Factors Hindering Green Building Performance: A Review

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4-3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsau Kar Yen ◽  
Izran Sarrazin Mohammad ◽  
Maizan Baba ◽  
Rohaya Abdul Jalil ◽  
Nurul Nadiah Zainol ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Building Performance ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Property Market ◽  
Performance Potential ◽  
Modeling Tools ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
And Control

The demand for green buildings in the property market is substantially increasing. The motivation for the investment on green buildings ranges from environmental concerns and social benefits to financial savings during the operational stage. However, these perceived benefits have been argued to be mostly theoretical and yet to be empirically proven. There is often a performance gap between the expected and the actual measured performance of green buildings once operational. Green buildings simply fail to perform as to what it was intended despite the thorough design and technological considerations put at the initial stage of their development. Hence, by reviewing various literatures, this paper targets to indicate and discuss the factors that hinder green buildings from achieving their fullest performance potential. Six theoretical factors namely miscommunication, technologies used, modeling tools, construction process and handover, occupant behavior and management and control were identified from various literatures. The findings in this paper will be a commencement for further studies pertaining to non-performance of green buildings. 

GREEN CLEANING: AN ESSENTIAL ASPECT OF MALAYSIAN GREEN BUILDINGS

2015 ◽  
Vol 75 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurul Nadiah Zainol ◽  
Izran Sarrazin Mohammad ◽  
Maizan Baba ◽  
Neo Bee Woon ◽  
Abdul Qayyum Nazri
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Building Performance ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Green Cleaning ◽  
Maintenance Stage ◽  
Operations And Maintenance ◽  
Reduce Energy Consumption ◽  
Specific Regulation

This paper discusses the importance of green cleaning for green buildings during the operations and maintenance stage. The investment on green buildings is often driven by the aim to reduce energy consumption. However, many tend to overlook the importance of the operations and maintenance aspect of the building, particularly the green cleaning aspect. Green cleaning is a major contributor to Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) where IEQ is one of the important criteria that should be considered during the assessment of green building performance. In Malaysia, there is no specific regulation set for green cleaning. Green Building Index (GBI) tools itself does not specifically highlighting green cleaning in their assessment tool. Thus, based on literature review, this paper discusses the benefits of implementing green cleaning and how green cleaning can contribute to achieving better green building performance.

Design Principle of Interior Air Environment Based on Passive Ventilation Idea

2013 ◽  
Vol 357-360 ◽  
pp. 525-527
Author(s):  
Li Juan Yuan ◽  
Cong Lin Meng
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Design Principle ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Wind Power Generation ◽  
Building Performance ◽  
Passive Design ◽  
Air Ventilation ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
And Control

Wind energy is one of the most important energies on Earth. It can be used in many ways, such as wind power generation and interior air ventilation promotion, while the latter is the main way of using wind energy for green building. Under the full range guidance of passive design concept, it uses idea that advection leads heat to flow through building naturally, and control the heat flowing direction by building performance, to achieve a cooling effect without any special machinery and equipment.

Intelligent and Green Buildings Project Management Scope Definition Using Project Definition Rating Index (PDRI)

2014 ◽  
Vol 945-949 ◽  
pp. 3008-3011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tih Ju Chu ◽  
An Pi Chang ◽  
Chao Lung Hwang ◽  
Jyh Dong Lin
Keyword(s):  
Business Strategy ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Automated System ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Project Definition Rating Index ◽  
Set Up ◽  
And Control ◽  
Building Project

The development of the intelligent green building project (IGBP) is the pursuit of a business strategy of an enterprise in principle and the launch of the project in practice. The IGBP is integrated with the application of the Project Definition Rating Index (PDRI) in order to combine the needs of pre-project planning. These are the steps to enhance the performance of project execution. The IGBP-PDRI model proposed to construct in this study is based on the life cycle of the engineering to set up different phases of work for process evaluation. The model of evaluation is divided into 4 sections, 11 categories, and 60 elements. Pre-project planning helps to forecast possible risks in the development of the project. In the course of project execution, quality requirement is satisfied through monitoring and control. These help to ensure the operation efficiency of the project, to the extent that the automated system of the building supported by green construction can meet the goal of sustainable development.

scholarly journals HOLISTIC APPROACH TO THE SUSTAINABLE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY BUSINESS: ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN EXISTING SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATIONS

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-268
Author(s):  
Aliane Vieira de Castro ◽  
Gema Ramírez Pacheco ◽  
Fco. Javier Neila González
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Building Performance ◽  
Property Market ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Commercial Property ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Corporate Social

