PMID- 35098474
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220530
LR  - 20220530
IS  - 1614-7499 (Electronic)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Linking)
VI  - 29
IP  - 27
DP  - 2022 Jun
TI  - Different alternative retrofit to improving the sustainability of building in 
      tropical climate: multi-criteria decision-making.
PG  - 41669-41683
LID - 10.1007/s11356-022-18647-8 [doi]
AB  - With the growth of the number of old buildings in urban cities, there is an 
      imperative demand for retrofitting those buildings to minimize their energy 
      consumption and maximize their sustainability. This article seeks to provide a 
      multi-criteria assessment of different retrofitting scenarios in the Malaysian 
      context, focusing replacement of windows. Four different criteria assessed 
      operation energy usage, global warming potential (GWP) emission, embodied energy, 
      and the cost of each alternative. Life cycle analysis is used for each scenario 
      using the Energy Plus software program to estimate the energy demand. The 
      preliminary result showed that a louvered window is unsuitable for operational 
      energy usage compared to other options. In embodied energy and GWP, 
      double-glazing shows an optimal choice by 532 MJ kg/m(2) and 101 kg/M(2) CO(2) 
      between the other two alternatives for retrofitting. However, in the operational 
      energy category, triple glazing has the best performance by 1.06 kW/a day. 
      Finally, comparing the cost of each other options, plenum windows have the lowest 
      rate by 825 kg/M(2) MYR. Thus, multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) is used to 
      select the most sustainable window for buildings. The result shows that the best 
      option is a double-glazing window, followed by a plenum window. This study 
      revealed the requirement for utilization of MCDM handles to guarantee the correct 
      choice of design strategies for the best decision.
CI  - (c) 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, 
      part of Springer Nature.
FAU - Balasbaneh, Ali Tighnavard
AU  - Balasbaneh AT
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7823-0477
AD  - Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn 
      Malaysia, 86400, Parit Raja, Johor, Malaysia. tighnavard@uthm.edu.my.
FAU - Yeoh, David
AU  - Yeoh D
AD  - Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn 
      Malaysia, 86400, Parit Raja, Johor, Malaysia.
FAU - Ramli, Mohd Zamri
AU  - Ramli MZ
AD  - Institute of Noise and Vibration, School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of 
      Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.
FAU - Valdi, Mohammad Hossein Taghizadeh
AU  - Valdi MHT
AD  - Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn 
      Malaysia, 86400, Parit Raja, Johor, Malaysia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220131
PL  - Germany
TA  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
JT  - Environmental science and pollution research international
JID - 9441769
SB  - IM
MH  - Cities
MH  - *Global Warming
MH  - *Tropical Climate
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Energy consumption
OT  - Life cycle thinking
OT  - Multi-glazing Window
OT  - Retrofitting building
OT  - Sustainable choice
EDAT- 2022/02/01 06:00
MHDA- 2022/05/31 06:00
CRDT- 2022/01/31 06:06
PHST- 2021/09/15 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/01/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/02/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/05/31 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/01/31 06:06 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-022-18647-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-022-18647-8 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Jun;29(27):41669-41683. doi: 
      10.1007/s11356-022-18647-8. Epub 2022 Jan 31.