Building Quality Index System for Lifecycle Cost Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current building evaluation and quality assessment methods lack scientific accuracy and quantitative measures, leading to decreased building quality, increased operational costs, and premature demolition, which results in environmental and economic harm.
Innovation Solution
The Building Quality Index (BQI) system, which involves receiving input data, extracting quantitative data, comparing it with key performance indicators (KPIs), and providing recommendations for physical improvements along with associated costs, to enhance building quality and longevity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If building quality is reduced to deliver buildings with lower initial cost, then initial construction cost decreases, but operational costs increase and building lifespan decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism by continuously monitoring building performance data (structural integrity, energy consumption, maintenance records) and using this information to adjust and improve building quality over time. This closed-loop system allows buildings to self-optimize, extending lifespan while managing costs through data-driven decision making about repairs and upgrades.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies parameter changes by systematically modifying building characteristics based on performance data and environmental conditions. This includes adjusting maintenance schedules, upgrading specific components when thresholds are exceeded, and adapting building operations to extend service life beyond initial design expectations.
2Ease of manufacture
If building quality is reduced to deliver buildings with lower initial cost, then initial construction cost decreases, but operational costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables buildings to self-monitor and self-optimize their performance through embedded sensors and automated control systems. The building automatically tracks energy consumption patterns, identifies inefficiencies, and implements corrections without external intervention, thereby reducing operational costs even when initial construction quality is modest.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical monitoring and maintenance systems with electronic sensing, data processing, and automated control systems. This substitution enables more precise tracking of building performance and more efficient optimization of energy consumption, reducing operational costs through intelligent management rather than brute-force mechanical solutions.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If current green building rating systems are used to evaluate buildings, then environmental performance can be measured, but base building quality is neglected
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges environmental performance measurement with base building quality assessment into a single integrated evaluation system. By combining data from environmental sensors with structural monitoring systems, the patent creates a comprehensive quality metric that simultaneously tracks both environmental sustainability and structural integrity, eliminating the need to choose between these separate evaluation approaches.
4Loss of information
If current green building rating systems disclose calculations publicly, then transparency is achieved, but cheating occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer of encrypted data processing and verification algorithms that protect sensitive building data while maintaining transparency of results. The system uses cryptographic methods to allow verification of evaluation integrity without exposing raw data or calculation methodologies that could be exploited for cheating, thus preserving both transparency and evaluation integrity simultaneously.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure is directed to methods and apparatus for improving existing buildings or for improving new buildings. This process may include identifying factors and related metrics that leverage one or more building quality index values when an overall quality of a building is accessed and improved. Such a building quality index value may be a single value within a possible range of values. The index value may be a compilation or other transformation of values associated with various categories that may include building materials, types of businesses contained within the building, environmental impact of the building, and other metrics. This building quality index value may be a function of characteristics that may be associated with people that use the building, environmental conditions that surround the building, a location, a risk likelihood, past and future projected climatic conditions, or other factors.