Environmental assessment of building properties—Where natural and social sciences meet: The case of EcoEffect

Assefa, Getachew; Glaumann, Mauritz; Malmqvist, Tove; Kindembe, Beatrice; Hult, Marie; Myhr, Ulla; Eriksson, Ola

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.12.011

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“…These models have been applied in many academic articles to discuss key issues that are related to sustainable development [10]- [12]. Substantially, the authors argue that these frameworks have a number of strengths and weaknesses.…”

Section: Related Researchmentioning

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A Consensus-Based Framework for the Sustainable Urban Planning Development: “As an Approach for Saudi Arabian Cities”

Qahtany¹,

Rezgui²,

Li³

2014

IJESD

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Abstract-Cities in developing countries are experiencing rapid and in many cases unsustainable growth. This paper analyses the importance of sustainable urban planning in the context of the capital city of Saudi Arabia, which is Riyadh. It provides a comprehensive review of the historical growth of the city and critically discusses its urban planning development phases, informed by strategies and schemes adopted during this development process. This critical review is based on a proposed framework of sustainable development that focuses on a number of core issues, including environmental, social, economic and urban planning. This proposed model is evaluated based on the opinion of 35 experts, who are familiar with the local context of Saudi Arabian cities, through the use of the Delphi Technique.Index Terms-Urban planning, sustainable urban planning development, oil boom phase, post-oil boom phase, Delphi Technique.

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Section: Related Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Consensus-Based Framework for the Sustainable Urban Planning Development: “As an Approach for Saudi Arabian Cities”

Qahtany¹,

Rezgui²,

Li³

2014

IJESD

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“…However, in that they consider buildings as industrial products, these tools examine the raw material and energy issues only and cannot consider the social aspects of buildings. They are not the main objects discussed in this article, instead so-called 'criteria-based BEA' methods (Assefa et al 2006) or 'credit-weighting' scale (Lee et al 2002) are discussed. Figure 1 displays the boundaries of LCA and BEA.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Its advantage is the ability to calculate the consequences of specific combinations of building materials, building designs and local utility options, for example energy supply, material and energy use for indoor climate equipment, waste management, transport type, etc. (Assefa et al 2006). The LCA quantitative assessment method is very different from the ranking method of the criteria-based methods.…”

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Analysis of the most widely used Building Environmental Assessment methods

Wennersten

Assefa

2006

Environmental Sciences

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Building Environmental Assessment (BEA) is a term used for several methods for environmental assessment of the building environment. Generally, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an important foundation and part of the BEA method, but current BEA methods form more comprehensive tools than LCA. Indicators and weight assignments are the two most important factors characterizing BEA.From the comparison of the three most widely used BEA methods, EcoHomes (BREEAM for residential buildings), LEED-NC and GBTool, it can be seen that BEA methods are shifting from ecological, indicator-based scientific systems to more integrated systems covering ecological, social and economic categories. Being relatively new methods, current BEA systems are far from perfect and are under continuous development. The further development of BEA methods will focus more on nonecological indicators and how to promote implementation.Most BEA methods are developed based on regional regulations and LCA methods, but they do not attempt to replace these regulations. On the contrary, they try to extend implementation by incentive programmes.There are several ways to enhance BEA in the future: expand the studied scope from design levels to whole life-cycle levels of constructions, enhance international cooperation, accelerate legislation and standardize and develop user-oriented assessment systems.

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“…• EcoEffect for New Designs 2006 [2]. LEED-NC is market driven, Code for Sustainable Homes has recently become a building code, and EcoEffect is an academic tool used to study impacts and utilizes life cycle assessment methodology.…”

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Framework for Detailed Comparison of Building Environmental Assessment Tools

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Understanding how Building Environmental Assessments Tools (BEATs) measure and define "environmental" building is of great interest to many stakeholders, but it is difficult to understand how BEATs relate to each other, as well as to make detailed and systematic tool comparisons. A framework for comparing BEATs is presented in the following which facilitates an understanding and comparison of similarities and differences in terms of structure, content, aggregation, and scope. The framework was tested by comparing three distinctly different assessment tools; LEED-NC v3, Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH), and EcoEffect. Illustrations of the hierarchical structure of the tools gave a clear overview of their structural differences. When using the framework, the analysis showed that all three tools treat issues related to the main assessment categories: Energy and Pollution, Indoor Environment, and Materials and Waste. However, the environmental issues addressed, and the parameters defining the object of study, differ and, subsequently, so do rating, results, categories, issues, input data, aggregation methodology, and weighting. This means that BEATs measure "environmental" building differently and push "environmental" design in different directions. Therefore, tool comparisons are important, and the framework can be used to make these comparisons in a more detailed and systematic way.

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Environmental assessment of building properties—Where natural and social sciences meet: The case of EcoEffect

Cited by 59 publications

References 4 publications

A Consensus-Based Framework for the Sustainable Urban Planning Development: “As an Approach for Saudi Arabian Cities”

A Consensus-Based Framework for the Sustainable Urban Planning Development: “As an Approach for Saudi Arabian Cities”

Analysis of the most widely used Building Environmental Assessment methods

Framework for Detailed Comparison of Building Environmental Assessment Tools

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