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. Marketing benefits stem from the consumer response to green certification.
Matisoff, Daniel C. +2 more
core +8 more sources
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
doaj +2 more sources
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
doaj +2 more sources
Energies, 2021 The goal of the paper is to evaluate the impact of selected factors on the adoption of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building certification in Europe.
Michal Gluszak +2 more
doaj +3 more sources
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
doaj +2 more sources
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
doaj +4 more sources
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
doaj +2 more sources
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).
Clay, Karen +2 more
openaire +2 more sources
Sustainable Construction, LEED as a Green Rating System and the Importance of Moving to NZEB [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 In this study, in order to evaluate the possibility of achieving the Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB) goal, the history of sustainable construction, and available green-rating systems with specific focus on Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design ...
Tabrizi Aydin
doaj +1 more source
Sustainability standards and their impact on the interior design of green hotels [PDF]
Maǧallaẗ Al-Turāṯ wa Al-Taṣmīm, 2022 Sustainable buildings are defined as those that have minimum harmful impacts on the built and natural environment. The most effective, sustainable designs should promote health and well-being, harvest their own water and energy needs, be adaptable to ...
Raafat AbdElsayed Bekhet Nakhla +1 more
doaj +1 more source