Cost-benefit Prediction of Green Buildings: SWOT Analysis of Research Methods and Recent Applications

Khoshbakht, Maryam; Gou, Zhonghua; Dupré, Karine

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2017.04.176

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“…Its frameworks are developed in the early 1960s by Harvard Business School faculty [28,29]. The practicality and simplicity are two prominent functions that led to wide use of the SWOT analytical tool in the social sciences [30]. One of the superior features of the methodology is its adaptation capability to upcoming concepts and evaluations.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Green certified shopping malls undertaken by foreign contractors in Russia: A comparative qualitative study

Bayhan¹,

Polat²

2019

JCEMI

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In recent years, environmental issues have become one of the main concerns of the construction sector. Green buildings are recognized as an important step towards these issues by construction professionals. However, this situation creates new challenges for companies providing contracting services in foreign countries. Today, designing and constructing projects that comply with the requirements of green building certification systems increase the prestige and profit of both the project owner and the contractor. In this study, the green building certification process of two shopping mall projects, which were certified with the Ecostandard green certification system in the Moscow city held by foreign contractors, is investigated. A comparative qualitative case study methodology has been employed to gain a better understanding of the critical success factors of the certification process. A novel SWOT analysis framework is used to comprehensively understand the differences between these two shopping mall projects. The lack of systems for ecological management, outdoor lighting and minimize light pollution, renewable energy sources, material and waste management have been found as the major weaknesses of these projects. On the other hand, architectural planning and design solutions, site selection, infrastructure, and landscaping have been found as strengths. Also, semi-structured interviews were conducted to put forward opportunities and threats. The outcomes of this study are expected to guide construction professionals in the new construction certification process of mall projects. Moreover, the proposed outcomes can be employed to investigate residential or commercial buildings with green certification built by foreign contractors in the future.

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Green certified shopping malls undertaken by foreign contractors in Russia: A comparative qualitative study

Bayhan¹,

Polat²

2019

JCEMI

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“…Direct cost includes materials cost, labour cost, machinery cost, and other costs which are directly related to construction activities. Indirect cost includes documentation fees, design cost, commission, and other official fees; whereas, the post-construction cost includes operational costs of building utilized in energy development [23][24][25].…”

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Impact of Zero Energy Building: Sustainability Perspective

Alaloul¹,

Musarat²

2020

Sustainable Sewage Sludge Management and Resource Efficiency

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In an era with major developments in the energy sector, along with many benefits of energy consumption, it is also showing adverse effects on the end-users and the environment due to emission of various harmful gases mainly carbon dioxide (CO 2). To deal with these issues, the zero energy building emerges to bring constructive developments through the construction industry. The concept of zero energy building is to develop a structural building which can generate its own required energy and have zero negative effects. The energy will be enough to fulfill all the requirements of the building operations and can save natural quarries. By increasing the numbers of zero energy buildings, major reforms can be brought in the construction industry and thus stabilizing the economy and the climate.

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“…In addition, CBA is applied in some examples of environmental project areas to choose attractive alternatives when a project's benefits outweigh its costs (Bouyssou et al, 2000). However, unstructured problem elements and unidentified stakeholders' analysis tend to dominate the general task of green building development because problem-solving is supported only in particular aspects of building development (Khoshbakht et al, 2017). Conceptual development of the CBA method was conducted by a literature study to disaggregate the green building aspects from their attributes and indicators.…”

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“…The lack of comprehensive reviews of aspects that influence the success of green building concept implementation in previous studies results in the decision-making in which the CBA method was not feasible when viewed from investment costs and payback periods (Khoshbakht et al, 2017). Therefore, the development of CBA aspect in green building concept implementation is needed because it can simplify the implementation process and it can also convince building stakeholders that the green building development is possible to do in developing country.…”

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Conceptual Development of Cost Benefit Analysis based on Regional, Knowledge, and Economic Aspects of Green Building

Basten¹,

Crévits²,

Latief³

et al. 2019

IJTech

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Economic, social, and environmental sustainability comprise the general motivations in most green building developments. Deciding to spend additional costs on the optimum benefit results generally applies the cost-benefit analysis (CBA) method to evaluate green building implementation. However, previous studies have not investigated the general aspects affecting green building achievements in CBA. This article proposes the development of a CBA method for evaluating building aspects to define the goals of green building indicators. Disaggregating of the building development attributes and indicators through literature review showed that the CBA in green building implementation measured by several aspects such as regional, knowledgebased, and economic. The research method used a simple flow diagram to classify the building development attributes and indicators. This flow process aggregates attributes and indicators based on the CBA aspects in green building implementation. In-depth interviews with several building development experts are carried out to ensure this conceptual development implemented. This work confirmed that efficiency achievement, financial evaluation, and national economic evaluation measured the feasibility of investment in green building development. Incentive schemes were expected as the financial breakthrough to enhance green building investment feasibility.

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Cost-benefit Prediction of Green Buildings: SWOT Analysis of Research Methods and Recent Applications

Cited by 34 publications

References 22 publications

Green certified shopping malls undertaken by foreign contractors in Russia: A comparative qualitative study

Green certified shopping malls undertaken by foreign contractors in Russia: A comparative qualitative study

Impact of Zero Energy Building: Sustainability Perspective

Conceptual Development of Cost Benefit Analysis based on Regional, Knowledge, and Economic Aspects of Green Building

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