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ABSTRACT Project management practices and integrated methods play a crucial role in allowing sustainable construction. In the developing world, where the construction industry is not mostly based on sustainable practices, such methods are not heeded much.
Rashid Maqbool +2 more
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Health and wellbeing in a deep plan office space [PDF]
This research tracks public sector employees as they move from a 1960s office building into a purpose-built, environmentally sound, office accommodation.
Brown, Guy, Capper, Graham, Holmes, John
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Potential and implications of sustainability action plans: lessons from the Greater Middlehaven Regeneration Project [PDF]
Purpose – Sustainability action plans are emerging as a management tool to facilitate the delivery of sustainability objectives which are planned, measured and achievable in practice.
El-Haram, Mohamed, Thomson, Craig
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Assessing the Rational Use of Water on Construction Sites in Brazil
ABSTRACT The construction industry seeks to develop sustainable projects in response to client demands, financing conditions, and public contracts. The construction industry focuses on the finished product without considering the project's execution conditions.
Lucas Broggio +1 more
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Modeling building semantics: providing feedback and sustainability [PDF]
Even minor changes in user activity can bring about significant energy savings within built space. Many building performance assessment methods have been developed, however these often disregard the impact of user behavior (i.e.
Grzybek, Hubert +4 more
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ABSTRACT The plastics sector faces serious sustainability challenges, and recent literature emphasizes the need for collaborative networks to support its transition to a circular economy (CE). This study investigates how industrial symbiosis (IS) can support the transition of the plastic supply chain in the Basque Country toward a CE by identifying key
Laura Cristina Ramírez‐Rodríguez +2 more
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Comparison of International Low-Carbon and sustainable District Evaluation Systems and the Implications for China [PDF]
To mitigate global warming, various nations have pledged to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by implementing legislative, policy, and standardization measures.
Xu Huiming +5 more
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BREEAM for Healthcare - a report for NHS Estates and Facilities Policy [PDF]
This report considers sustainable healthcare properties and in particular the use of BREEAM for Healthcare 2008 and the options for improving sustainability across the ...
Capper, Graham +2 more
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Abstract The substitution of natural aggregates in concrete with recycled aggregates from construction waste makes ecological sense, is politically desired, and is increasingly being incorporated into technical regulations. Recycled concrete (RC) aggregates are also increasingly used for steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) in the future. However, it
Sören Faustmann +5 more
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Resumen Los Sistemas Globales de Certificación de Sostenibilidad Barrios BREEAM-CM y LEED-ND han sido desarrollados en países de primer mundo, donde las normativas de construcción son altamente exigentes.
Paz Argüello Meza
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