dc.contributor.advisor	Keane, Marcus M.
dc.contributor.author	Morrissey, Elmer D.
dc.contributor.funder	Irish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technology	en
dc.contributor.funder	Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland	en
dc.date.accessioned	2012-07-10T12:21:39Z
dc.date.available	2012-07-10T12:21:39Z
dc.date.issued	2006-08
dc.date.submitted	2006-08
dc.description.abstract	Current building regulations are generally prescriptive in nature. It is widely accepted in Europe that this form of building regulation is stifling technological innovation and leading to inadequate energy efficiency in the building stock. This has increased the motivation to move design practices towards a more ‘performance-based’ model in order to mitigate inflated levels of energy-use consumed by the building stock. A performance based model assesses the interaction of all building elements and the resulting impact on holistic building energy-use. However, this is a nebulous task due to building energy-use being affected by a myriad of heterogeneous agents. Accordingly, it is imperative that appropriate methods, tools and technologies are employed for energy prediction, measurement and evaluation throughout the project’s life cycle. This research also considers that it is imperative that the data is universally accessible by all stakeholders. The use of a centrally based product model for exchange of building information is explored. This research describes the development and implementation of a new building energy-use performance assessment methodology. Termed the Building Effectiveness Communications ratios (BECs) methodology, this performance-based framework is capable of translating complex definitions of sustainability for energy efficiency and depicting universally understandable views at all stage of the Building Life Cycle (BLC) to the project’s stakeholders. The enabling yardsticks of building energy-use performance, termed Ir and Pr, provide continuous design and operations feedback in order to aid the building’s decision makers. Utilised effectively, the methodology is capable of delivering quality assurance throughout the BLC by providing project teams with quantitative measurement of energy efficiency. Armed with these superior enabling tools for project stakeholder communication, it is envisaged that project teams will be better placed to augment a knowledge base and generate more efficient additions to the building stock.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	Irish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technology (Embark Initiative)	en
dc.description.status	Not peer reviewed	en
dc.description.version	Accepted Version	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en
dc.identifier.citation	Morrissey, E.D. 2006. Building effectiveness communication ratios (BECs): an integrated ‘life-cycle’ methodology for mitigating energy-use in buildings. PhD Thesis, University College Cork.	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10468/624
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University College Cork	en
dc.relation.uri	http://library.ucc.ie/record=b2045739~S0
dc.rights	© 2006, Elmer D. Morrissey	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/	en
dc.subject	Building energy-use performance assessment	en
dc.subject	Building life cycle	en
dc.subject	Glucksman Art Gallery	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Buildings--Energy conservation	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Building performance	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Lewis Glucksman Gallery	en
dc.title	Building effectiveness communication ratios (BECs): an integrated ‘life-cycle’ methodology for mitigating energy-use in buildings	en
dc.type	Doctoral thesis	en
dc.type.qualificationlevel	Doctoral	en
dc.type.qualificationname	PhD (Engineering)	en

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