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Disrupting buildings : digitalisation and the transformation of deep renovation
\"The worlds extant building stock accounts for a significant portion of worldwide energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. In 2020, buildings and construction accounted for 36% of global final energy consumption and 37% of energy related CO2 emissions. The EU estimates that up to 75% of the EUs existing building stock has poor energy performance, 8595% of which will still be in use in 2050. To meet the goals of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change will require a transformation of construction processes and deep renovation of the extant building stock. It is widely recognized that ICTs can play an important role in construction, renovation and maintenance as well as supporting the financing of deep renovation. Technologies such as sensors, big data analytics and machine learning, BIM, digital twinning, simulation, robots, cobots and UAVs, and additive manufacturing are transforming the deep renovation process, improving sustainability performance, and developing new services and markets. This open access book defines a deep renovation digital ecosystem for the 21st century, providing a state-of-the art review of current literature, suggesting avenues for new research, and offering perspectives from business, technology and industry domains.\" -- Provided by publisher.
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Operational effectiveness in building renovation business: Best practices for profitable execution
Many building renovation (BR) companies struggle with profitability, which is an unresearched area in the BR business at the company level. This is worrying since BR companies are becoming increasingly important due to the growth of BR needs, like energy efficiency improvements to existing buildings. This study examines the BR business and profitability from an operational perspective, focusing on daily activities involved to complete renovations. The study reviews the operational effectiveness of BR companies, aiming to enhance understanding of how it influences profitability and to identify best practices contributing to profitability. Methodologically, the multiple case study design was used with two cases, high profitability (HP) and low profitability (LP), each consisting of small- and medium-sized (SME) BR companies. To review the operational effectiveness, semi-structured interviews were used with two frameworks: operational excellence through the 4P model and a model developed in this research, critical operational key elements (COKE) in the BR business. The findings show that operational effectiveness was seen similarly in both cases, but there were differences in execution. The HP case unconsciously possesses certain mainstreams of Lean principles, also visible in the four identified best practices: focus on customers, business orientation, striving for simplicity and clarity, and treasuring employees and subcontractors. The findings provide new insights into how operational effectiveness affects BR companies' profitability, and practitioners can utilize them for profitability improvements. The COKE model contributes to further research of the operational core of the BR business and can be applied in the business development of BR companies.
Journal Article
A Practical Guide to Alterations and Improvements
A practical guide which enables small builders to tackle everyday alteration and improvement projects with confidence.
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