Effect of green building certification on organizational productivity metrics

Newsham, Guy R.; Veitch, Jennifer A.; Hu, Yitian

doi:10.1080/09613218.2017.1358032

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“…The results are consistent with the findings from research that stated sustainable buildings provide a positive impact on occupants (Agarwal, 2016). Similarly, Newsham et al (2018) identified a positive relationship between physical office environment and occupants' comfort and satisfaction.…”

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The Crossfire of Corporate Real Estate Sustainable Management With Corporate Sustainable Objectives in Malaysia

Fauzi

Johari

Chuweni

et al. 2021

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The emergence of corporations dabbling in sustainable development has caused a shift from the conventional way of managing office building to a more systematic approach involving high technology. Various discussions espouse the positive impact of sustainable office buildings on business. However, previous studies only discussed the elements involved, but most of these discussions did not specify which element that significantly contributed to business objectives. Thus, this research attempts to discover the relationship between corporate real estate sustainable management (CRESM) and corporate sustainability (CS) objectives to determine the most significant element of CRESM influencing overall CS objectives. A questionnaire survey was carried out involving 117 combinations of corporate real estate managers who are directly involved in managing sustainable offices in Malaysia. Data was then analyzed using IBM SPSS Smart PLS. Results indicate six elements of CRESM significantly affect CS objectives that hope to assist corporate real estate managers to well manage their sustainable office buildings as well as contributing to achieve their business objectives.

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Section: Innovation -> Socialsupporting

confidence: 88%

The Crossfire of Corporate Real Estate Sustainable Management With Corporate Sustainable Objectives in Malaysia

Fauzi

Johari

Chuweni

et al. 2021

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“…Chadburn, Smith, & Milan, 2017;Feige, Wallbaum, Janser, & Windlinger, 2013). Such disregard could harm organizational goals, because cost savings in buildings should not come at the expense of the employees' ability to do their work; since staff costs are much higher than building costs (Newsham, Veitch, & Hu, 2018). Poor office buildings can result in occupants experiencing Sick Building Syndrome symptoms, such as headaches, exhaustion, inability to concentrate, and reduced work efficiency (Joshi, 2008;Redlich, Sparer, & Cullen, 1997), which is disastrous for a company's competitiveness.…”

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Knowledge workers’ stated preferences for important characteristics of activity-based workspaces

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Appel‐Meulenbroek

Kemperman

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It is important for organizations to support employees with suitable workspaces during different activities. Increasingly the activity-based office is seen as the optimal solution, as it provides people with choice between different types of workspaces to perform specific activities. This study addresses the trade-offs knowledge workers make when choosing a workspace for performing three different categories of activities (individual concentration work, informal interactions, and formal interactions). A stated choice experiment was performed through a questionnaire among 251 Dutch knowledge workers in 14 organizations, measuring preferences for hypothetical workspaces described by their six most relevant aspects. Multinomial logit models were estimated to identify the workspace preferences during each activity. Additionally, Latent class models were estimated to find possible segments of workers with specific preferences that need to be supported differently by workplace managers. Findings showed that preferences for psychosocial design aspects (noise, workspace enclosure and control) were more important for workspace selection than indoor environmental quality aspects. They also show more differences between specific activities. Also, not everybody finds full enclosure important for individual concentrated work, and relatively older employees appear to be more critical about workspace suitability to support both formal and informal interaction.

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“…Strategic performance can be measured with indicators such as resource utilization, productivity, turnover intentions, absenteeism and presenteeism. Research has shown that green buildings tend to affect strategic performance (either self-reported or objectively assessed; Newsham et al, 2017 ), while other studies have not (see review by Newsham et al, 2013 ; Thatcher and Milner, 2016 ). Human resource development focuses on indoor environmental quality of the setting and its influence on human outcomes, such as wellbeing.…”

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Beyond Exposure to Outdoor Nature: Exploration of the Benefits of a Green Building’s Indoor Environment on Wellbeing

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Most research exploring the psychological benefits of the natural environment has focused on direct exposure to the outdoors. However, people spend most of their time indoors, particularly in office buildings. Poor employee mental health has become one the most prevalent and costly occupational health issues. The integration of high quality environmental features (e.g., access to sunlight) in green-certified office buildings offers a superior work environment. These nature-based experiences are anticipated to provide beneficial outcomes to wellbeing. This study is the first to empirically investigate these benefits. Participants in a green (LEED gold certified) office building (N = 213) in Canada completed an assessment of environmental features, measures of hedonic, eudaimonic and negative wellbeing (NWB) and assessments of psycho-environmental potential, environmental behaviors and social belonging. Linear regression analyses confirmed the benefits of indoor environmental features for all aspects of wellbeing. Multiple regression analyses were conducted to assess the effect of specific indoor environmental features on wellbeing. We explored physical features (e.g., air quality, light), and social features (e.g., privacy), as well as windows to the outside. Results suggest that physical features are important in promoting hedonic wellbeing, while social features prevent NWB. Both features equally predicted eudaimonic wellbeing (EWB). A view to the outside was positively correlated to wellbeing, although it did not uniquely predict it after accounting for other environmental features. Path analyses revealed the importance of person-environment fit, pro-environmental behavior and social belonging in mediating the association of indoor environmental features with hedonic and EWB. The results suggests that, by fostering person-environment fit, pro-environmental behaviors and feeling of community in a high quality setting, green buildings may lead to benefits on an array of wellbeing dimensions. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.

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Effect of green building certification on organizational productivity metrics

Cited by 25 publications

References 8 publications

The Crossfire of Corporate Real Estate Sustainable Management With Corporate Sustainable Objectives in Malaysia

The Crossfire of Corporate Real Estate Sustainable Management With Corporate Sustainable Objectives in Malaysia

Knowledge workers’ stated preferences for important characteristics of activity-based workspaces

Beyond Exposure to Outdoor Nature: Exploration of the Benefits of a Green Building’s Indoor Environment on Wellbeing

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