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4, XVIII, 2015
DOI: 10.15240/ ul/001/2015-4-016
Book Re iew
MULTIPLE CRITERIA ANALYSIS OF THE LIFE
CYCLE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Edi o s: A ū as Kaklauskas, Edmundas Kazimie as Za adskas
Publishe : VGTU P ess TECHNIKA, 2015
The monog aph add esses he highly opical and inno a i e a ea
o mul iple c i e ia analysis o he li e cycle o he buil en i onmen .
Au ho s o he monog aph analyze he li e cycle o he buil en i onmen
as ollows: he buil en i onmen , he s akeholde s in ol ed in i s li e
cycle as well as he mic o, meso and mac o en i onmen s, in e ms o
hei pa icula impac on making i an in eg al whole.
The s uc u e o he monog aph is well hough -ou , comp ising
se en chap e s. Each chap e se es i s own pu pose. The objec i es he au ho s lay down a he
beginning o he esea ch ha e been e ec i ely achie ed in succession.
Chap e 1 (au ho s: A ū as Kaklauskas and Edmundas Kazimie as Za adskas) ocuses on
mul iple c i e ia analysis o he li e cycle o he buil en i onmen . Chap e 2 “Facili ies Managemen ”
(au ho : Na alija Lepko a) p esen s he ollowing aspec s: he o igin and analysis o he de i ni ion
o acili ies managemen ; acili ies managemen goals and asks; and he acili ies managemen
p ocess. Special a en ion is paid o acili ies managemen se ices quali y assu ance. Chap e 3
“Re o i o buildings in u ban neighbou hoods” (au ho s: Saulius Raslanas, A u as Kaklauskas and
Edmundas Kazimie as Za adskas) analyse mode nisa ion and e o i o buildings as one o he
o ms o u ban de elopmen . Mode nisa ion o apa men houses is a pa icula ly ele an issue bo h
in Li huania and many o he coun ies. To make i mo e e i cien , he mode nisa ion o apa men
houses mus be in eg a ed – an en i e block o esiden ial a ea mus be eno a ed and he p inciples
o sus ainable de elopmen mus be ollowed. Chap e 4 (au ho : Jū a ė Šlioge ienė) e iews
academic esea ch pape s which discuss he ole o alues in he ene gy sec o and hen p esen s
a se o c i e ia and an au oma ed decision suppo sys em o he assessmen o he en i onmen
o ene gy gene a ion echnologies wi h emphasis on he dimension o social issues and alues.
Chap e 5 “Knowledge managemen in he buil en i onmen ” (au ho s: A ū as Kaklauskas and
Lina Ba kienė) gi es backg ound o he di e en app oaches o knowledge managemen , analyses
ai pollu ion, noise, and illnesses hey cause and eal es a e p ices. Chap e 6 “Buil en i onmen
li e cycle p ocess and clima e change” (au ho s: A ū as Kaklauskas and Lina Pečiū ė) in oduces
he clima e change mi iga ion and adap a ion in he buil en i onmen ’s quan i a i e and quali a i e
aspec s. Chap e 7 “Dis ance Lea ning Expe ience in Cons uc ion and Real Es a e a VGTU”
(au ho s: Na alija Lepko a, Sil a Rimku ienė) con ains he gene al in o ma ion abou dis ance
lea ning de elopmen in he Wo ld, Li huania and Vilnius Gediminas Technical Uni e si y (VGTU).
This monog aph ep esen s a la ge body o wo k. I is well p esen ed, and e y in e es ing o
ead. The wo k is highly inno a i e in se e al a eas, and will encou age o he esea che s o ake
he au ho s’ ideas o wa d hemsel es. The esul s make he monog aph much mo e usable and
ex endible, and may ha e di ec impac on he ac ual li e cycle o he buil en i onmen p ocesses.
The lis o esea ched li e a u e is ex ensi e; he sou ces we e chosen wi h he pu pose in mind and
co espond o he issues discussed in he monog aph.
The monog aph has been p epa ed o esea che s, p ac icing enginee s and manage s, MSc
and PhD s uden s o ci il enginee ing, cons uc ion and he eal es a e sec o .
The conclusion o his e iew is ha he monog aph mee s he highes equi emen s applicable
o he ele ancy, o iginali y, heo e ical and p ac ical signi i cance, which will ce ainly be e idenced
in he dissemina ion o i s esea ch esul s.
p o . Ing. Mi osla Žižka, Ph.D.
Technical Uni e si y o Libe ec
Facul y o Economics
Depa men o Business Adminis a ion and Managemen
mi osla [email p o ec ed]
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