Open AccessVisualisation of KPIs in zero emission neighbourhoods for improved stakeholder participation using Virtual Reality
Author(s) -
Aoife Anne Marie Houlihan Wiberg,
Solveig Løvhaug,
Mikael Mathisen,
Benedikt Tschoerner,
Eirik Resch,
Marius Erdt,
Ekaterina PrasolovaFørland
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/323/1/012074
Subject(s) - usability , performance indicator , stakeholder , neighbourhood (mathematics) , computer science , virtual reality , process (computing) , visualization , process management , stakeholder engagement , human–computer interaction , engineering , systems engineering , business , mathematical analysis , public relations , mathematics , marketing , artificial intelligence , political science , law , operating system
This paper addresses the role of virtual reality in addressing the specific challenge of the increasing complexity and decreasing usability when dealing with the level of detail required to model a zero emission neighbourhood (ZEN).[1] In such neighbourhoods, there is a need to handle both ‘top down’ neighbourhood level data with ‘bottom up’ building and material level data. This can quickly become overwhelming particularly when dealing with non expert users such as planners, architects, researchers and citizens who play a key part in the design process of future ZENs. Visualisation is an invaluable means to communicate complex data in an interactive way that makes it easier for diverse stakeholders to engage in decision making early and throughout the design process. The main purpose of this work has been to make ZEN key performance indicators (KPIs) more easily comprehensible to a diverse set of stakeholders who need to be involved in the early design phase. The paper investigates how existing extended reality (XR) technologies, such as virtual reality, can be integrated with an existing dynamic LCA method in order to provide visualise feedback on KPIs in early phase design of sustainable neighbourhoods. This existing method provides a dynamic link between the REVIT Bim and the ZEB Tool using a Dynamo plugin.[2] The results presented in this paper demonstrate how virtual reality can help to improve stakeholder participation in the early design phase and more easily integrate science-based knowledge on GHG emissions and other KPIs into the further development of the user-centered architectural and urban ZEN toolbox for the design and planning, operation and monitoring of ZENs. [3]