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A toolkit for multi-scale mapping of the solar energy-generation potential of buildings in urban environments under uncertainty

Emmanuel Rey, Marilyne Andersen, Parag Rastogi, Giuseppe Peronato

Many municipalities and public authorities have supported the creation of solar cadastres to map the solar energy-generation potential of existing buildings. Despite advancements in modelling solar potential, most of these tools provide simple evaluations ...

2018

Findings from a survey on the current use of life-cycle assessment in building design

Emmanuel Rey, Marilyne Andersen, Thomas Bernard Paul Jusselme

The built environment is facing environmental regulations more ambitious than ever before. In Europe, a law will lead all new buildings to the Nearly Zero-Energy performance level. However, even if a building does not have any energy consumption for its op ...

PLEA2018

An integrative approach for embodied energy: Towards an LCA-based data-driven design method

Emmanuel Rey, Marilyne Andersen, Thomas Bernard Paul Jusselme

The built environment is one of the major contributors of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To tackle climate change, global targets have been set for this sector. Although life-cycle assessment (LCA) methods are typically used to evaluate a building project ...

2018

Fostering sustainable urban renewal at the neighborhood scale with a spatial decision support system

Emmanuel Rey, Maria Gracia Riera Perez, Martine Laprise

Sustainable urban densification is one of the main challenges of European post-industrial cities. In Switzerland, a recent adaptation of the federal law on spatial planning reinforces the limitation of urban sprawl. Hence, public authorities are confronted ...

2018

Monitoring Tool for Urban Brownfield Regeneration Projects Interaction with Stakeholders

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Martine Laprise

Urban brownfield regeneration projects are complex operations that are not automatically sustainable. To facilitate the integration of sustainability issues in these projects, a recent research project led to the creation of an operational monitoring tool ...

2018

LIVING PERIPHERY. Du projet urbain au détail constructif

Emmanuel Rey

2018

Waldstadt, entre vision stratégique et logique de protection

Emmanuel Rey

Dans un contexte de lutte contre le mitage du paysage, la prise en compte des enjeux liés à la transition vers la durabilité encourage la recherche de nouvelles approches pour les territoires métropolitains du Plateau suisse. Le devenir de certains sites, ...

2018

3D model discretization in assessing urban solar potential: the effect of grid spacing on predicted solar irradiation

Emmanuel Rey, Marilyne Andersen, Giuseppe Peronato

The increasing interest in solar energy production in urban areas requires an accurate simulation of solar irradiation on building surfaces, including vertical surfaces. However, solar potential analyses are usually conducted on 2.5D models, which are limi ...

2018

Linking spatial characteristics to residential lifestyles. A framework for analysing the hospitality potential of urban and architectural designs

Vincent Kaufmann, Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Marie-Paule Thomas

Today, in many European countries, increasing opposition tends to thwart urban densification projects. To enhance public acceptability of such projects, which are likely to promote sustainable urban development, it is essential to better anticipate urban p ...

2018

Advanced Active Façades : The construction of a full-scale demonstrator for BIPV architectural integration

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Angela Clua Longas

In most European countries, new energy directives on building performance have been developed as a consequence of unsustainable greenhouse gas emissions. These norms promote active and passive energy strategies to lower the environmental impact of the buil ...

2018

A Modular Timber Construction System for the Sustainable Vertical Extension of Office Buildings

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Aleksis Dind

Most European cities are facing urban densification issues. In this context, a solution to create usable spaces without additional pressure on land consists in the vertical extension of existing buildings. Given their abundance in the building stock, terti ...

2018

LIVING LANDSCAPE. Du projet urbain au détail constructif

Emmanuel Rey

2018

An operational monitoring tool facilitating the transformation of urban brownfields into sustainable neighborhoods

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Martine Laprise

The regeneration of urban brownfields is a relevant strategy to limit the sprawling of post-industrial European cities. However, the integration of sustainability issues in urban brownfield regeneration projects is not a spontaneous process, remaining in m ...

2018

Integrated design strategies for renovation projects with Building-Integrated Photovoltaics towards Low-Carbon Buildings: Two comparative case studies in Neuchâtel (Switzerland)

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Sergi Aguacil Moreno

As tomorrow’s cities are already largely built, and as many of their buildings have a low energy performance level, urban renewal processes are essential for the sustainable development of European cities. In this context, Building-Integrated Photovoltaic ...

2017

Smart Living Building Research Program - Executive Summary

Vanda Carla Costa Grisel, Emmanuel Rey, Marilyne Andersen, Cédric Liardet, Thomas Bernard Paul Jusselme, Arianna Brambilla, Endrit Hoxha, Stefano Cozza, Amélie Zizou Gisèle Renée Poncety, Didier Albert Simon Vuarnoz

The smart living lab project is a pioneering, inter-disciplinary and inter-institutional platform that combines several fields of research related to construction technologies. It aims to be a center of national scope, recognized on an international level ...

2017

SIPRIUS+ : A sustainability monitoring tool specifically designed for urban brownfields regeneration projects

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Martine Laprise

One of the relevant strategies to limit the sprawl of post-industrial European cities is the regeneration of urban brownfields. This type of projects concentrates new development within already urbanized areas and contributes to their revitalization. Despi ...

2017

Neighbourhood-scale Evaluation to Benchmark the Integration of Urban Sustainability (NEBIUS). An innovative education and research methodology

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin

The holistic nature of sustainability has radically transformed architectural and urban design practices. On the one hand, it enforces the need for simple, efficient, graphical assessment tools to support communication among the stakeholders. On the other ...

2017

Influence of energy-use scenarios in Life-Cycle Analysis of renovation projects with Building-Integrated Photovoltaics – Investigation through two case studies in Neuchâtel (Switzerland)

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Sergi Aguacil Moreno

Since tomorrow’s cities are already largely built, and as many of their buildings – with a low level of energy performance – will still be standing in 2050, urban renewal processes play an essential role towards the sustainable development of European citi ...

H. Elsharkawy, S. Zahiri, J. Clough2017

Helvepolis, une vision intégrative pour les territoires du Plateau suisse

Emmanuel Rey

Face aux multiples enjeux liés à la métropolisation du Plateau suisse, le développement territorial fait aujourd’hui face à deux écueils : d’un côté celui d’entretenir une diffusion pouvant tendre à une certaine indifférenciation, de l’autre celui de promo ...

2017

Working Space – An innovative modular timber construction system for the sustainable vertical extension of office buildings

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Aleksis Dind

Urban densification issues are one of the key challenges for most European cities. In this context, the vertical extension of existing buildings provides a solution to create usable spaces without wasting additional land. Little attention has been given to ...

2017

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