ENERGETIC CONSUMPTION PREDICTION ON CONSTRUCTION SITE

The paper presents some ongoing results of a research still carried on by the authors concerning the design and management of a ‘green’ construction site. The study is born from the exigency that every design discipline has to deal with the importance of making the building process more sustainable. So, it’s necessary not only to proceed with an Integrated Design, but also to achieve sustainability by a focused construction site design. Starting from the well‐known definition of sustainability ‐ sustainable development for future generations ‐ the research has identified three basic issues in order to save the necessary resources: (i) the energetic consumption of construction site, (ii) the wastes production, (iii) the environmental impact on the around human activities. Some results of the analysis of the first basic issue are presented here. The method used follows two different approaches. The first concerns the collection and setting of data about ended construction sites. In particular these data regard the urban parameters of the building construction, the significant works realized, the electrical consumption of the construction process and its costs. These data have been collected thanks to the involvement of a number of building firms, that were interested in understanding the impact of the electricity charges on their business. The second analysis concerns yard equipments. Data about their electrical consumptions have been collected and organized into critical schedules. In different sections are contained information about the equipment typology, the kind of supply and the start up power. Equipments data have been collected using existing publication, technical sheets and interviewing manufacturers. The final aim of the research will be the definition of innovative construction site design in order to optimize its sustainability, by orienting its designers choices.