Use of a card game tool to capture end users' preferences and add sustainability value to social housing projects

Abstract

The construction industry is increasingly adopting sustainable strategies to reduce environmental impacts. Despite this increase, some barriers are still perceived in the real estate market for sustainable buildings. One of them is the delivery of products that are not aligned with the needs and values of end users. This paper investigates the aspired sustainability values in housing projects based on the concept of stated preferences. A card game tool was developed based on the AQUA - HQE(tm) rating system and applied to ask a 164-respondent sample, assembled from four social housing projects to identify their preferences regarding sustainable construction. Responses were statistically analyzed based on bootstrap confidence values and on the index of general significance (IGS) of each sustainable value attribute. Results show a sustainable value hierarchy, in which the health and safety parameters were the most valued. This study confirms the validity of using a set of illustrated cards as a potential tool for identifying sustainability values end users bear and consequently improving decision-making process within sustainable products development.

Assessment of the Sustainability of a Real Estate Project Using Multi-Criteria Decision Making

“…The analysis of the scientific literature shows that sustainability indicators are considered the main and most effective tools for assessing sustainability used in decision making [13,14,[53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60]. A wide range of sustainability indicators have been constructed for various stakeholders and used in different situations across the world, employing different approaches [13,37,[40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71]. However, only a few sustainability indices are found in the scientific literature, which are designed to measure the level of sustainability of construction and real estate projects [13,14,37].…”

Método para captura e priorização de requisitos de futuros usuários de Habitações de Interesse Social

“…Lançado em 2009, com o objetivo de reduzir o déficit habitacional brasileiro, que naquele momento alcançava 6,8 milhões de moradias (ECCONIT, 2020), o Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida (PMCMV) foi responsável pela contratação de 6,27 milhões de unidades habitacionais em todo o país até o ano de 2020de (BRASIL, 2020.…”

“…De acordo com Baldauf (2013), muitos estudos foram desenvolvidos buscando aumentar a qualidade do ambiente construído, tendo como foco a geração de valor.…”

“…Nesse mesmo sentido, em APO realizada por Blank-Freitas, Añaña e Schramm (2013), demonstrou-se que mesmo morando em uma casa com dimensões e compartimentos insuficientes para acomodação da família, percebeu-se a aceitação dos moradores à sua situação habitual, fruto de um processo mental de contentamento que provocou a mudança em suas preferências e a adaptação a uma situação viável.…”

Simple Additive Weighting versus Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution: which method is better suited for assessing the sustainability of a real estate project

“…The literature analysis also shows that sustainability indicators are effectively used to assess sustainability in the decision-making process (Dahl 2012;Pinter et al 2012;Singh et al 2012;Waas et al 2014;Pereira 2015;Dobrovolskienė and Tamošiūnienė 2016). A wide variety of sustainability indicators have been developed for different stakeholders and applied in different contexts worldwide, using a broad range of methodologies (Dahl 2012;Pinter et al 2012;Singh et al 2012;Waas et al 2014;Oliveira et al 2016;Dobrovolskienė 2016;Ruiz et al 2018;Kaklauskas et al 2018;Chen et al 2019;Dobrovolskienė et al 2019;Bithas 2020;Lütje and Wohlgemuth 2020;Mohanty et al 2020;Reid and Rout 2020;Binder et al 2020;Carvalho et al 2020). Thipparat and Thaseepetch (2013) presented a sustainability index, which was computed using VIKOR (in Serbian: Visekriterijumsko Kompromisino Rangiranje).…”