The relevance of Green Building Challenge: an observer's perspective

Kohler, Niklaus

doi:10.1080/096132199369426

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“…O LEED firmou-se nos EUA como o sistema de avaliação mais influente e vem exportando essa influência para outros países; comparado a outras certificações, é mais realista, pois engloba toda a edificação e não apenas partes ou processos (HERNANDES, 2006;KOHLER, 1999;GBC, 2009). Os fatores do seu sucesso são: o seu efeito divulgador/catalisador de princípios sustentáveis e boas práticas; o consenso norte-americano de que não há sistema de avaliação tão difundido e utilizado como o LEED, que conseguiu congregar as mais diversas classes de profissionais, esferas governamentais e setores de atividade econômica; apoio de instituições públicas em sua divulgação e fortalecimento nos EUA; credibilidade conseguida por meio da associação da imagem institucional do LEED com agências do governo, associação de normas técnicas etc.…”

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Adoção da certificação leed em meios de hospedagem: esverdeando a hotelaria?

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A pesquisa objetivou analisar o processo de adoção da certificação "Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design" (LEED) a partir dos estabelecimentos do setor hoteleiro que já a adotaram. Para sua concretização procedeu-se uma pesquisa bibliográfica, coleta de dados secundários em sites institucionais, periódicos e material documental, bem como de dados primários por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas. Foram 21 entrevistados, sendo 02 do Green Building Council Brasil e 19 de meios de hospedagem (31% dos certificados). A análise deu-se por meio da análise de conteúdo com auxílio do software ATLAS.ti. Os resultados permitiram identificar a cronologia dos processos de certificação e o perfil das categorias hoteleiras que adotam o programa LEED. Além disso, as entrevistas possibilitaram a discussão das motivações iniciais de busca pela certificação, bem como as vantagens e os entraves percebidos quanto à sua adoção.

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“…Equally important is the fact that renovation costs are significantly lower than demolition and reconstruction (N. Kohler, 1999). Additionally, in light of sustainability principles and policies, it makes sense to renovate the old buildings rather than demolish them and build new ones.…”

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The Reduction Potential of Energy Consumption, CO₂ Emissions and Cost of Existing Urban Residential Buildings in Hangzhou City, China

Ouyang

Shen

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Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

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China has become the second largest emitter of CO 2 in the world. As one of the largest energy consumers, urban residential buildings are required to reduce energy consumption. However nearly all existing urban residential buildings in the Hot Summer and Cold Winter Region of China were built with poor thermal quality. Increasing a building's energy performance has proven to be very helpful in alleviating the pressure of energy shortages and in reducing CO 2 emissions. After analyzing the climate of the region, the economic development and existing urban residential buildings of Hangzhou city, one typical building is selected as a case study. Six rational renovation plans, based upon the national and regional standards, are advanced after analyzing their feasibility in simulations and in practice. The energy saving effects of the plans are analyzed using the feedback coefficient method, the reduction of CO 2 emissions by a simple LCCO 2 method and the costs by a simple LCC method, all for a 40-year residual life span. Based upon these results a suitable plan is developed. The results show that the renovation of existing residential buildings, through the thermal insulation of their building envelopes, is very beneficial in reducing energy consumption and CO 2 emissions.

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“…The social and cultural dimension is consisted of protection of comfort and health, and preservation of social and cultural values. Indeed, this definition of social principle regards a unique attention into the cultural values of human-made environment conservation related to building stock as precious heritages in conjunction with human health, well-being and comfort protection [8].…”

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“…In this connection, the contribution of BIM to construction sustainability can be even more indispensable by applying BIM technology in social dimension and its role in addressing cultural values in a society. As Kohler (1999) discussed, to understand national specification, a deeper understanding of cultural differences is needed along with other environmental concerns [8]. Moreover, the concept of growth and prosperous economic is not exclusively constrained to the activities that lead to economic benefit in short-terms which are admired as industrialization and consumption values.…”

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The Contributions of Building Information Modelling to Sustainable Construction

Soltani¹

2016

WJET

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Global concerns toward environmental issues have induced growing demand for new approaches in the construction because of its considerable impact on the environment and use of natural resources. Through using construction sustainability tools, methods and techniques, a greener design can be applied during various building phases. In this connection, it is argued that the analytical and integrated models applied by Building Information Modelling (BIM) may also facilitate this process to be performed more efficiently. BIM and construction sustainability are quite different initiatives, but both have received much attention in recent years in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. A rigorous analysis of the interactions between them implies that a synergy exists which, if properly it is understood that can be helpful to reduce the environmental impacts of the AEC industry. A BIM-based design model can contribute to sustainability through its three main dimensions which are environmental, economic and social. In this paper, by reviewing the existing literature on BIM and construction sustainability and using a matrix to analyze construction sustainability dimensions and BIM functionalities a number of interactions have been discussed. It can be concluded that despite there are many improvements in implementation of BIM in environmental and economic aspects of sustainability, its potential impact on social dimension has not been explicitly explored hence further studies need to be undertaken in this area.

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The relevance of Green Building Challenge: an observer's perspective

Cited by 158 publications

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Adoção da certificação leed em meios de hospedagem: esverdeando a hotelaria?

Adoção da certificação leed em meios de hospedagem: esverdeando a hotelaria?

The Reduction Potential of Energy Consumption, CO₂ Emissions and Cost of Existing Urban Residential Buildings in Hangzhou City, China

The Contributions of Building Information Modelling to Sustainable Construction

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The relevance of Green Building Challenge: an observer's perspective

Cited by 158 publications

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Adoção da certificação leed em meios de hospedagem: esverdeando a hotelaria?

Adoção da certificação leed em meios de hospedagem: esverdeando a hotelaria?

The Reduction Potential of Energy Consumption, CO2 Emissions and Cost of Existing Urban Residential Buildings in Hangzhou City, China

The Contributions of Building Information Modelling to Sustainable Construction

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The Reduction Potential of Energy Consumption, CO₂ Emissions and Cost of Existing Urban Residential Buildings in Hangzhou City, China