Lombe Mutale
About
About
I am a PhD candidate in the Structural Department and part of NTNU's Circular City project which is one of the Sustainability research projects.
Resource extraction for construction materials requires large amounts of energy which contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. Moreover, annually, there is a large quantity of construction and demolition waste polluting cities. However, some building components and materials from these activities are still in good condition. The construction industry can be more sustainable by urban mining the building stock thereby reducing waste, pollution and resource extraction.
The PhD project aims at investigating how structural components and materials from existing buildings can be used in new construction using BIM and probabilistic modelling.
Supervisors
Research areas and interests
Bayesian networks, probabilistic modelling, structural analysis, computational design, parametric modelling, sustainability, circular economy, structural design
Publications
2024
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Mutale, Lombe;
Hingorani, Ramon;
Dittrich, Nils Maximilian;
Köhler, Jochen.
(2024)
Probabilistic modelling of building stock properties for urban mining.
International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Part of book/report
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Mutale, Lombe;
Hingorani, Ramon;
Dittrich, Nils Maximilian;
Köhler, Jochen.
(2024)
Probabilistic modelling of building stock properties for urban mining.
International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Knowledge Transfer
2023
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PosterDittrich, Nils Maximilian; Mutale, Lombe; Hingorani, Ramon; Kohler, Jochen; Mueller, Daniel Beat. (2023) Can Bayesian Networks predict materials and components at building level?. International Society for Industrial Ecology 11th international Conference on Industrial Ecology , Leiden 2023-07-02 - 2023-07-05