Browsing by Author "Asiatco, Patricia"

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    Life Cycle Assessment Data & Energy Models of Archetype Commercial Buildings Located in the Central and Eastern United States
    Zaker Esteghamati, Mohsen; Sharifnia, Houri; Ton, Diep; Asiatco, Patricia; Reichard, Georg; Flint, Madeleine M. (Virginia Tech, 2021-10)
    This repository contains life cycle assessment data and energy models of six professionally-designed alternatives for a hypothetical 4-story office building in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. The VT-RSB archetypes have identical external and similar internal layouts to support well-controlled comparative assessment of soil-foundation-structure-envelope (SFSE) systems. The six archetype buildings include concrete (frame, wall), steel (frame, braced), masonry, and wood designs. This repository is provided to serve as a possible benchmark environmental data for commercial buildings located in the Central and Eastern United States.
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    The role of early design decisions on sustainability of mid-rise office buildings from a comparative LCA perspective
    Zaker Esteghamati, Mohsen; Asiatco, Patricia; Diep Ton, Thea; Zhukuva, Natalia; Flint, Madeleine M. (2019)
    This study compares the environmental impacts of four professionally-designed archetypes building with different combinations of foundation, structure, and envelopes (FSE) assemblies. In addition, detailed operational energy modeling using the EnergyPlus framework is performed. The result shows that early decisions regarding structural and foundation systems significantly affect the production and construction phases, whereas the choice of envelope system is the primary driver of the operational phase. furthermore, the operational phase dominates the life-cycle of the archetypes and therefore, early decisions associated with the operational phase, such as envelope system and expected service life, should be prioritized.