A study of the effects of computer animation on college students’ learning of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - LEED

Nilforooshan, Razieh; Adamo-Villani, Nicoletta; Dib, Hazar

doi:10.4108/el.1.3.e3

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“…Buildings are one of the main consumers of energy [9][10][11]. According to building sector, in the US and UK buildings use 45% and 42% of the entire energy countrywide, while in OECD countries the corresponding share is 31% [1].…”

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Are LEED-Certified Buildings Energy-Efficient in Practice?

2019

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Depletion of natural resources and climate change are undoubtedly the biggest challenges that humankind faces today. Here, buildings have a crucial role since they consume the majority, i.e., 30% to 40% of the total energy resources. Green building certification is one of the solutions to limit the energy use in buildings. In addition, it is seen to indicate a consideration for sustainability aspects in construction. LEED is the most widely used certificate worldwide. However, recently some critics have raised doubts about LEED and whether it actually implies sustainability. Most of the criticism has been targeted to the energy aspects of LEED. Nevertheless, there is no consensus on the usefulness of LEED: is it really beneficial for the environment, and is it worth of the money and time invested on the certification process? In this study a critical analysis of the literature to find an answer to this question is presented. Altogether 44 peer reviewed articles dealing with the abovementioned issue were selected out of 164 search result. Based on the studied material, the different aspects of LEED from the viewpoint of energy-efficiency are discussed. From the 44 reviewed articles, ten articles state that LEED certificate indicates energy efficiency while eight papers end up with an opposite conclusion. The rest of the papers do not take any stand on this matter. The study showed that energy efficiency of LEED-certified buildings is questionable especially at lower levels, i.e., certified. Therefore, it is recommended to modify the Energy and Atmosphere category of LEED in order to improve the actual energy performance of buildings.

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confidence: 99%

Are LEED-Certified Buildings Energy-Efficient in Practice?

2019

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“…Our growing awareness of these problems has made sustainable development a priority as it represents an important way to mitigate some of the most serious environmental impacts of industrialization [5,6]. The construction industry is a significant consumer of energy and raw materials and is thus a major contributor to global warming [7][8][9][10][11]. Several previous studies have indicated that globally, the construction industry consumes~50% of the energy produced, nearly 40% of the raw materials, and 16% of the water, and is responsible for 35 % of the CO 2 produced [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19].…”

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Implementing LEED v4 BD+C Projects in Vietnam: Contributions and Challenges for General Contractor

2019

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Sustainable construction addresses both rising housing demand and the need to reduce energy consumption, but is not yet widespread in Vietnam, although the number of Green Building Certified projects has increased significantly since 2015, especially those with LEED certification. Certification adds value to the project but also incurs additional costs and implementation challenges for general contractors (GCs) and other stakeholders. The growing popularity of LEED buildings requires GCs to understand their role in fulfilling the LEED requirements. We therefore conducted a thorough review of the previous research on LEED v4 guidelines and their local equivalents to determine what is expected of GCs working on LEED v4 BD + C projects in Vietnam. A survey of 72 experts, engineers, and architects working in the construction sector identified the LEED tasks where Vietnamese GCs lack experience and suggested solutions to address this shortfall were developed. In particular, Vietnamese GCs lacked experience in implementing their sustainable roles. These results provide a useful foundation for Vietnamese GCs seeking to expand the scope of their LEED work and identified necessary training. Our findings will also guide future research to help GCs in Vietnam adapt to LEED’s sustainability requirements and support sustainable construction in Vietnam.

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“…Researchers have studied the influence of computer animations on students' learning through various experiments and have achieved conflicting results. Although some experiments demonstrate the efficacy of animation as a learning tool (Dooley et al, 2000;English and Rainwater, 2006;Wilson and Dwyer, 2001;Nilforooshan et al, 2013), other studies suggest that animations can be distracting with little or no positive effect on learning (McGregor et al, 2003;Park and Hopkins, 1993).…”

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Using computer animation for emergency medicine education

Zheng

Adamo-Villani

McGraw

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IJTEL

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An experiment was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of animation for emergency medicine education. Two groups of participants were assessed on their ability to respond to three medical emergency situations in simulated test scenarios. The control group received instruction in traditional lecture/demo format, whereas the experimental group received instruction from a computer animation. Participants' knowledge of the medical emergencies response procedures was assessed according to speed and accuracy of the treatment, and ability to complete every step and execute the steps in the correct order. Results revealed no statistically significant difference in procedural knowledge between the control and experimental groups.

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A study of the effects of computer animation on college students’ learning of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - LEED

Cited by 3 publications

References 20 publications

Are LEED-Certified Buildings Energy-Efficient in Practice?

Are LEED-Certified Buildings Energy-Efficient in Practice?

Implementing LEED v4 BD+C Projects in Vietnam: Contributions and Challenges for General Contractor

Using computer animation for emergency medicine education

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