Costs and Benefits of Building Commissioning

Burnett, J.

doi:10.1080/1023697x.2008.10668112

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“…The literature seems in fact to combine the concepts to a certain extent. According to Burnett (2008), the term building commissioning denotes everything from testing and control of technical installations to an overall quality assurance process parallel to the ordinary construction process. Haasl and Heinemeier (2006), Grondzik (2009) and Ágústsson and Jensen (2011) all define building commissioning as a procedure for assuring the systematic quality of construction projects and a way to prepare the project for handover in the best possible way.…”

Section: Handover and Building Commissioningmentioning

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Ethical challenges during construction project handovers

Lohne¹,

Engebø²,

Lædre³

2020

IJPOM

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The paper reports on case studies of handovers in medium-large and large Norwegian construction projects. It outlines an understanding of the ethical challenges experienced during this handover as part of a wider enquiry into the ethical field in the context of the Norwegian construction industry. In addition to a literature review and document study, 41 semi-structured interviews have been carried out in accordance with a qualitative approach. Four of these were general in nature (with policy makers) and 37 case-specific (with clients, contractors and user representatives). The paper establishes a descriptive picture of significant ethical challenges at handover experienced within the Norwegian construction industry. The most prominent of these stems from the participants' own hidden agendas and power plays. Clients, contractors and subcontractors alike tend to be systematically suspicious of one another. Signs of participants repetitively utilising the complexity involved for their own benefit at the expense of others are identified. The main costs involved seem to reinforce these challenges. Further research is needed to clarify challenges and develop appropriate measures to address these issues on both operational and policy levels.

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Ethical challenges during construction project handovers

Lohne¹,

Engebø²,

Lædre³

2020

IJPOM

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“…It is realized that many buildings fail to perform as intended [7,8] mainly due to the fragmented approach to building production. Even though such a failure may not necessarily prevent the systems from operating, it may decrease the product value and increase energy and operations and maintenance expenditures [9]. It should be noted that 80-90% of the overall energy usage in buildings occurs at the operational stage [10].…”

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“…It integrates and improves the traditionally separate functions by bringing a holistic perspective to design, construction, and operation [19]. The cost of the process varies largely by the scope of work and the benefits depend on the resultant performance improvements [9]. Realizing the full benefit of the commissioning process requires regulative support [20].…”

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Investigating the building commissioning practices in Turkey

Caglayan¹,

Özorhon²,

Ilicali³

2022

JCEMI

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Advances in technology give rise to buildings with complicated systems and components.Many building systems fail to perform as intended owing to lack of a systematic approach adopted during construction. Commissioning is known to enhance the building's operational efficiency through bringing a holistic perspective to design, construction, and operation. This study aims to investigate the building commissioning practices in Turkey with the intention of promoting energy efficient building communities in developing countries. Within this context, a questionnaire survey was designed and administered to the commissioning practitioners to explore their perceptions and experiences regarding a number of critical commissioning issues. The findings reveal that (i) most frequently encountered challenges are non-technical rather than technical; (ii) benefits realized in the post-occupancy period overweigh the pre-occupancy benefits; and (iii) experiential features of the commissioning agents are more important for the commissioning agent selection process than the technical and managerial features. The study contributes to the body of knowledge by presenting the main observations on building commissioning practices in a developing country and providing recommendations to enhance the commissioning performance. It is expected to provide a better understanding of the critical issues in building commissioning process and promote its implementation in developing countries.

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“…It argued that energy saving in the green building is between 25% and 70% [5][6][7][8][9][10]. Although there are those who argue that the performance of these buildings is not as planned [11][12][13][14][15][16]. Despite the global trend towards green buildings that achieve sustainability, we do not deny the fact that there is a lack of awareness about green building.…”

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An Overview of Green Buildings Potential in Palestine

Said¹

2019

IJSGE

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Palestine is a developing country of a different nature from that of the developing countries of the world. It is a state under occupation that does not have many natural resources. It is prohibited from exploiting its natural resources such as water, salt, and natural gas, and even producing or importing electricity, occupation is the total importer of fossil fuels, adding 87% of its electricity needs. The design of green energy-saving buildings, combined with the exploitation of renewable energy resources, especially solar energy, with 3000 sunshine a year and an average of solar radiation of 5.4 kW h/m 2 /day, may be the only way out of the current situation. The main objective of this work is to provide a review of the green building sector in Palestine in terms of research issued, governmental and non-governmental bodies concerned with the development of this field, in addition to the most important projects implemented as green building in Palestine, and finally discussing the most important obstacles hindering the adoption of green building as a long-term sustainable development strategy. Our urban heritage has an architectural and construction style that meets the requirements of sustainable construction. However, the rapid and dramatic change in the construction sector, in terms of building materials and construction, has increased the energy burden. Throughout Palestine there are seven climatic zones, which in itself is a challenge to the design of green construction, in addition to low public awareness of the concept of sustainable construction. The study concluded that, the absence of legislations and laws binding the minimum requirements of green building are among the most important obstacles to the adoption of sustainable construction as a long-term strategy to achieve the desired independence in the energy sector, in addition to the non-use of financial tools to stimulate investment in the green building sector in Palestine.

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Costs and Benefits of Building Commissioning

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Ethical challenges during construction project handovers

Ethical challenges during construction project handovers

Investigating the building commissioning practices in Turkey

An Overview of Green Buildings Potential in Palestine

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