Adoptive Natured Green Library Based on Fecility Management and Training

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 144
Author(s):  
C. Jayalakshmi ◽  
R. Sarangapani ◽  
. Dharmasa
Keyword(s):  
Time Management ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Facility Management ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Environmentally Responsible ◽  
And Training ◽  
Degradation Time

Adoptive Green Building is the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout life cycle from the selection to its operation. The central goal of  paper  towards green buildings are to facility management and training in the operation issues and it extend to include efficient use of energy water and  save other resources as well as the reduction of waste, pollution and environmental degradation. Time management approach in the search of library required material identifies the critical importance of saving energy by the building occupants/user. In addition as air and lighting quality. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a non- profit international organisation give points based green building certification. Buildings are a series of systems including the structure not just the structure or the form and shape of the building. Green must be sustainable to be successful. It is not an instantaneous thing. Green Design must be measurable interms of performance.

Study on Technology Status and Development Strategy of Green Building in Xi'an Area

2013 ◽  
Vol 357-360 ◽  
pp. 459-462
Author(s):  
Xue Ping Li ◽  
Zeng Feng Yan
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Technology System ◽  
Improve Energy Efficiency ◽  
Building Technology ◽  
Green Building Materials ◽  
And Training

Through analysis of the technology status of the green building in Xi'an area, targeted Raised the technology development strategy of green building to adapt to the characteristics of the region, such as improve local standards of green building technology system, strengthen the propaganda and training on green building knowledge, improve energy efficiency, use of renewable energy, good publicity and promotion of exemplary green building, full application of green building materials, use of non-traditional water sources and recycling water, etc., in order to provide a reference for the development of green buildings in Xi'an area.

Students’ environmental responsibility and their willingness to pay for green buildings

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharmin Attaran ◽  
Bilge Gokhan Celik
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Statistical Analyses ◽  
Environmental Responsibility ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Environmentally Responsible

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore environmental attitudes and how such attitudes, when combined with a specific cost, can affect environmental behavior. Environmental attitudes are important to study due to the rising belief by building occupants that they are owed safe, healthy, environmentally responsible, and comfortable living environments. Universities around the world are responding to such demands as the majority of prospective college students and their parents claim that the environmental record is a determining factor in their selection of a university. Therefore, this study examines the environmental responsibility levels of a sample student population and to explore how these scores, along with gender, impact their willingness to pay for studying and living in green buildings. Design/methodology/approach – An online survey consisting of three parts was administered to undergraduate university students to measure environmental responsibility, willingness to pay and demographic variables. Statistical analyses including ANOVA, t-tests and correlation were conducted to explore relationships among variables. Findings – Results of statistical analyses show a direct correlation between environmental responsibility and willingness to pay for green buildings, as defined by a leading green building assessment system. Results also show that female students are more environmentally responsible than males. Practical implications – Successful generalizations of the findings of this research may lead to better marketing of green buildings to the general public. Originality/value – Findings present a unique opportunity for university administrations to develop more focused messages when communicating their environmental record with current and potential students.

scholarly journals A Novel Green Rating System for Existing Buildings

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 7143
Author(s):  
Nahla Hazem ◽  
Mohamed Abdelraouf ◽  
I.S. Fahim ◽  
S. El-Omari
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Analytical Hierarchy Process ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Research Trends ◽  
Rating System ◽  
Existing Buildings ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Decision Making Tool

Green buildings are becoming an essential part of sustainable development. There have been several research trends for green buildings since 1995. The present study presents a roadmap for green/sustainable research trends and proposes a new green building rating system for existing buildings. A questionnaire was established and answered by experts, where answers were analyzed using the decision-making tool Analytical Hierarchy Process. Analytical Hierarchy Process is responsible for weighing and ranking the weights of alternatives. A novel checklist for existing buildings was structured and consisted of seven main categories, each comprised of different subcategories with different weights according to their importance and priority. The newly proposed rating system and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for maintenance and renovations were both used to evaluate a Nile University building in Egypt in order to identify how the environment affects the results of each rating system. The results showed that each rating system has its own criteria in evaluating the sustainability level of the building, which are each based on the country’s cultural and environmental conditions.

An Overview of Green Retrofitting Implementation in Non Residential Existing Buildings

2015 ◽  
Vol 73 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rehmaashini Jagarajan ◽  
Mat Naim Abdullah @ Mohd Asmoni ◽  
Janice YM Lee ◽  
Mohd Nadzri Jaafar
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Business Case ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Facility Management ◽  
Existing Buildings ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
The World ◽  
Alternate Solution

Sustainability has been the latest value added service in the facility management field. However, the practice of sustainability in the facility management field is not well recognized and understood by the facility management team. As a result, building sector account to be the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions around the world. In fact, there is a strong business case for green building, yet green buildings represent the next phase of buildings. Since, the majority of the existing stock of buildings is not sustainably built and as it is not practically viable to demolish all the existing buildings, hence, one alternate solution is green retrofitting. However, the responses for green retrofitting are at very low rate. This paper reports the need to green retrofitting, reasons behind the limited number of green retrofitting implementation, and finally, a critical review of the existing body of knowledge on green retrofitting has been conducted. It is found that there has been no research conducted till to date on identifying the success factors for successful green retrofitting implementation.  

