Through an extensive literature review and detailed interviews, this research has identified the conditions and strategies for achieving SSCM within construction organisations. The research also investigated the meaning, barriers and enablers, issues, tools and techniques for achie...
All of this said, carbon — meaning greenhouse gas emissions, usually measured as kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent — isn’t the only impact of erecting a building. Construction sustainability also seeks to offset other adverse impacts, like: ...
creative potential of architecture to intervene in reality and reconnect all elements of the environment. He also goes into perspective on the political aspect of architecture, an interest from which the name of his office derives, as well as his perspectives on the true meaning of sustainability....
Meggers et al.3appraised the true capability of CO2emissions reduction from buildings sector covering challenges of cutting emissions from building construction, operation and maintenance, throughout the whole life cycle. Mazria concluded in 20074that once taking the building’s whole life cycle into co...
creative potential of architecture to intervene in reality and reconnect all elements of the environment. He also goes into perspective on the political aspect of architecture, an interest from which the name of his office derives, as well as his perspectives on the true meaning of sustainability....
Since the definition and subsequent popularization of the term by WCED in 1987, numerous efforts have been made by different groups, organizations, and individuals to capture the meaning of the concept. Although it is a cumbersome task to cover exhaustively all the definitions that are mushrooming...
Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are based on life cycle assessment, meaning that the environmental impacts associated with all the stages of a product’s life are considered – ranging from raw material extraction, through to the manufacture of the product, as well as its transportation an...
[22] For all these reasons sustainability is perceived, at one extreme, as nothing more than a feel-good buzzword with little meaning or substance[23][24] but, at the other, as an important but unfocused concept like "liberty" or "justice".[25] It has also been described as a "...
Though many of the variables LEED and other rating systems categorize are important to determining a building’s social and environmental impact, all variables have widespread and overlapping consequences (both positive and negative), meaning that their point-based system is an inherently simplified way...
Finally, the investor, meaning by this term the person who invests in the health security, pays the price of the bond to the insurer and will receive any positive flow deriving from the bond. All transactions are market “exchanges” and all transactions flow, in their ultimate purpose, to ...