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
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LEED Credit Review System and Optimization Model for Pursuing LEED Certification [PDF]
Sustainability, 2015 Incorporating sustainability in construction can result in desirable building attributes and project life cycle. The Leadership in Engineering and Environmental Design (LEED®) Rating System helps project teams make the right green building decisions for their projects through a process.
Choi, Jin Ouk +3 more
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Impact of Charrettes and Their Characteristics on Achieved LEED Certification [PDF]
Journal of Architectural Engineering, 2014 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.
Knox, Michael W., author +3 more
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An Investigation of the Selection of LEED Version 4 Credits for Sustainable Building Projects
Applied Sciences, 2020 The U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification program supports sustainable construction as part of the effort to address climate change and resource depletion.
Duy Hoang Pham +3 more
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LEED CERTIFICATION AND PATIENT WELLBEING IN GREEN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES [PDF]
Journal of Green Building, 2020 ABSTRACT Beyond resource efficiencies, green buildings aim to create healthy indoor environments for building occupants. In terms of improving occupant well-being, a unique case emerges for healthcare facilities, whose patients may be at a vulnerable state.
Aktaş, Can Baran, Golbazi, Maryam
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Integration of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and LEED for A Green Building Rating
Journal of Engineering Science, 2021 Green building design and construction is a global demand to save this earth. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is the world's most widely implemented sustainable building rating system.
Mizanoor Rahman +2 more
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An Analysis of U.S. Multi-Family Housing, Eco-Certifications, & Walkability
Journal of Sustainable Real Estate, 2023 This paper examines the persistence of differentiated pricing in the multi-family housing related to eco-certification. In examining a sample of market rents for non-specialty, multi-family properties both across the U.S., as well as those areas that ...
Jeremy Gabe +3 more
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Investigating the Application of LEED and BREEAM Certification Schemes for Buildings in Kazakhstan [PDF]
, 2021 Kazakhstan is one of the leading economies of the Central Asian region. With the ambitious goal of being among the fifty most developed countries in the world, Kazakhstan is rigorously attempting to boost its infrastructure development. Among others, significant resources are invested in the construction of both residential and non-residential ...
Tokbolat, S, Nazipov, F
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Linking indoor environmental quality in higher education buildings to LEED and AASHE STARS sustainability ratings [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesGreen building certifications promise healthier learning environments, yet empirical evidence linking sustainability ratings to indoor environmental quality (IEQ) remains remarkably limited.
Siddika Aysha +2 more
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Automated-determination of complex surface-structures by leed [PDF]
, 1993 Conventional surface crystallography by low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) employs a trial-and-error search controlled at each step by human effort. This trial-and-error approach becomes very cumbersome and unreliable to solve complex surfaces with a
Vanhove MA +17 more
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