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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Green Construction"”.
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Determinants of green construction adoption in the Malaysian housebuilding industry
The significant challenges of adopting green construction in the construction industry has gained growing attention among related organisations and governments worldwide and contributed to various efforts to promote its adoption and implementation. However, current evidence suggests the struggles …
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Investigating factors influencing sustainable development, performance, and delivery processes of green construction projects in south africa
The construction industry has taken a step towards the implementation of green buildings to reduce the negative environmental impact of buildings and to achieve sustainable development. Green building certification is gaining traction globally and in South Africa. It has become a requirement for …
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The Fundability and Marketability of Green Buildings at Public Universities: Transcending the Funding Paradigm at Cal Poly
… has been challenged in developing the type of green buildings that would truly make new construction projects more sustainable. The most commonly cited barriers are cost and lack of funding. The outcome however (as evidenced by other CSU’s) is not just driven by the state’s capital outlay …
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Development model for commercial office real estate in Thailand's green market
… issue of energy consumption and the barriers to green building adoption. As part of the corporations' marketing strategy, green certification is a branding approach that limits the environmental impact of real estate development. By conforming to the LEED criteria, the green certified building …
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The role of LEED certification in consumer major purchase decisions: a case study of the Chattanooga Volkswagen manufacturing facility
… certification program serves as a benchmark for ‘green’ construction in the U.S. Although considerable research has investigated the marketability of LEED-certified buildings, no direct attention has been given to assessing if the benefits of LEED certification filter down to the profitability of …
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Optimal subsidy policy to promote building energy efficiency under uncertainty : the case for architectural design subsidies
… project involving two stages, design and construction stage, and investment lags and incorporate explicit consideration of dynamic subsidies. I apply this model to green construction projects and study how design subsidies and rent subsidies incentivizes investment in green buildings. My …
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Understanding the issues of project cost and time in sustainable construction from a general contractor's perspective: case study
The green building market has seen tremendous growth in the past decade. Organizations such as the US Green Building Council have emerged to become a dominant leader in the building industry. Although the green building rating systems are cross-disciplinary, much of the focus has been directed …
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The construction, irrigation and fertiliser nutrition of UK golf greens
… a mixed grass sward grown on three types of golf green construction. These consisted of a topsoil, a sand, peat and soil mixture, and a pure sand. Experimental treatments applied were three levels of irrigation, five of nitrogen fertiliser and two of phosphate. The trial was maintained as a golf …
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Green supply chain management: an investigation on the construction sector
… impacts of their activities. Among the sectors, construction is the single largest contributor of global carbon emissions, resource, water and energy consumption, and landfill waste. With environmental implications expected to be even greater in the future due to increasing urbanisation and the …
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Characterizations of concretes with alkali-activated binder and correlating their properties from micro- to specimen level
… of concrete, generates large amount of CO2 (a greenhouse gas), cement kiln dust (solid waste), and consumes significant amount of heat energy. Alkali-activated binder (AAB) is increasingly being considered as an environmentally friendly or green alternative to PC. The AAB is produced by alkali …
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The Next Generation of Residential Construction: Adoption of Green Building Programs, Environmentally Certified Wood Products and the Transparency of Environmental Friendliness
… the strengths and weaknesses of the residential construction industry to learn what drivers will influence the next generation of homebuilding. As the housing market continues its recovery, we must seek to understand the real and perceived weaknesses and strengths of the home building industry. …
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Design and Performance of Load Bearing Shear Walls Made from Composite Rice Straw Blocks
… byproduct as part of the sustainable construction movement. Up to this point, this has been done by simply stacking up the full straw bales. Stak Block, invented by Oryzatech, Inc., is a modular, interlocking block made of a composite of rice straw and binding agent that serves as an …