Obsolescence of Green Office Buildings: A Literature Review

Rodi, Wan Norhishamuddin Wan; Hwa, Ting Kien; Said, Ahmad Shahrin; Mahamood, Nur Medeena; Abdullah, Mohd Isa; Rasam, Abd. Rauf Abd

doi:10.1016/s2212-5671(15)01153-3

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“…It should be pointed out that environmental obsolescence has been used in two different concepts. One of them is close to the definition of ecological obsolescence, and the other one is 1996) Conejos et al (2012Conejos et al ( , 2014Conejos et al ( , 2015 R. Grover and C. Grover (2015) Ashworth (1996, 2004 Guangming ( 2011) Rodi et al (2015) Lemer (1996) Langston (2011a, 2011b, 2011c) Johnston ( 2016) Dixon et al (1999aDixon et al ( , 1999b Chen et al (2017) Sarja (2005Sarja ( , 2006 RICS ( 2017 Baum (1991Baum ( , 1993Baum ( , 1994 Ashworth ( 2004 The other remark could be made on sustainable obsolescence. Reed and Warren-Myers (2010) raised the question on whether sustainable obsolescence could be considered as the fourth type of obsolescence, along with the other three main types, namely physical, functional and economic obsolescence.…”

Section: Environmental Obsolescencementioning

confidence: 90%

“…Scholars 2 Baum (1991) Raftery (1991cited Kirwan and Martin, 1972 Bryson ( 1997 Functional obsolescence Functional obsolescence can be attributed to the condition in which the building no longer fulfils the functions and use requirements for which it was originally designed and loses its utility (Bowei, 1984;Baum, 1991;Guangming, 2011;R. Grover and C. Grover, 2015;Rodi et al, 2015). Functional obsolescence can occur because of factors such as technological improvement and consequently change in users' needs and demands, or inflexible design and building.…”

Section: Number Of Obsolescence Typesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Social obsolescence is associated with society’s changing taste or perception (Rodi et al , 2015). A building can simply become socially obsolete even as it functions appropriately.…”

Section: Building Obsolescence Typologymentioning

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Identifying building obsolescence: towards increasing buildings' service life

Pourebrahimi

Eghbali

Roders

2020

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PurposeObsolescence is a decline or loss of utility of an object, building or product. Different types of building obsolescence decrease buildings’ utility and shorten their service life. The purpose of this paper is identification of building obsolescence types and the relevant factors that affect buildings to become obsolete. It is also intended to categorise building obsolescence types to provide a contribution towards increasing building service life and delivering sustainability.Design/methodology/approachA systematic literature review is applied to conduct this research. It follows five steps: (1) formulating the research question; (2) locating studies; (3) selecting and evaluating relevant studies; (4) analysing the findings; (5) reporting and making use of the results.FindingsVia this study, it is revealed that there are 33 types of building obsolescence. They are clustered in 10 categories regarding their conceptual and causing aspects and are presented based on their recurrence in the literature. According to the findings, economic obsolescence (including economic, financial and market obsolescence types) and functional obsolescence (including functional, use and utility obsolescence types) are the most remarkable categories.Originality/valueInvestigating the literature makes it clear that building obsolescence types have been studied intermittently with infrequent profound exploration of the relationship between them. This paper presents a comprehensive identification of building obsolescence types and introduces obsolescence categories that classify connected obsolescence types. It is a new framework for further studies on building obsolescence to find more effective prevention strategies to mitigate social, economic and environmental consequences of building obsolescence.

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Section: Environmental Obsolescencementioning

confidence: 90%

Section: Number Of Obsolescence Typesmentioning

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Identifying building obsolescence: towards increasing buildings' service life

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Eghbali

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2020

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“…Various authors [104,105] have defined social obsolescence as the decline in suitability or serviceability of a building due to social changes centered on individual or collective perceptions. A building can be in perfect condition but still be abandoned, often long before it reaches undesirable levels of degradation, simply because more advanced, and apparently superior solutions are available [23,106].…”

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Causal Effects between Criteria That Establish the End of Service Life of Buildings and Components

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In the last decades, considerable work has been done regarding service life prediction of buildings and building components. Academics and members of the CIB W080 commission, as well as of ISO TC 59/SC14, have made several efforts in this area and created a general terminology for the concept of service life, which is extremely relevant for property management, life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costs (LCC) analyses. Various definitions can be found in the literature that share common ideas. In fact, there are different criteria that trigger the end of a building’s service life, but the trap that building practitioners too often fall into and that should be avoided is dividing a problem into separate boxes, labels, and specializations without the mutual cohesion and interaction, and ignoring human behavior. Some definitions of service life are discussed in this review paper, in which the cause-effect processes underlying aging and decay are described. These descriptions highlight the continuous interrelation between different criteria for the end of a building’s service life, considering too often neglected and misunderstood causes of the end of life.

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“…As a result, one of the implications of greening the office stock is that eventually existing non-green offices can become unattractive to tenants and their rents depreciate in relative terms. At this point, these offices will become obsolete, and require refurbishment or complete redevelopment (Miller, Spivey, and Florance, 2008;Rodi, Hwa, Said, and Mahamood, 2015). ''Green obsolescence'' in this way stems from the internal dynamics of local markets.…”

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confidence: 99%