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Published in Barney L. Capehart, Wayne C. Turner, William J. Kennedy, Guide to Energy Management, 2020
Barney L. Capehart, Wayne C. Turner, William J. Kennedy
The idea of developing sustainable buildings stands in striking contrast to typical standard construction practices. Traditional architectural design processes are quite ossified while integrated design approaches are rarely standard procedure. Sustainable construction involves changes in the fundamental design processes, refocusing on-site development, rethinking materials and building components, considering environmental impacts, and determining how healthy interior environments can be configured. To further complicate the process of designing and developing green buildings, Huber (2005:216) concludes that “…building sustainability strategies have to consider basic societal conditions. Building regulations, financing models, rental legislation, environmental legislation, etc., significantly determine the construction design. The solution is approached by an eco-efficient optimization which considers the basic societal conditions.”
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Published in Barney L. Capehart, William J. Kennedy, Wayne C. Turner, Guide to Energy Management, 2020
Barney L. Capehart, William J. Kennedy, Wayne C. Turner
The idea of developing sustainable buildings stands in striking contrast to typical standard construction practices. Traditional architectural design processes are quite ossified while integrated design approaches are rarely standard procedure. Sustainable construction involves changes in the fundamental design processes, refocusing on-site development, rethinking materials and building components, considering environmental impacts, and determining how healthy interior environments can be configured. To further complicate the process of designing and developing green buildings, Huber (2005:216) concludes that “…building sustainability strategies have to consider basic societal conditions. Building regulations, financing models, rental legislation, environmental legislation, etc., significantly determine the construction design. The solution is approached by an eco-efficient optimization which considers the basic societal conditions.”
Environment and sustainability in tropical regions
Published in Mike Riley, Alison Cotgrave, Michael Farragher, Building Design, Construction and Performance in Tropical Climates, 2017
Noor Suzaini, Mohamed Zaid, Brit Anak Kayan
Driven by future investment, sustainable construction is the tenet of conservation of energy, water and natural resources. It is attained by reuse, recycling, innovative design and the minimization of waste and pollution. According to Suliman and Omran (2009) sustainable construction delivers built assets and their immediate surroundings that are able to: improve the quality of life and offer customer satisfaction;offer flexibility and the potential to cater for user changes in the future;provide and support desirable natural and social environments; andmaximize the efficient use of resources. Moreover, sustainable construction signifies one way of approaching the complex issues of sustainability and their drivers to the construction process: foundation for the whole process in achieving balance in financial, environmental and operational considerations; assessment and remediation of contaminated land and consideration of materials, energy, design, construction and community. Philosophically, sustainable construction was expounded and promoted under different terms such as ‘Intelligent Buildings’, ‘Energy Efficient Buildings’ and ‘Green Buildings’. As a whole, sustainable construction promotes environmental, social and economic beneficial impacts – now and for the future by creating a better quality of life at the present day and for generations to come, regardless of regional climates.
A Comprehensive Appraisal of the Factors Impacting Construction Project Delivery Method Selection: A Systematic Analysis
Published in Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2023
QingPing Zhong, Hui Tang, Chuan Chen, Martek Igor
Sustainability is not a traditional but an emerging project objective. Most of the previous studies of sustainability of construction focus on recycling and waste reduction or sustainable construction method. As a factor to select the delivery method, it is a new area. A survey conducted by Touran in 2011 showed that most agencies interviewed had not used these concepts in the past, but it was felt that these factors would have to be considered in future projects (Touran et al. 2011). Marzouk and Elmesteckawi (2015) described sustainability as the requirements to achieve the anticipated results of the green revolution manifested in reductions in energy consumption, better health, and higher productivity for occupants. Sustainability in construction includes sustainable design and sustainable construction. The PDM integrates the design with construction and other processes to varying degrees, and the appropriate delivery method can transform the staged sustainability into the sustainability of the entire process.
BIM for sustainable project delivery: review paper and future development areas
Published in Architectural Science Review, 2020
Rana Ayman, Zaid Alwan, Lesley McIntyre
Studies deal with environmental assessment methods (EAMs), or green rating systems, as one way to evidence sustainability in buildings that serves the triple bottom line principle (Zuo and Zhao 2014). Research interest in green rating systems has increased exponentially during the last eight years (Doan et al. 2017), and an increase in uptake of these systems in the industry has also been reported. Scholars have identified the major factors that act as drivers regarding the increase in demand for green rating systems: social and end consumer pressure; the need to increase building performance and reduce life cycle cost; global pressure towards sustainability; governmental pressure regarding compliance; and finally financial benefits to the owner and property users; as illustrated in detail Figure 1 (Ahn et al. 2013; Olubunmi, Xia, and Skitmore 2016; Balasubramanian and Shukla 2017; Darko et al. 2017; Darko, Zhang, and Chan 2017; Shazmin et al. 2017). Researchers have also discussed the barriers to delivering sustainable construction at an industry level, such as: market deficiency in knowledgeable practitioners and green suppliers; risk of increase in cost; stakeholders’ rigidity regarding change; deviation of the project schedule; immature and inconsistent state; and lack of sources of guidance; as illustrated in Figure 1 (Ahn et al. 2013; Wimala, Akmalah, and Sururi 2016; Balasubramanian and Shukla 2017; Nguyen et al. 2017).
Mapping of social sustainability attributes to stakeholders’ involvement in construction project life cycle
Published in Construction Management and Economics, 2021
Nurul Elma Kordi, Sheila Belayutham, Che Khairil Izam Che Ibrahim
Sustainable development is defined by the World Commission on Environment and Development, (1987) as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs”. The term “development” includes various activities across different industry sectors and the construction industry’s response to sustainable development is “sustainable construction” (Chiang et al. 2015). The concept of sustainable construction has started to emerge in the 1970s and has been recognised as the main priority by most countries, and often described in terms of the three main pillars, which are economic, environmental, and social practices that influence construction projects’ performance (Pocock et al. 2016, Sierra et al. 2016, Li et al. 2018, Wang et al. 2018). Jafari et al., (2019) defined sustainable construction as “improving the current situation to generate benefits or savings for owners and/or occupants in terms of economic criteria (e.g. reducing operation costs and optimising life cycle economic performance), environmental criteria (e.g. reducing greenhouse gas emissions), and social criteria (e.g. enhancing comfort and health of occupants, as well as the creation of job opportunities)”. The correlation between construction industry and the sustainable pillars could be attributed to the fact that the industry contributes to industrial growth (economy), waste minimisation (environment), and the production of basic amenities necessary to develop and improve the living standard of a nation (social) (Leje et al. 2020). Thus, sustainable construction should accommodate all three main pillars of sustainability (economy, environment, and social) without neglecting any one in order to meet the objective of sustainability.