Green benefits on educational buildings according to the LEED certification
International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 2020 Countries around the world are making efforts to develop and introduce green building certification systems to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As a result of these efforts, green certification systems are rapidly spreading.
Ji-Myong Kim, Kiyoung Son, Seunghyun Son
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Does Leed Certification Save Energy? Evidence from Federal Buildings [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021 In the absence of first-best climate policy, energy efficiency has figured prominently among strategies to reduce carbon emissions. One of the most sought-after green certification in the building sector is the internationally recognized Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED).
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A value creation tool in the sustainable building field: the LEED certification® [PDF]
Territorio Italia, 2014 This paper seeks to outline the key aspects of sustainability in the built environment by focusing attention on the LEED® certification system as a “universal” instrument to support the implementation, management and evaluation of sustainable buildings.
S. Rick Fedrizzi +4 more
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Impact of the bonus approach on recertification strategies for LEED-EB v3 office projects in major US metropolitan areas: A case study [PDF]
Heliyon, 2021 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB) version 3 (v3) encourages the recertification of existing buildings by offering them four bonus points (“bonus approach”).
Svetlana Pushkar
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Performance or Marketing Benefits? The Case of LEED Certification [PDF]
Environmental Science & Technology, 2014 Green building adoption is driven by both performance-based benefits and marketing based benefits. Performance based benefits are those that improve performance or lower operating costs of the building or of building users.
Matisoff, Daniel C. +2 more
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Indoor environmental quality in WELL-certified and LEED-certified buildings [PDF]
Scientific ReportsInternational building certification systems, such as the WELL and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards, play a pivotal role in the design of healthy and sustainable buildings.
Michael G. Kent +2 more
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Impact of Charrettes and Their Characteristics on Achieved LEED Certification [PDF]
Journal of Architectural Engineering, 2013 Charrettes are collaborative, interdisciplinary workshops. They are a commonly used process in the design phases of sustainable building projects and are often used in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified building projects.
Michael W. Knox +3 more
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Lean Construction and LEED certification: a systematic literature review [PDF]
ENSUS2023 - XI Encontro de Sustentabilidade em Projeto, 2023 The growing population directly impacts waste generation and, consequently, the environment. In this context, Lean-Green practice emerges from the connection between lean construction practices and sustainable concepts in certification programs in an attempt to implement the efficient use of available resources.
Leonardo do Nascimento Melo +3 more
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LEED-NC platinum-certified industrial manufacturing space projects in Bangladesh and their environmental assessment [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 This study aimed to investigate the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for New Construction (LEED-NC) version 3 (v3) platinum-certified industrial manufacturing space projects in Bangladesh via a life-cycle assessment (LCA). A total of 27 LEED-
Svetlana Pushkar
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Decarbonization of Modular Construction and LEED v5 Certification
Modular and Offsite Construction (MOC) Summit ProceedingsModular and offsite construction (MOC) provides several advantages such as reducing cost and construction time as well as enhancing safety and quality. Decarbonization which is concerned with reducing or eliminating carbon emissions for manufacturing and construction is another advantage of MOC compared to traditional construction.
Tarek Salama +4 more
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