Roads and office buildings are closely linked and play a central role in urban planning and the economy. A well-designed road infrastructure ensures smooth access to office buildings, facilitates commuting and improves accessibility for customers and business partners. At the same time, office buildings influence the use and design of the urban transportation network, as they attract a large number of people every day.
A crucial factor in this interplay is the regular maintenance and repair of both roads and office buildings. Damage to roads, such as potholes can significantly affect the flow of traffic, causing delays and endangering the safety of road users. Similarly, neglected office buildings with structural defects can restrict operations and worsen working conditions.
Close coordination and continuous maintenance of both systems can ensure that traffic routes and office buildings are used efficiently and sustainably. This does not only help to improve the urban infrastructure, but also promotes a productive and pleasant working environment.
Since the use stage with its various maintenance interventions causes the highest amount of greenhouse emissions throughout the urban systems life cycle a well structured maintenance strategy is essential to reduce its environmental impact.
This assignment will focus on the following key areas:
- Examining how different systems can be integrated as components within the context of a larger system.
- Defining various maintenance scenarios to analyze the impact of interventions on the functionality of the system.
- Conducting a Life-Cycle Analysis for the integrated system to determine the environmental impact of the systems maintenance strategy.
- Applying multi-objective optimization techniques to determine the most effective maintenance strategy in terms of cost an functionality.
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