期刊名称：International Journal of Development and Sustainability
印刷版ISSN：2186-8662
出版年度：2013
卷号：2
期号：3
页码：1867-1884
出版社：International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)
摘要：With an enhanced understanding of sustainability requirements, the usage of design and decision support tools are expected to increase, by which there are several qualitative and quantitative assessment tools, but a dearth of research in decision support mechanisms to help architects achieve low impact design and delivery in the UK. Aiming to give an overview of the present state-of-the-art on Building Performance Energy Simulation (BPES) tools, review of extant literature were carried out along with Questionnaires, emailed to randomly selected architectural practices from the Royal Instituteof British Architects (RIBA) directory of architects. The literature review reveals that few tools support the early architectural design process; input quality affects accuracy, while output needs careful expert interpretation. From the questionnaire survey results, small numbers of architects who use existing Building Performance Energy Simulation (BPES) tools, do so at the later stage of the design process. The tools that are used are even those recognised and advertis ed for the early design stages by the software manufacturers. These are us ed at the later stage by most architects because they are less complex.
关键词：Architects; Building Performance Energy Simulation; Design Process; Decision support tools;Low Impact Buildings
