TY - GEN
T1 - Sustainability in Affordable Housing
T2 - 2021 International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, I3CE 2021
AU - Abraham, Yewande S.
AU - Terreno, Saratu
AU - Asadi, Somayeh
AU - Afolabi, Adedeji O.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Computing in Civil Engineering 2021 - Selected Papers from the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2021. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - One of the central goals of affordable housing is to provide a decent and suitable living environment, which includes ensuring the housing is of good quality and is economically affordable. It is also vital for housing to continue to maintain these qualities throughout the building's life cycle. Incorporating sustainable building practices can improve energy efficiency, reduce the waste of resources, and provide healthier living environments for the occupants. With the increase in intelligent technologies, opportunities exist to enhance sustainability and affordability in residential communities by utilizing smart technologies. This paper involves a critical review of the literature involving sustainable buildings and affordable housing and seeks to identify opportunities to implement smart and connected technologies while enabling those communities to achieve sustainability goals. In addition, this study highlights the current trends such as building-to-grid connections, distributed energy resources, and the potential impacts of these technologies on connected communities. The study highlights several opportunities to improve sustainability and connectedness in affordable housing. However, several factors should be addressed in implementing new technology, such as utilizing proper data management, defining beneficial information exchanges, and addressing complex human-building interactions.
AB - One of the central goals of affordable housing is to provide a decent and suitable living environment, which includes ensuring the housing is of good quality and is economically affordable. It is also vital for housing to continue to maintain these qualities throughout the building's life cycle. Incorporating sustainable building practices can improve energy efficiency, reduce the waste of resources, and provide healthier living environments for the occupants. With the increase in intelligent technologies, opportunities exist to enhance sustainability and affordability in residential communities by utilizing smart technologies. This paper involves a critical review of the literature involving sustainable buildings and affordable housing and seeks to identify opportunities to implement smart and connected technologies while enabling those communities to achieve sustainability goals. In addition, this study highlights the current trends such as building-to-grid connections, distributed energy resources, and the potential impacts of these technologies on connected communities. The study highlights several opportunities to improve sustainability and connectedness in affordable housing. However, several factors should be addressed in implementing new technology, such as utilizing proper data management, defining beneficial information exchanges, and addressing complex human-building interactions.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784483893.149
DO - 10.1061/9780784483893.149
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85132585400
T3 - Computing in Civil Engineering 2021 - Selected Papers from the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2021
SP - 1220
EP - 1227
BT - Computing in Civil Engineering 2021 - Selected Papers from the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2021
A2 - Issa, R. Raymond A.
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Y2 - 12 September 2021 through 14 September 2021
ER -