Sustainability is no longer a new concept. However, applying, measuring and reporting on the sustainability initiative is still a somewhat confused and subjective issue. There is a huge variety of sustainability guidelines and green building schemes of differing natures, meanings and wordings. Despite this, there is no one guideline providing a crossreference between corporate social responsibility and green building performance to help the commercial property market completely incorporate sustainability into their activities. Therefore, this paper intends to link sustainability, real estate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and sustainable building in order to help companies internalise this concept in all areas of their operations aligning it with their strategic planning. From desk-based research, this proposal examines and compares key aspects of the main schemes in existence, which are currently evolving in the definition, assessment and report of sustainability at the corporate and built environment level. This approach provides key information to help professionals get a better understanding of the specific changes which sustainability brings about in their corporate process, strategies, investment decisions, daily business operations as well as their property management. The insights presented here can support real estate companies to develop comprehensive communication flows and tools for the measurement and disclosure of sustainability data.

A Study on the Development Direction of Korean Green Building Assessment by Analyzing Comprehensive Scoring Methods

2013 ◽  
Vol 284-287 ◽  
pp. 1189-1193
Author(s):  
Eun Mi Shin ◽  
Sung Woo Shin ◽  
Sung Ho Tea
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Process ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Scoring Methods ◽  
Comprehensive Method ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Development Direction ◽  
Building Assessment ◽  
Total Gain

In response to international concern about climate change and environmental degradation, the Korean government recently began developing the new concept of the Green Building Index (GBI), which represents the overall quality of green buildings. As the initial stage of the developmental process, this research contrastively analyzed two green building comprehensive assessment methods: the Weighted Total Comprehensive Method (GBCC method) and Relative Efficiency Comprehensive Method (CASBEE method), by reconstituting GBCC with the concept of CASBEE and performing calculations in order to understand the characteristics of these methods. The analysis results demonstrated that there were big differences between the two methods. Even though the two buildings received the same total, they are not the same with respect to environmental efficiency, because the ratios of environmental quality (Q) and environmental load (L) in the total gain score were different. Therefore, when setting the grading standard, the characteristics of different comprehensive methods should be considered in order to make GBI a more rational and agreeable representative index.

scholarly journals Green Building Performance Assessment in China Using a Cloud Model

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Juan Li ◽  
Chen Wang ◽  
Shilpi Bora ◽  
Bimenyimana Samuel
Keyword(s):  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Cloud Model ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Building Construction ◽  
Building Performance ◽  
Effective Development ◽  
Building Life Cycle ◽  
Building Operation ◽  
Green Structure

Abstract Background. The recent pursuit of energy conservation, emission reduction, and sustainable development are the demanding aspect in green building construction. Green building concept becomes important in the current building life cycle to mitigate environmental issues. In this way, a strategy for surveying the performance of a green structure is attractive. Consequently, this investigation intends to build up a methodical methodology for distinguishing the elements that decide the effective development and activity of a green structure and makes a technique for assessing green building execution.Methods. To accomplish these objectives, a comprehensive literature review was first conducted, followed by determining the performance of a green building to create a qualitative fuzzy set of performance metrics. A cloud model was used to analyze the factor hierarchy using weighted entropy to quantify the performance of a green building. Ultimately, an inside and out contextual analysis was led to check the exact discoveries.Results. A green building performance index that was created based on expert evaluations and weighted the indexes subjectively and objectively. Likewise, a standard cloud yardstick was also created in the comprehensive cloud. The sustainability of the building was qualified and assessed by comparing cloud images with the standard cloud. It has been analyzed that, the execution measurements and persuasive components make appraisal models for a green building. This investigation can help the development business to distinguish and manage issues that emerge in building green buildings. The coherent framework that the researchers have developed for assessing green buildings provides a solid foundation for further research into sustainability and green building operation. The result indicates that the industry acquires benefit by suggesting effective measures that can be implemented in all stages of green building construction.Conclusion. The analysis results demonstrated that this investigation builds up a novel exhibition appraisal of a green building which makes a target establishment for assessing building execution. Additionally, the findings are helpful for industry specialists to improve green building construction. Besides, the outcomes give significant data to governments and other invested individuals to create target models for green building development programs.

scholarly journals DO OCCUPANTS IN GREEN BUILDINGS PRACTICE BETTER ENERGY SAVING BEHAVIOUR IN COMPUTER USAGE THAN OCCUPANTS IN CONVENTIONAL BUILDINGS?

