#18 Long-span Low-Carbon Floor Systems (Scoping Study)
CRC#18 addresses the lack of data-informed product evaluation methods in construction, through the benchmarking of nine long-span, low carbon floor systems.
The key outcomes of the research point towards a logic and workflow that could be applied to any productised building element, involving:
- product mapping according to material and element type
- visualisation of high level benchmarking findings for use during early building design
- synthesis of detailed benchmarking findings to enable transparent discussion of decision priorities
This framework can be used as the basis for: further product benchmarking; evaluation and selection of most suitable products given an explicit set of selection priorities; and future product design development.
Researchers on the project included: Ivana Kuzmanovska: Mizan Ahmed, Mehrdad Arashpour,
Victor Bunster, Victor Chang, Lariza de Guzman, Tom Heath, Enzo Lara-Hamilton, Duncan Maxwell, Declan Murphy, Sejuti Saha, Angela Solarte, Jenny Zhou, Stephen Go, Felix Hui, Wen Li, Richard Nero, Tuan Ngo, Tuan Nguyen, Tai Thai & Muhammad Wasim.
Sustainability
Building Design and DFMA
Projects
#112 Flexible wet cores for volumetric housing construction
#71 Automated decision making for interdisciplinary coordination during early-stage building design
#95 The Homes NSW MMC Program
#61 Building Productivity – Product, Process, People
Light House Project #13: Mixed Reality Carpentry Demonstration
Fire Safety
Projects
#76 Thermally active floor panels for cost effective space cooling
#24 Next Generation of Robust and Fire-resilient Light Gauge Steel Systems for Mid-Rise Buildings (Umbrella Project)
#35 Prefab Housing Solutions for Bushfire & Disaster Relief
#18 Long-span Low-Carbon Floor Systems (Scoping Study)
Building Materials & Systems
Theme coordinator
Dr Rackel San Nicolas
Projects
#58 The Retrofit Housing Atlas
#76 Thermally active floor panels for cost effective space cooling
#104 Development of a solution for high-rise mass timber residences through a Post & Plate system – Phase 2 Numerical and experimental investigation
#105 Blockchain-powered peer-to-peer energy trading: Advancing sustainability and affordability in smart residential communities
#84 Feasibility study of recycling excavated clay materials in full-scale concrete applications
Sustainable Materials & Products
Theme coordinator
Dr Philip Christopher
Projects
#108 Project Circle Design Phase 1
#58 The Retrofit Housing Atlas
#70 Building Circularity 4.0: First Steps to Adoption
#76 Thermally active floor panels for cost effective space cooling
#104 Development of a solution for high-rise mass timber residences through a Post & Plate system – Phase 2 Numerical and experimental investigation