치 예측에 관한 수치해석 사례 연구)

  • Jung, Jahe;Park, Hoon;Kim, Kwang Yeom;Shin, Hyu-Soung
    • The Journal of Engineering Geology
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.613-621
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    • 2015
  • The most urgent measure to be taken for a rapid rescue when a building collapse happens is to designate or predict a possible location where human beings are alive. It is, however, very difficult to find and correctly designate such cavities by conventional geophysical survey due to a pile of debris of building members. In this study, the simulation of building collapse induced by an earthquake was conducted to predict forming pattern of a existing cavities. The simulation cases included the influence of structure wall existence and height of building. Three types of building structure: five-story, ten-story and fifteen-story were prepared as a simulation case. In the case of high building, a collapse range on the inside of the building increased consequently lowering the possibility of lifeguard cavern forming. In addition, when a wall exists in the basement floor, the possibility that existing cavities could be formed increased compared to the cases without wall.

Evaluation of the Seismic Performance of Existing Building Structures (기존 철근콘크리트 건축물의 내진성능 평가)

  • 우운택
    • Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2000.10a
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    • pp.239-244
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    • 2000
  • The necessity of the seismic performance evaluation of existing building structures is raised through the Taiwan earthquake in 1999. In this study, the methods of seismic performance evaluation of existing building structures in U.S.A. and Japan were reviewed, applied them to the three-story office building structures in Seoul. It is found out that it is possible to establish the seismic performance evaluation index of RC structure which meet Korean seismic code. Also it is concluded that if sufficient experimental and analytical data could be obtained, a reliable index for the evaluation of seismic performance of existing structures should be established in Korea.

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Generating a Simplistic 3D Model for Mobile Platform Applications

  • Ahmed, Naveed;Park, Jee Woong;Morris, Brendan
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2022.06a
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    • pp.1093-1099
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    • 2022
  • The number of buildings is increasing day by day. The next logical footstep is tackling challenges regarding scarcity of resources and sustainability, as well as shifting focus on existing building structures to renovate and retrofit. Many existing old and heritage buildings lack documentation, such as building models, despite their necessity. Technological advances allow us to use virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality on mobile platforms in various aspects of the construction industry. For these purposes, having a BIM model or high detail 3D model is not always necessary, as a simpler model can serve the purpose within many mobile platforms. This paper streamlines a framework for generating a lightweight 3D model for mobile platforms. In doing so, we use an existing structure's site survey data for the foundation data, followed by mobile VR implementation. This research conducted a pilot study on an existing building. The study provides a process of swiftly generating a lightweight 3D model of a building with relative accuracy and cost savings.

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Architectural and Interior Design of Chosun University Hospital Medical Center (조선대학교 병원 전문진료센타 설계)

  • Park, Young-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Interior Design Conference
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.191-192
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    • 2005
  • This project is to establish an annex clinic center under 5 floors with gross floor area of 3,000 Pyeong behind existing Chosun university Hospital main building with 600 beds. The goal of the design is connecting the new clinic center with the existing main building and completing a combined hospital that has synergy effects. Given the old condition of the hospital and characteristics of the ground, I tried to embody the image of Medical Pulse, which is very alive with strong pulse, and suggest vision of 21st century hospital. First, one main entrance as a combined hospital. For optimum access and functions, I used the entrance of existing building as the only main entrance of new combined hospital, rearrange the road in front of the main building and improve traffic system, and upgrade the image and function of combined main entrance by planning new atrium united robby that makes link to the main building easier. Second, section planning considering the optimum functions and convenience. I established 4 floors linking functionally with the existing building, minimized vertical traffic line, and enhanced convenience through barrier free environment, which is a horizontal traffic line without barriers, crucial to hospital. Third, combined zoning generating synergy effects. I linked sterilizing room with logistics center by operating room and service bridge, and arranged central treatment department horizontally, Also, by horizontally arranging cancer center and department of nuclear medicine close with PET and cyclotron center, I established identity of specialized departments.

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