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 178-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurul Sakina Mokhtar Azizi ◽  
Suzanne Wilkinson ◽  
Elizabeth Fassman
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Office Buildings ◽  
Computer Usage ◽  
Building Performance

Green buildings are not entirely successful in achieving energy saving targets. One way of improving energy targets is to encourage occupants to adopt energy saving behaviour. To date, energy saving behaviour has been given less focus in improving green building performance than other energy saving initiatives, such as retrofitting buildings for green features. This study uses comparison case studies between green buildings and conventional buildings in New Zealand to better understand the energy saving behaviour of occupants. Questionnaires were distributed to occupants in green and conventional buildings to evaluate the extent of energy saving behaviour practiced and to identify potential strategies to encourage energy saving behaviour. The objective of this paper is to investigate the level of energy saving behaviour between green and conventional office buildings to see if people in green buildings perform better energy saving behaviour than people in conventional buildings in computer usage. The findings do show better energy saving behaviour from occupants in green buildings than occupants in conventional buildings. The paper shows why this is the case. The recommended strategies to encourage energy saving behaviour used by different buildings are also discussed. Strategies include raising education awareness on energy efficiency among the building occupants, energy saving commitments, and to have an active building manager assigned for energy related matters.

scholarly journals Broad-Spectrum of Sustainable Living Management Using Green Building Materials- An Insights

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Sustainable Living ◽  
Green Building Materials ◽  
Traditional Construction

Abstract. Owing to the recurrent modifications in the lifestyle and demands of humans the regular life of buildings is decreasing whereas the demolition or renovation of the buildings increases. Building materials and their components ingest just about 40 percent of world-wide vigour per annum in their life segments such as fabrication and procurement of building materials, construction and demolition. The development of the construction industry completely relies on the deployable resources. To abate the consumption of construction materials in current years, the construction industry has established an environmental track, which wishes to use naturally available materials. Reviving such technology, further developing this technology green building materials are paramount for constructing green buildings. Such a green-building constructional model does not require energy contributions frequently for production. The advantage of reducing the energy used in manufacturing, increases strength. Green Building material is one which utilizes less water, optimizes energy efficiency, conserves natural resources, generates less waste, produces less carbon dioxide emissions and provides improved space for inhabitants as compared to conventional buildings. It includes environmental, economic, and social benefits as well. This paper aims to provide knowledge about some of the green building materials that help for sustainable living. These elucidations can obligate a significant influence in contemporary construction owed to the escalation in the charges of traditional construction materials.

scholarly journals Content Validation of the User Attitudinal Component and Factors in Green Building

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-35
Author(s):  
Izran Sarrazin Mohammad ◽  
Tsau Kar Yen ◽  
Rohaya Abdul Jalil
Keyword(s):  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Building Industry ◽  
Building Performance ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Content Validation ◽  
Research Instrument ◽  
Human Aspects ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Development Of Instrument

The green building performance gap has been well acknowledged in building industry and one of the contributors to these issues is the behaviour of users in the building. One of the element that influences the behaviour of users is the attitude of the user towards the building environment. The consideration of the human aspects especially the user attitudinal component and factor is essential as an approach in improving the building performance. This paper aims to identify the user attitudinal component and factor from the literature and to validate the research instrument by using the content validation method. The procedure of content validity include the conceptualization and development of instrument throughout an extensive literature review and to validate the relevance of the user attitudinal component and factors to be considered in green buildings. Three user attitudinal components and seventeen factors were developed from the extensive review of the literature. Ten experts were chosen to appraise the instrument of research by using a quantitative content validation. Fifteen items were accepted as relevant to the study within the accepted range and two items were eliminated from the research instrument. The study’s output allows the building industry a new insight on what user attitudinal aspect to be considered and integrated when dealing in the development of green building. The output of this study greatly benefits the building designers and managers when designing, constructing and managing green buildings.

scholarly journals Understanding Facilities Management Practices to Improve Building Performance: The opportunity and challenge of the facilities management industry over the world

2018 ◽  
Vol 204 ◽  
pp. 01018
Author(s):  
Astri Anindya Sari
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Facilities Management ◽  
Building Performance ◽  
Operation And Maintenance ◽  
The World ◽  
Actual Operation ◽  
Building Operation

There is much evidence that green building which is initially believed to be the solution to solve the problems of climate change and energy crisis can not perform as expected. The fact that green buildings consumed more energy and emit more CO2 than expected during the actual operation is due to the problems of inefficiency in building operation and maintenance. Facilities management integrates the entire component of the built environment including people, process, place and technology to make sure that the built environment system works optimally. It offer important contributions to address the challenge of inefficiency in terms of building operation and maintenance thus make facilities management industry become one of the fastest growing industry in the world. By doing a literature review, this paper intends to understand more about the practices of facilities management in different part of the world. It is found that there is a stark contrast in the development of facilities management practices in the western countries as compared to that in the eastern countries. The industry of facilities management is relatively new and the research related to that field is still limited thus provide a huge opportunity to develop it in the future since the importance of this field is increasingly recognize.

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