05144cas|a2200469 i 4500 20260817163557.0 240699s1997 th uzm rtt 00| a1eng d .b11725151 AIT Diss. no.SM-97-02 Theeravuth Leelasithorn Assessment of high-rise building technology from an environmental perspective Bangkok : Asian Institute of Technology, 1997 200 p. Dissertation ; no. SM-97-02 A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, School of Management Thesis (Ph.D.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1997 Rapid economic development in Asian countries has led to considerable demand for urban space. Meeting the demand through vertical expansion involving the construction of high-rise buildings (HRBs) for both housing and business purposees is much more attractive compared to horizontal expansion, which is very expensive and time consuming. However, such expansion appears to create a host of problems involving environmental, resource consumption, and safety aspects. Different objectives and priorities of the main stakeholders involved in HRB, namely: owners; developers; architects; engineers; contractors; and the end users are major causes for such problems. Thus, it is necessary to develop a concept of environmental compatibility for HRBs in order to balance the requirements of economic expansion and environmental conservation. This study is a preliminary attempt to develop a model to assess the environmental compatibility of HRB technologies so that environmental aspects may be explicitly considered in planning HRBs. The model has been developed through the delineation of assessment factors (generic technologies or performances), each of which is interpreted in terms of specific technological alternatives. A scoring scheme has been developed to rate each technological alternative and the weights reflecting relative importance of the assessment factors are obtained from expert opinion through the use of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Based on the ratings and the weightages, a scheme for developing environmental compatibility indexes for both new and existing HRBs are then formulated. For a new HRB, the index is the weighted average of the environmental compatibility of construction and service utility technologies while the index for an existing HRB is that of service utility technologies and service performances. Case studies of two HRBs, a new and an existing one, in Bangkok have been carried out to demonstrate the utility of the proposed model. It is then shown how information generated through the application of the model can be used for improving the environmental compatibility of HRBs. Firstly the information generated can be used to prioritize technologies and performances that need upgrading with respect to environmental compatibility. It is shown that such prioritization has to be done taking into consideration the rationale for the employment of desired technologies and performances, and constraints likely to be faced in their implementation. Secondly, possible schemes are suggested for using the generated information to introduce environmental compatibility enhancing policies and interventions. Lastly, suggestions are also made with respect to cooperative arrangements that are needed between government, support institutes, and the construction sector to actively use the proposed model for enhancing the environmental compatibility of HRBs. Tall buildings Technology assessment Environmental impact analysis Ramanathan, K., Chairperson Sharif, Nawaz, Co-chairperson Gupta, Joyti, Examination Committee Chongrak Polprasert, Examination Committee Spigai, Joseph J., Examination committee Asian Institute of Technology. Dissertation ; no. SM-97-02 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B13377 .b11725151 mnait y 240329 0 980916 m a y 0 mnait mnait mnarc mnarc 20 40 Barcode : 30050120561955 CREATED : 1998-09-16 RECORD # : i12096350 LPATRON : 1012429 LCHKIN : 2001-07-17 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 2 TOT CHKOUT : 6 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120561948 CREATED : 1998-09-16 RECORD # : i12096362 LPATRON : 1026934 LCHKIN : 2018-07-03 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 1 TOT CHKOUT : 10 TOT RENEW : 13 Barcode : 30050160000765 CREATED : 2016-03-23 RECORD # : i12903000 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050121052343 CREATED : 2023-07-11 RECORD # : i13471004 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 9153 9153 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 10.00 0 AIT Diss. no.SM-97-02 30050120561955 2026-08-17 16:35:57 1 2026-08-17 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 10.00 0 AIT Diss. no.SM-97-02 30050120561948 2026-08-17 16:35:57 2 2026-08-17 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-17 0 AIT Diss. no.SM-97-02 30050160000765 2026-08-17 16:35:57 2026-08-17 40 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-17 0 AIT Diss. no.SM-97-02 30050121052343 2026-08-17 16:35:57 3 2026-08-17 40