… With the ability to detect an incorrect decision delayed until the testing phase, we determined
that early design decisions account for 86% cost impact of all design decisions. This …

… the late design stages, but its application is still limited in the early stages in which design
decisions have a major impact on final building performance and costs. The early integration …

… a design defect as a poor design decision made creating an attribute not desired in the design,
which must either be fixed (decision … non-compliance denigrating the produced design. …

… and materials, aiming to support design decision making towards greater environmental
performance of their buildings. Based on a comparison, the designers will be able to determine …

… This paper explores the true meaning of design context knowledge by studying how these …
to support decision making and the prediction of their consequences at the conceptual design …

… design efficiency. However, studies on its application in supporting early-stage design
decisions … problem through a design experiment, where participants designed an office building …

… the design decisions made during a multi-phased development process. Early design …
code, in which the effects of an early design decision may have become difficult to trace. Without …

… This article proposes a novel decision-support methodological approach to … early design
stages, aimed at providing informed recommendations to designers, manufacturers and decision…

… ) approach to eco-design optimization and decision making at the early design stage. This …
at the early design stage. In particular, this model allows designers to optimize the design and …

… These early studies of the design process were concerned with characterizing it in its most
general form: identifying the operations and representations which were responsible for the …