A Sustainability Assessment of Industrialised Housing Construction Using the MIVES (Modelo Integrado de Valor para una Evaluación Sostenible)-Based Multicriteria Decision-Making Method

Recently, the world population surpassed 8000 million people. Providing housing for such a large population poses a great challenge for the building industry and its impact on the planet. The rise in the urban population leads to greater impacts not only on the environment but also on economies and societies. Consequently, reducing these externalities is mandatory to preserve the welfare of the world. One way of optimising the economic cost of housing is through industrialising the production of housing. However, a balance between housing optimisation and the management of the social/environmental impacts has not yet been achieved. In order to bridge this gap, in this study, a holistic evaluation of several housing systems was performed using the MIVES (“Modelo Integrado de Valor para una Evaluación Sostenible”)-based multicriteria decision-making method (MCDM method). Moreover, the obtained results were compared, showing which industrialised building technique might enhance the sustainability of housing production.