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Energy Science &Engineering, Volume 14, Issue 3, Page 1148-1168, March 2026.The study shows how major energy consumption in different sectors of Bangladesh's textile industry, driven by conventional electric motors, can be reduced by adopting Variable Speed Drives (VSD) and High‐Efficiency Motors (HEM). VSDs lower energy use through speed reductions of 20%, 40%, and 60%, while HEMs improve efficiency under motor loads of 50 ...
Mohammad Ahsan Habib +4 more
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New Evidence on the Green Building Rent and Price Premium [PDF]
This paper investigates the effect of voluntary eco-certification on the rental and sale prices of US commercial office properties. Hedonic and logistic regressions are used to test whether there are rental and sale price premiums for LEED and Energy ...
Franz Fuerst, Patrick McAllister
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Buffalo Habitat for Humanity: The Challenges and Prospects of Green Building [PDF]
, 2007 Habitat for Humanity Buffalo has operated since 1985, and in that time has rehabilitated or built more than 150 homes in the cities of Buffalo and Lackawanna.
McNeil, Martha R
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Sustainable Development, Volume 34, Issue S2, Page 1015-1033, March 2026.ABSTRACT Rapid urbanisation in Southeast Asia intensifies extreme‐heat exposure, especially where high population density, extensive impervious surfaces, and limited green cover coincide. This study combines multi‐decadal satellite‐derived land surface temperature (LST) mapping with spatial regression and community participatory mapping to locate ...
Laurence L. Delina +2 more
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Catalog of Approaches to Impact Measurement: Assessing Social Impact in Private Ventures [PDF]
, 2008 To inform action impact investors could take to measure impact in a coordinated manner, The Rockefeller Foundation commissioned the study of impact assessment approaches presented here.It is natural to hope to find a single, turnkey solution that can ...
Brett Galimidi, Sara Olsen
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Sustainable Development, Volume 34, Issue S2, Page 280-295, March 2026.ABSTRACT This study investigates how construction waste intensity affects greenhouse gas emissions (GHGe), analyzing data from 345 buildings constructed between 2007 and 2025. Using material waste rates (MWR) from previous cases, it predicts climate impacts based on typical material compositions.
Lea Hasselsteen +3 more
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Occupant satisfaction in LEED and BREEAM-certified office buildings [PDF]
, 2016 Green certification schemes, such as LEED in US and BREEAM in UK, are contributing to promote the sustainability agenda in the design and operation of office buildings. However, the role of rating tools towards improved workplace experience is still much
Altomonte, Sergio +2 more
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BuildingsThere is a gap in the research on LEED-certified projects that has arisen from combining the “old” LEED system and “new” LEED version in green building practice.
Svetlana Pushkar
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Building the future: integrating building information management and environmental assessment methodologies [PDF]
, 2012 The demand for sustainable buildings is increasing driven in part by legislation, rising energy costs and growing environmental concerns amongst consumers.
Alwan, Zaid, Hope, Alex
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Cleaner WaterThis study examines the environmental sustainability of three textile factories in Bangladesh with varying levels of LEED certification: Platinum LEED-certified (Factory A), Gold LEED-certified (Factory B), and non-LEED-certified (Factory C).
Md Shamsuzzaman, Mazed Islam
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