Building Green: The Emerging Geography of LEED-Certified Buildings and Professionals

Cidell, Julie

doi:10.1080/00330120902735932

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“…This might constrain them from designing more environmentally built environments. However, there are projects in which higher environmental targets have been met and negative environmental impacts decreased, despite the same cultural context, regulation, and market [53,54]. Therefore, it is clear that more environmentally built environments can be designed regardless of economical, legal, or social constraints.…”

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Ecological Worldview among Urban Design Professionals

Wallhagen

Magnusson

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:The built environment is responsible for a large proportion of the global use of energy, natural resources, and emissions. Architects and other urban design professionals are key actors in the building process whose behavior and decisions will influence these impacts. Because environmental attitudes are linked to pro-environmental behavior, this study aims to measure environmental worldview among urban design professionals involved in the architectural competition 'A New City Center for Kiruna'. The mean score registered for the New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) scale was 3.68 (standard deviation 0.51) and there were no significant differences with regard to age (mean 41.3 years) or gender (64.7% males). The ecological worldview of the participants was similar to most other samples from diverse countries, but a lower score was reported in comparison to environmentalists. The score ranged from 2.53 to 4.67 which shows heterogeneity at an individual level. Thus, future efforts to improve environmental attitudes among urban design professionals are needed.

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Ecological Worldview among Urban Design Professionals

Wallhagen

Magnusson

2017

Sustainability

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“…There has been some research in the literature to study the distribution of LEED points or credits earned across various regions. Examples of spatial analysis in green buildings can be found in the literature with reference to Eliasson (2000), Cidell andBeata (2009), Cidell (2009) and Hossaini et al (2014a).…”

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Spatial life cycle sustainability assessment: a conceptual framework for net-zero buildings

Hossaini

Hewage

Sadiq

2015

Clean Techn Environ Policy

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The building sector has a huge impact on the environment; it consumes 30-40 % of global natural resources and 40 % of energy. The impacts of the building sector can be reduced drastically by implementing a netzero approach in both design and sustainability management of buildings. Net-zero building is a building system that uses sustainable materials and produces its needed energy and water throughout its life cycle. Unlike green buildings, there is a limited number of sustainability rating systems for net-zero buildings (e.g., Living Building Challenge). Despite the importance of geographical characteristics and local environmental conditions, spatial consideration in green and net-zero buildings is largely lacking in the literature. Considering the variability of environmental behavior around the globe and its significant effects on energy, water demands, and availability of construction materials, it is a major shortcoming to ignore the role of geography in net-zero buildings. This paper discusses a new methodology in the assessment of net-zero buildings by integrating regional characteristics and life cycle sustainability assessment. The methodology outlined in this paper can assist in sustainability design and decision making of net-zero buildings.

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“…In 2009, for the first time in 30 years, the average-sized home shrank (Brown, 2010). The development of 'pocket neighborhoods' (El Nassar, 2011) or the diffusion of LEED (Cidell, 2009) demonstrate how compact land-use is viable, as people embrace downsized homes, shared open spaces and sustainable transportation options.…”

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High-speed rail, the knowledge economy and the next growth wave

Tierney

2012

Journal of Transport Geography

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Building Green: The Emerging Geography of LEED-Certified Buildings and Professionals

Cited by 82 publications

References 22 publications

Ecological Worldview among Urban Design Professionals

Ecological Worldview among Urban Design Professionals

Spatial life cycle sustainability assessment: a conceptual framework for net-zero buildings

High-speed rail, the knowledge economy and the next growth wave

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