Stakeholder impact analysis during post-occupancy evaluation of green buildings – A Chinese context

Li, Hongyang; Ng, S. Thomas; Skitmore, Martin

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.11.014

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“…Along with GB development and building energy and environmental improvements, people are paying increasing attention to the relationship between people and buildings. The concepts and disciplines of a healthy building, post-occupancy evaluation (POE) [161], human factors (ergonomics), and architectural psychology have gradually become the focus of research. Organizational commercial buildings generally adopt centralized control of the electrical equipment.…”

Section: Occupant Behaviormentioning

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A Survey of the Status and Challenges of Green Building Development in Various Countries

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Since the energy crisis in the 1960s, crucial research and activities were spurred to improve energy efficiency and decrease environmental pollution. To deal with the various problems the construction industry are facing, the concept of green buildings (GBs) has been gradually shaped and put forward all over the world, and green building rating systems (GBRSs) have been developed. The concept of GBs covers a wide range of elements, and its definition is constantly updated as the construction industry develops. This paper compares the development of backgrounds and statuses of green building development in various countries. It also presents an overview of the green building development situation within these countries, summarizing two influences for GB development: one external and the other internal. External factors include GB development policy support, economic benefits, and certification schemes. Internal factors are the development and application of GB technology, the level of building management, and how users interact with the GB technology. Currently, 49 worldwide green building standards and application have been sorted out, including 18 standard expert appraisal systems. Moreover, it discusses the research results and lessons learned from green building projects in different countries and summarizes their achievements and challenges. To correctly understand and use green building technology, it is essential to improve the policy and incentive system, improve the professional quality and technical ability of employees and accredited consultants, constantly develop and update the evaluation system, strengthen technological innovation, and integrate design and management. This paper aims to draw a clear roadmap for national standard development, policy formulation, and construction design companies, provide solutions to remove the obstacles, and suggest research direction for future studies.

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“…However, the green building performance during their operation phase is far from being satisfactory [48]. To cope with this, Li et al [5] suggested seeking more input from various stakeholders during the decision/evaluation process. Li et al [6] quantified the influencing levels of various stakeholders in decisions/evaluations related to sustainable construction in China.…”

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“…For western regions in China such as Qinghai province and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the target is set at 10%. Regional disparity also exists regarding the development of green building in China-while a total of 487 projects with the green building label are delivering or have been delivered in Jiangsu province, the number of sustainable projects in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is only seven up to now [4][5][6].…”

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Regional Comparisons of Contemporary Construction Industry Sustainable Concepts in the Chinese Context

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Emerging construction practices such as building information modelling (BIM), prefabrication construction, green building, and integrated project delivery methods are gaining momentum in China, with great potential due to the size of its construction market. Through this, the sustainability level of China’s construction industry is expected to be enhanced from the economic, social and environmental perspectives. So far, there has been limited understanding of how BIM, as a digital technology, would affect other contemporary sustainable construction practices from the industry professionals’ point of view. Limited studies have been carried out to study the regional differences of these contemporary sustainable practices in China. This study adopted a questionnaire-based approach targeting industry professionals from three different metropolitan cities (Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Wenzhou).The follow-up comprehensive statistical analysis revealed that with regards to these contemporary sustainable construction practices, survey participants held much varied views on the growth of renovation projects, traditional Design–Bid–Build delivery, and conventional on-site construction methods. These three types were also generally perceived to have weak correlation with BIM application. Regional comparison further conveyed information on differences in perceptions among survey respondents from these three cities. For example, respondents from Wenzhou perceived more positive effects of BIM use in conventional construction projects. This research addressed the inter-correlation among these emerging sustainable construction practices, as well as the regional differences in China’s construction market. The findings provide insights and the big picture for both governmental authorities and industry practitioners on the latest sustainable practices of China’s construction industry. Recommendations are also offered towards improved economic, social and environmental sustainability performance for construction projects in the country.

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“…The promotion of new residential building energy-efficiency involves a few stakeholders with diverse social, environmental, and economic interests [28]. Li et al [29] proposed that government departments have the most significant influence. House owners as well as end-users have the second utmost influence.…”

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Major Barriers to the New Residential Building Energy-Efficiency Promotion in China: Frontlines’ Perceptions

Zhu

Qin

2019

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The energy-efficiency promotion of new residential buildings in China has achieved great progress in the past three decades. However, the expected policy outcomes cannot be fully achieved due to the barriers in the policy-making and implementation process. Whereas governments play a critical role in policy formation, perceptions of stakeholders involved in the building life cycle and the industrial value chain (such as developers, design institutes and relevant material manufactures) are fundamental to the successful implementation. To collect and identify the barriers of significant influence on the industry from stakeholders’ perspectives, this paper used a nationwide institutes’ questionnaire to collect stakeholders’ voices regarding the barriers, the corresponding popularity and the severity. All the barriers were categorized according to institutions’ scorings through cluster analysis. The relationships between barriers were also analyzed according to the framework based on policy cycle and policy environment. Results indicated that the core problem is the ineffectiveness translating energy savings into benefits and profits. Accordingly, three major barriers were identified, namely the (1) unsatisfied policy design and implementation; (2) stakeholders’ lack of implementation capacity in developing and constructing high-performance new residential building projects and adopting relevant technologies; and (3) insufficient legalization of relevant market. Other identified barriers either were those not agreed by all institutions, or those could be eliminated easily after the removal of the above three barriers.

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Stakeholder impact analysis during post-occupancy evaluation of green buildings – A Chinese context

Cited by 72 publications

References 28 publications

A Survey of the Status and Challenges of Green Building Development in Various Countries

A Survey of the Status and Challenges of Green Building Development in Various Countries

Regional Comparisons of Contemporary Construction Industry Sustainable Concepts in the Chinese Context

Major Barriers to the New Residential Building Energy-Efficiency Promotion in China: Frontlines’ Perceptions

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