Alex Spichale

Research
Ymchwil

Social Value and Design of the Built Environment.
Gwerthu Cymdeithasol a Dyluniad yr Amgylchedd Adeiledig.

Capturing value and reducing impact during the operation and maintenance (management) of residential social housing in the UK. The aim of this project is to provide much needed research on social value measures and metrics and by using Utility Theory, develop a framework for socially responsible data-driven asset management and integrate this into the building operation and maintenance process (building asset management).
Social value is the quantification of the relative importance that people place on the changes they experience in their lives. Both positive and negative. This can be thought of as being ‘well-being’ in individuals. Social value encompasses socio-demographic, economic and environmental determinants, along with human value orientation (preference and choice). In this context it means the direct positive impact for people and their communities that can be obtained by going beyond best-practice in the design, construction, and operation of assets in the built environment; specifically, in residential property management.
This research will demonstrate how social value is created through the lifetime of the asset, how this can be leveraged for the benefit of the building occupant and owner and what techniques to use to assess and evidence social value and go beyond best practice.

Casglu gwerth a lleihau effaith yn ystod y gwaith o weithredu a chynnal a chadw (rheoli) tai cymdeithasol preswyl yn y DU. Nod y prosiect hwn yw darparu ymchwil y mae mawr ei hangen ar fesurau a metrigau gwerth cymdeithasol a thrwy ddefnyddio Theori Cyfleustodau, datblygu fframwaith ar gyfer rheoli asedau sy'n gymdeithasol gyfrifol am ddata ac integreiddio hyn i'r broses o weithredu a chynnal a chadw adeiladau (rheoli asedau adeiladu). Gwerth cymdeithasol yw meintioli'r pwysigrwydd cymharol y mae pobl yn ei roi ar y newidiadau maen nhw’n eu profi yn eu bywydau. Yn gadarnhaol a negyddol. Gellir ystyried hyn fel 'llesiant' mewn unigolion. Gwerth cymdeithasol sy'n cwmpasu penderfynyddion demograffig-gymdeithasol, economaidd ac amgylcheddol, ynghyd â chyfeiriadedd gwerth dynol (ffafriaeth a dewis). Yn y cyd-destun hwn, mae'n golygu'r effaith gadarnhaol uniongyrchol ar bobl a'u cymunedau y gellir eu cael drwy fynd y tu hwnt i arfer gorau wrth ddylunio, adeiladu a gweithredu asedau yn yr amgylchedd adeiledig; yn benodol, o ran rheoli eiddo preswyl. Bydd yr ymchwil hon yn dangos sut mae gwerth cymdeithasol yn cael ei greu drwy gydol oes yr ased, sut y gellir ysgogi hyn er budd deiliad a pherchennog yr adeilad a pha dechnegau i'w defnyddio i asesu a dangos gwerth cymdeithasol a mynd y tu hwnt i arfer gorau.