Sustainable social housing: The comparison of the Mexican funding program for housing solutions and building sustainability rating systems

Saldaña-Márquez, Héctor; Gómez-Soberón, José Manuel; Arredondo-Rea, S.P.; Gámez-García, Diana Carolina; Higuera, Ramón Corral

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.02.017

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“…In this case the feasibility assessment was more important than the design. Further, the global competition for sustainable construction allows the engineer to carry out energy assessments of homes as presented by some authors [83,84]. On one hand, advanced skills and their degree of importance were established according to all the professionals involved in the DACUM, surveys and interviews (Figure 8).…”

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Proposed Model of Sustainable Construction Skills for Engineers in Chile

2018

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The training of engineers in sustainable construction (SC) is becoming increasingly studied, since sustainable construction not only improves the quality of life of people, but also provides comprehensive solutions to the environmental problems we face today and thus takes care of the needs of future generations. This research is in line with the National Strategy for Sustainable Construction (NSSC) from the Chilean Government. One of the NSSC challenges is the training of engineers capable of adapting to the SC requirements. Although the competences in sustainability for the training of engineers has been discussed in other researchs, it has not been specifically in sustainable construction and it have not been grouped in a model that considers their degree of importance. The purpose of this article is to present a conceptual model can be used to design and evaluate engineering training programs in SC. The methodology to establish the skills and the proposed training model consists of three stages: Theoretical Phase, Methodological Phase and Validation Phase (surveys and interviews). 113 professionals who performed activities related to SC answered the survey. Interviews were conducted with five experts in training in different SC aspects. Three global skills are identified as: Sustainable Evaluation, Sustainable Construction Certification, and Sustainable Facility Management. In addition, the degree of importance of skills associated with these global skills was identified and assessed. There are five skills necessary for the future engineer, among them, two stand out: teamwork (collaborative) and ethics. Finally, the order of importance of the topics in SC is: energy, environment comfort, water, waste, and construction materials. A future investigation is recommended to apply the proposed conceptual model to current engineering training programs, both national and international.

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2018

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“…They pointed out that environmental indictors are significant to the decision-making process in urban renewal. Saldaña-Márquez et al [35] found significant deficiencies in materials, energy efficiency, and indoor environmental quality resulting in low qualifications of social housing in Mexico and indicated that developing an evaluation model which gives priority to urban environmental impact might be helpful for achieving the sustainability of social housing. With respect to the social dimension, Yu et al [36] developed an assessment model for the social sustainability of housing demolition in Shanghai based on a two-wave questionnaire survey.…”

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Demolition of Existing Buildings in Urban Renewal Projects: A Decision Support System in the China Context

Shen

Liu

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Sustainability

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Much of the rapid urbanization of China’s cities has occurred at the expense of the existing urban fabric. Across the nation, whole city blocks have been replaced with new structures, requiring large numbers of buildings to be demolished while still serviceable. This curtailed lifespan of existing buildings not only comes with an economic cost, but results in loss of urban culture, wastes resources, degrades the environment, exacerbates pollution, and inflames social conflict and instability. For the purpose of evaluating the merits of building demolition, this study develops a decision support system (DSS) for building demolition in the China context from the perspective of sustainable urban renewal. The indicators of this system cover economic, social, environmental, and institutional aspects of sustainable development. Meanwhile, both the individual characteristics of buildings and the external or extrinsic indicators at the neighborhood, local, or city level are taken into account. Based on exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), 24 critical indicators containing qualitative and quantitative factors are identified. These indicators are classified into six parameters: (1) service performance; (2) economic impact; (3) social identity; (4) local development; (5) building location; and (6) building safety. Empirical results reveal considerations of local development to be of greatest significance with the value of standardized factor loading standing at 0.911, followed by service performance (loading = 0.870) and building location (loading = 0.863), with social identity (loading = 0.236) ranking substantially lower. The findings contribute to the practice of urban renewal and, in particular, provide practical guidance to the building demolition decision-making process.

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“…Based on the results and discussion, we argue that the increasing provision of low-income housing is an avenue for both climate mitigation and development goals to be met. By identifying which energy services are pursued by households, and which corresponding set of appliances should be targeted, low-carbon measures such as adoption of energy efficient technologies can be locked-in (Winkler et al 2002, Zaid and Graham 2011, Cabeza et al 2014, Charoenkit and Kumar 2014, Gan et al 2017, Hernandez-Roman et al 2017, Zaid and Graham 2017, Saldaña-Márquez et al 2018. This could be especially effective if implemented alongside existing policies, such as schemes to deliver low-income housing.…”

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Energy demand transitions and climate mitigation in low-income urban households in India

Khosla

Sircar

Bhardwaj

2019

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Growing household energy demand, particularly in developing countries starting from a low base of consumption, is an important driver of current and future greenhouse gas emissions. Yet, our understanding of transitioning residential energy demand in developing country contexts is limited. This paper discusses changing energy service demands in urban low-income households in India, an emerging economy where the largest future growth in energy demand globally is projected to occur, and where 12 million new low-income homes for the urban poor are to be built by the government between 2015 and 2022. Based on mixed quantitative and qualitative methods comprising of surveys, interviews and focus group discussions, we analyze two inter-related questions: how does the demand for energy services change as the ability of low-income households to consume increases; and how do energy related behaviors influence household electricity consumption? We analyze the data collected to rank households according to their ability to consume and to identify the types of, and progression in, energy services acquired. The appliances and associated services pursued are lights, fans, televisions, and refrigerators, with varied energy efficiencies. Analogously, we quantify the influence of behavior in determining electricity consumption, and show that the inclusion of socio-demographic and behavioral factors explain a significant proportion (51%) of the variance in household electricity consumption, along with the role of material factors such as building physical characteristics and appliance stocks. We complement the statistical analysis with qualitative fieldwork and discuss changing energy related behaviors as the ability of households to consume increases. We conclude with recommendations for climate actions that are compatible with development in the growing lowincome housing stock.

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Sustainable social housing: The comparison of the Mexican funding program for housing solutions and building sustainability rating systems

Cited by 38 publications

References 63 publications

Proposed Model of Sustainable Construction Skills for Engineers in Chile

Proposed Model of Sustainable Construction Skills for Engineers in Chile

Demolition of Existing Buildings in Urban Renewal Projects: A Decision Support System in the China Context

Energy demand transitions and climate mitigation in low-income urban households in India

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