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SUSTAINABILITY, LEED CERTIFICATION AND USER: CORPORATE BUILDING RETROFIT STUDY

, 2020
O retrofit amplia o desempenho e a vida útil da edificação, possibilitando aliar questões de sustentabilidade ambiental, social e econômica, com estética e funcionalidade. O presente estudo de caso avaliou diretrizes projetuais, visando aliar soluções sustentáveis e economicamente viáveis ao projeto e execução de um retrofit de edificação comercial, em
Oliveira, Maria Fernanda, Medeiros, Daniel Reis, Schreiber, Isabela Franco, Verona, Matheus Vanzin, Pacheco, Fernanda   +4 more
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Development and Demonstration of the Operational Sustainability Index (OPSi): A Multidimensional Metric for Building Performance Evaluation

Buildings
In promoting sustainable cities and societies, accelerating the shift from sustainable building design to sustainable building operations is essential.
Oluwafemi Awolesi, Margaret Reams
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Reclaiming Brownfields: A Primer for Municipalities [PDF]

, 2008
This resource provides information about brownfields redevelopment targeted to municipal planners and decision-makers. The primer defines brownfields, identifies benefits and barriers involved in brownfield redevelopment, discusses related issues such as
Evangeline Linkous
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LEED® certification system in Colombia [PDF]

, 2014
En este trabajo se reflexionará sobre las categorías que posee el sistema de certificación LEED® y las diferencias de la aplicabilidad del mismo en tres zonas del país totalmente diferentes en su cultura, clima y entorno ambiental:Bogotá, Cartagena y la ...
Arévalo Parga, Diana Jimena
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Spatiotemporal distribution of green-certified buildings and the influencing factors: A study of U.S. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2023
Chen S, Gou Z.
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[Re] Measuring [LEED] sustainability: from a global rating system to tropical specificity [PDF]

, 2017
This paper explores the applicability of the LEED certification system through the case study of Puerto Rico (P.R.), a United States (U.S.) Commonwealth island in the Caribbean, where LEED has become widely recognized as a standard because of the ...
Díaz-Lamboy, E, Mendoza, M, Souto, A
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Assessing the Performance of Green Office Buildings in Major US Cities

Buildings
This study examines LEED certification strategies for Existing Buildings 4.1 (LEED-EB v4.1)-certified office projects in major US cities and their relationship with local green building policies.
Svetlana Pushkar
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Campus Environment 2008: A National Report Card on Sustainability in Higher Education [PDF]

, 2008
Presents survey findings on national and regional trends among colleges in environmental leadership in management, academic courses in sustainability, and conservation efforts in operations.
David J. Eagan, Kenneth Gaalswyk, L. Julian Keniry, Mary McIntosh   +3 more
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THE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY TO REDUCING ENERGY USE IN LARGE COMMERCIAL U.S. AIRPORT BUILDINGS THROUGH LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN (LEED) CERTIFICATION

, 2021
John Kauffman
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Energy and Smart Growth: It's about How and Where We Build [PDF]

, 2004
By efficiently locating development, smarter growth land use policies and practices offer a viable way to reduce U.S. energy consumption. Moreover, by increasing attention on how we build, in addition to where we build, smart growth could become even ...
Naomi Friedman
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