Green construction in civil engineering instruction

Leitch, Kenneth; Koop, Christopher; Messer, Miles; Payne, Andrew

doi:10.1109/fie.2013.6684782

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“…The credits for innovations in design are accredited to projects that have taken strategies to develop the opportunities of green building practice by enhancing innovative methods, tasks, and products in place (Leitch et al, 2013). The building was constructed and operated with the traditional practice of Bangladeshi educational institutions.…”

Section: Innovation In Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

From existing conventional building towards LEED certified green building: case study in Bangladesh

Iqbal,

Jahan,

Wasiew

et al. 2023

Front. Built Environ.

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Green Building refers to the planning, design, construction, and operation of buildings considering indoor environment quality, occupant health, using energy, water, and other resources more efficiently; and reducing waste, pollution, and the overall environmental impact. Among the Green Building guidelines, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) offers a certification and rating system by which buildings are certified in different categories. The LEED rating system is used to rate an existing building how much it is fulfilling the criteria of Green Building (GB) or not. This research explored how an existing conventional building can be retrofitted to satisfy green building standards. An academic building of KUET has been selected for the study. A field survey and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) tools (i.e., Focus Group Discussion (FGD), Key Informant Interview (KII)) were used for the data collection and then the data was analyzed by comparative analysis concerning the LEED 2009 rating system for assessing the building. The New Academic building receives 31 points out of 110 and so cannot earn any certification level. The lacking for which the points were not gained is identified and the installation of water and energy efficiency features, rooftop gardening is suggested as retrofitting options to earn the green building certification level.

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Section: Innovation In Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

From existing conventional building towards LEED certified green building: case study in Bangladesh

Iqbal,

Jahan,

Wasiew

et al. 2023

Front. Built Environ.

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“…This should help increase engagement of students with the environment and sustainability [49] and better prepare them for technically fulfilling the legal and social requirements related to environmental performance [50].…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Students' research on lean and green

Blanco

Santos

2014

2014 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) Proceedings

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Abstract-This paper reports on the contribution of students to a research project. Its distinct characteristics are the relation between teaching and research, the early involvement of undergraduate students in research and the aim of raising students' environmental awareness. A group of students taking a compulsory course on Operations Management were asked to survey companies on the existence of synergic relations between lean manufacturing and environmental performance, which is the research topic of a Ph.D. candidate. The research began with the design of a structured questionnaire. The students interviewed operations managers in manufacturing companies. Since this subject is part of a blended learning program in engineering, many students already work in companies and interviewing their managers allowed them to gain a different view of the firm's activities. The results of the experience show the total involvement of the students. They learnt about lean manufacturing practices and about environmental issues. The study showed the relation between "lean" and "green" topics.

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“…The first study (3 citations) was performed by three civil engineering students in the first cohort to graduate in the program in 2013 7 . The students were charged with learning about the LEED system and then applying it to evaluate two buildings on the WTAMU campus.…”

Section: Civil Engineeringmentioning

confidence: 99%