LEED Certification of Campus Buildings: A Cost-Benefit Approach

<p>No comprehensive study has been done within the higher education sector to see if Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification makes sense economically. This study helps fill the gaps in the literature by providing construction costs and energy and water costs for a sample of campus LEED-certified buildings within the United States. Finding out if campus greening makes sense economically from a full lifecycle standpoint can help address possible upfront green premium barriers. This study found that there is an upfront green premium for LEED-certified campus buildings. However, when looking at LEED-certified campus buildings from a building lifecycle perspective, financial results were favorable.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

PhD Higher Education Leadership, Management, Policy

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education Leadership, Management and Policy

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• Hopkins, Erin Ann

Contributors dc:contributor

• Joseph Stetar, Ph.D
• Robert Kelchen, Ph.D
• Christopher Tienken, Ed.D

• LEED
• green building
• lifecycle analysis
• green premium
• green building operating costs
• Educational Leadership
• Environmental Design
• Higher Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarship.shu.edu/dissertations/2064

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarship.shu.edu:dissertations-3062