Emerging trends in building environmental assessment methods

Cole, Raymond J.

doi:10.1080/096132198370065

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“…Writing in 1998, before clients had begun to ask for BREEAM in significant numbers, Cole (1998) noted that 'existing assessment methods are used as design tools, even though they were not specifically designed to do so' (see also Crawley & Aho, 1999;Kajikawa et al, 2011). Similarly, the BRE website openly refers to BREEAM as 'The world's leading design and assessment method for sustainable buildings' (BRE, n.d. (Holmes & Hudson, 2002;Schweber, 2013).…”

Section: Environmental Assessment Methods (Eams)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Cole (2005) Descriptions of building assessment methods in general and BREEAM in particular have been presented elsewhere (Cole, 1998;Cooper, 1999;Crawley & Aho, 1999;Kajikawa, Inoue, & Goh, 2011;Schweber, 2013) as have comparisons between tools (Forsberg & Von Malmborg, 2004;Haapio & Viitaniemi, 2008;Reed, Wilkinson, Bilos, & Schulte, 2011;Todd, Crawley, Geissler, & Lindsey, 2001;Ü rgeVorsatz, Koeppel, & Mirasgedis, 2007) and will not be repeated here. Instead, the discussion focuses explicitly on the relatively small number of studies that examine the project-level implementation of EAMs.…”

Section: Environmental Assessment Methods (Eams)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Comparing the fit between BREEAM assessment and design processes

Schweber

Haroglu²

2014

Building Research & Information

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This paper explores the mapping of the environmental assessment process onto design and construction processes. A comparative case study method is used to identify and account for variations in the 'fit' between these two processes. The analysis compares eight BREEAM projects (although relevant to LEED, GreenStar, etc.) and distinguishes project-level characteristics and dynamics. Drawing on insights from literature on sustainable construction and assessment methods, an analytic framework is developed to examine the effect of clusters of project and assessmentlevel elements on different types of fit (tight, punctual and bolt-on). Key elements distinguishing between types include: prior working experience with project team members, individual commitment to sustainable construction, experience with sustainable construction, project continuity, project-level ownership of the assessment process, and the nature and continuity of assessor involvement. Professionals with 'sustainable' experience used BREEAM judiciously to support their designs (along with other frameworks), but less committed professionals tended to treat it purely as an assessment method. More attention needs to be paid to individual levels of engagement with, and understanding of, sustainability in general (rather than knowledge of technical solutions to individual credits), to ownership of the assessment process and to the potential effect of discontinuities at the project level on sustainable design.

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Section: Environmental Assessment Methods (Eams)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Environmental Assessment Methods (Eams)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparing the fit between BREEAM assessment and design processes

Schweber

Haroglu²

2014

Building Research & Information

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“…By consuming significantly less energy, green buildings may be cost-effective [3] (however, recent research suggests that a "rebound effect" in newer or renovated buildings may actually increase total energy consumption, relative to buildings of an older vintage) [4]. And green building is thought to improve indoor air quality, health, and comfort [5] [6]. Through these factors, productivity of green building occupants has been estimated to be 21 percent higher than conventional building occupants [2], leading to crude estimates of productivity gains between $40 billion to $600 billion annually in the United States [7].…”

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confidence: 99%

Performance or Marketing Benefits? The Case of LEED Certification

Matisoff

Noonan

Mazzolini

2014

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Green building adoption is driven by both performance-based benefits and marketing based benefits. Performance based benefits are those that improve performance or lower operating costs of the building or of building users. Marketing benefits stem from the consumer response to green certification. This study illustrates the relative importance of the marketing based benefits that accrue to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) buildings due to green signaling mechanisms, specifically related to the certification itself are identified. Of course, all participants in the LEED certification scheme seek marketing benefits. But even among LEED participants, the interest in green signaling is pronounced. The green signaling mechanism that occurs at the certification thresholds shifts building patterns from just below to just above the threshold level, and motivates builders to cluster buildings just above each threshold. Results are consistent across subsamples, though non-profit organizations appear to build greener buildings and engage in more green signaling than for-profit entities. Using nonparametric regression discontinuity, signaling across different building types is observed. Marketing benefits due to LEED certification drives organizations to build "greener" buildings by upgrading buildings at the thresholds to reach certification levels.3

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“…Though there are highly developed grading tools for sustainability such as, LEED, BREAM, CASBEE, SB Tool etc, they don"t precisely concentrate on the building performance in terms of occupants" satisfaction or well-being [6]. According to R.J. Cole -former director of Canadian Green Building Council, in general, these tools focus on external environmental issues at local and global scale with little or no reference to building performance concerns [7]. Building performance essentially indicates a building"s ability to fulfil the functions of its intended use i.e.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%