Advances in Consumer Research
Issue 1 : 438-450
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Advancing Infrastructure and Housing Resilience through Innovative Energy and Compliance Solutions
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Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Haven, CT, USA
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Director of Construction and Redevelopment, Pittsburgh, USA
Abstract

The paper will discuss how infrastructure and housing resilience are co-delivered through innovative energy solutions and regulatory compliance to vulnerable households. It incorporates the products of next-generation inspection, Building Information Modeling (BIM), and LiDAR as an enhancement of the structural soundness of bridges and highways, along with the energy-efficient measures that stabilize the houses at low and moderate income levels. The methods include a national survey of civil engineers and housing authorities, an assessment of Department of Housing and Urban Development energy data, and quasi-experimental and cost-benefit analyses. Results have shown that BIM-LiDAR processes can reduce inspection time by up to 50% and enhance defect detection precision by 35%. Additionally, over 70% of practitioners reported an improvement in inspection accuracy. Retrofits of efficiency homes save 30-40% of energy and improve passive survivability in the event of a power outage, along with reduced bills; a Los Angeles program saved $500,000 in three years of retrofitting 200 homes. Compliance with the policy is associated with savings of 20-30% of post-disaster recovery expenses and significant city-wide emissions reductions, which are demonstrated through code-driven programs. Economic analysis shows greater savings of more than 1 million a year in the public sector of optimized inspections and 1.5 million a year in 1,000-home retrofit portfolios. The study concludes that with digitized compliance paired with BIM-LiDAR and scalable housing recovery, statistically significant resilience, affordability, and reduction of emissions, and has proposed a roadmap to distribute equitably and code-aligned deployment

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