期刊名称：International Journal of Sustainable Engineering
印刷版ISSN：1939-7038
出版年度：2015
卷号：8
期号：4-5
页码：294-316
DOI：10.1080/19397038.2014.930211
语种：English
出版社：Taylor & Francis Group
摘要：The issue of sustainable design and assessment of the residential building envelope is a complex process that requires considering many factors including life cycle performance. As such, in an effort to develop an integrated approach that combines relevant sustainable development factors and life cycle concepts for sustainable designs, an integrated performance model (IPM) was developed. The IPM is an essential tool to aid the sustainable design of the residential building envelope, reduce the carbon emission and the whole residential building energy consumption, thereby ensuring sustainable performance of the building envelope and building sustainability. The IPM application indicates that sustainable performance of the building envelope in extreme weather and climatic condition is significantly influenced by the energy efficiency performance of the development.
