Triangular Fuzzy QFD–MCDM Combination Approach for Green Building Design Scheme Evaluation

Hao Zhou, Guangdong Tian*, Tongzhu Zhang, Xuesong Zhang, Duc Truong Pham, Xia Xiu, Yixiong Feng, Hongliang Li

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Abstract

The integration of green design into building construction is a necessary process in today’s world to address environmental issues and achieve sustainable development. However, when evaluating green building design schemes, various factors are intertwined with a high degree of complexity and uncertainty. To realise rational decision-making about green building design schemes, this paper first adopts the mixed techniques of triangular fuzzy numbers, quality function deployment, and Best–Worst Method. It aims to analyse the complex factor relationship between customer needs and green building design technical features and to solve the optimal green building design index weight allocation. Next, a hybrid fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method integrating triangular fuzzy numbers, the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method, and Grey Correlation (GC) are proposed to evaluate green building design scheme performance. Finally, an example of a green design project for a hotel building is selected for application validation and analysis in comparison with the existing Complex Proportional Assessment, VlseKriterijuska Optimizacija I Komoromisno Resenje, and DEMATEL-ANP methods. These analyses demonstrate the stability and validity of the results, as well as the rationality and practicability of the proposed triangular fuzzy QFD–MCDM method. This research is a guide to the problem of evaluating green building design schemes.
Original languageEnglish
Article number520
Number of pages22
JournalBuildings
Volume14
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Feb 2024

Bibliographical note

Funding
This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under a grant (No. 52075303), the Foundation of BUCEA under a grant (No. GDRC20220803), the Nantong Science and Technology Plan Project (No. MS22022093), and the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (No. 23KJB580014).

Keywords

  • quality function deployment
  • design scheme evaluation
  • hybrid MCDM
  • triangular fuzzy numbers
  • green building

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