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the alternatives. A possible combination takes one alternative from each group,
which are glazing, external wall, orientation, WWR % and shading. The system
produces 3,840 possible combinations defined by 40 criteria.
Multivariate design is different from the assessment of individual alternatives
by its ability to make an integrated assessment of the entire combination's effi-
ciency. As a result, it may happen that one of the most efficient combinations is not
necessarily a combination of the best alternatives from each group of objects. It is
a way, then, to pick out a combination of alternatives with maximum efficiency by
all possible criteria.
5 Conclusion
In the past there has been no intelligent approach to learning from climate change
mitigation and adaptation in built environment projects once they are completed.
Now, however, the built environment is adapting concepts of tacit and explicit
knowledge management to improve the situation. Top managers generally assume
that professionals in enterprises already possess tacit and explicit knowledge and
experience for specific types of projects. Such knowledge is extremely important
to organisations because, once a project is completed, professionals tend to forget
it and start something new. Therefore, knowledge multifold utilisation is a key
factor in productively executing a climate change mitigation and adaptation in
built environment project. The main purpose of this paper is to present the Model
and Intelligent System of Built Environment Life Cycle Process for Climate
Change Mitigation and Adaptation which the authors of this paper have developed.
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