Enhancing Building Sustainability through Generative Designs of Bio-based Materials for wall Panels

Heavy reliance on traditional construction materials and methods, contributes significantly to environmental challenges such as high greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, and material waste. Despite the availability of bio-based materials as sustainable alternatives adoption is still a major problem. The problem is critical now, as the construction sector urgently needs to adopt more sustainable practices to mitigate climate change impacts. For this systematic review a series of keywords were established i.e. Building, materials, wall panels, architecture, eco-friendly materials, bio-composite, renewable, 3d printing, AI-driven etc. and the keywords were combined resulting in 22 combinations such as “Generative AND bio-based AND materials,” “Parametric AND bio-based AND materials,” “AI AND driven AND bio-based AND materials,” etc., all the combinations yielding 1905 papers from Scopus database search and after that duplicates, titles not focusing on building sustainability/ infrastructure / civil engineering works and abstracts not closely related to the proposed research were excluded, leaving the author with 84 journals to work with. The knowledge gap hindering this, is the lack of comprehensive engineering data and standardization in the application of bio-based Fibers for industrial use, particularly in their Inconsistent fibre/mechanical properties, lack of comprehensive life cycle assessments, scalability and absence of long-term durability assessments, making it difficult in comparisons with conventional materials for industrial acceptance. For the first time in the international literature, the proposed research promises utilizing generative design techniques to optimize bio-based materials for indoor wall panels. The novelty lies in applying generative designs to rapidly create, analyze, and optimize eco-friendly materials, addressing both environmental challenges and material. The result of the proposed research will be the development of sustainable, high-performing bio-based indoor wall panels, as a breakthrough would address critical environmental issues in the construction sector by reducing carbon emissions, energy consumption, and material waste. By spearheading the adoption of these materials in developing countries, the research holds the potential to promote job creation, foster sustainable practices, and advance national progress towards the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in infrastructure and economic growth.