scholarly journals ‘Green’ Building as an Urban Branding Tool: The Israeli Example

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Elise Machline ◽  
◽  
David Pearlmutter ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Savings ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Environmentally Responsible ◽  
Additional Costs ◽  
Urban Branding ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Abatement ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Over the last two decades, greenhouse gas abatement through energy conservation has become a major goal in developed countries. This challenges the building sector to become more environmentally responsible and resource-efficient, especially since it represents a large potential source of energy savings. In recognition of the benefits of green building, an increasing number of countries are devising green strategies for both public and private sector construction. Studies have examined the construction cost “premium” involved in achieving green certification, suggesting that the additional costs are relatively low, around 2% on average. Evidence indicates, however, that “green premia” in terms of rental and sales prices of properties in certified green buildings are systematically higher than 2%. Thus, making ‘green’ buildings affordable to sectors of the population which “need” it the most, will likely depend on government funding.

scholarly journals Analysis on National Environment of Green Building Assessment Scheme in America and China

2019 ◽  
Vol 136 ◽  
pp. 03022
Author(s):  
Guo An Wei ◽  
Jun Ze Wang
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Design ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Market Mechanism ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
Market Mechanisms ◽  
Building Assessment ◽  
National Environment

This paper briefly analyses the differentiation of the Green Building Assessment Scheme between America and China from the national environment angle to demonstrate the importance of government guidance in the development of green buildings. The establishment of LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) mainly complies with the regulation of market mechanisms. On the contrary, China’s Green Building Assessment Scheme “GB/T 50738” cannot entirely rely on the market mechanism due to the national environment. In order to improve the GB/T 50738 to meet Green Building development in China, several suggestions have been proposed in the paper to increase the efficiency and practicality of GB/T 50738 implementations.

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GREEN BUILDING IN MALAYSIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: DETERMINATION OF KEY SUCCESS FACTORS

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Nor Suzila Lop ◽  
Asmalia Che Ahmad ◽  
Nik Aqlima Diyana Nik Zulkipli
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Building Construction ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Key Success Factors ◽  
On Demand ◽  
And Training

Green building has become increasingly on demand and important in Malaysia, however, still has not become the interest of all groups in the construction industry. Practically, green buildings should be designed and operated to reduce the overall impact of the built environment on its surroundings. Therefore the objectives of this research is to determine the key success factors of the green building implementation in Malaysia from the architect’s perception. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, a comprehensive review of literatures and questionnaire survey were carried out. The architect was chosen as the respondents to gather relevant data and information for this research. The data was analysed and the results concluded that providing education and training to construction practitioners on green building concept and technology, increase clients awareness and government initiatives to enhance the understanding and implementation on the green building construction are the key success factors to increase the implementation and involvement of Green Building amongst the architects. 

scholarly journals Do green buildings provide benefits to the residential sector in Jordan? Yes, but…

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 319-327
Author(s):  
Ammar Alkhalidi ◽  
Osama Aljolani
Keyword(s):  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Diesel Oil ◽  
Water Efficiency ◽  
Residential Sector ◽  
Building Model ◽  
Integrated Design Approach

Abstract The concept of green buildings has recently arisen in order to contribute to solving some environmental, energy and economic issues. To meet the green building requirements, this paper describes an integrated design approach to improve the energy and water efficiency of the mid-rise residential buildings in Jordan using the eQUEST energy simulation tool. The results show that savings of 77.9% in the annual requirements of electricity, 65.0% in the requirements of diesel oil and 19.5% in the indoor water consumption can be achieved. Finally, the Jordanian green building model had achieved 44 points in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating system and will have the ‘Certified’ classification.

TRANSITION TOWARDS GREEN FACILITY MANAGEMENT: BRIDGING THE KNOWLEDGE GAPS OF FACILITIES MANAGERS

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 122-143
Author(s):  
Yujie Lu ◽  
Ruidong Chang ◽  
Dan Chong ◽  
Min Li Joyce Ngiam
Keyword(s):  
Water Conservation ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Facility Management ◽  
Facilities Management ◽  
Knowledge Gaps ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Survey Responses

The building industry has experienced a widespread transition towards green buildings and consequently a growing need for green facilities professionals to maximize green building potential in terms of energy efficiency, water conservation and waste reduction in their operational stage. Green buildings have unique technological systems that require facility managers to have relevant knowledge and skills to conduct proper facilities management and maintenance planning to maximize the potential of green buildings. It is important, then, to investigate whether knowledge gaps for facility managers exist with respect to green buildings, and if so, how these knowledge gaps could be bridged. Though several studies have investigated the operation and maintenance processes of green buildings, few studies considered facility managers' knowledge and skills regarding green facility management (GFM). Set in the context of Singapore, this study aims to holistically investigate the knowledge and skills of managing green buildings in the community of facility managers, including their perceived differences between green and conventional buildings, the difficulty of GFM, the knowledge gaps of GFM and the underlying reasons, as well as how the gaps could be bridged. A total of 90 survey responses were collected and eight interviews with key stakeholders were conducted, which indicate facility managers believe green buildings do have special features that require unique knowledge and skills, and currently knowledge gaps do exist hindering the transition towards GFM. Therefore, this paper derives plausible solutions to bridge the knowledge gaps, such as establishing holistic subsidies for those facility managers participating in training programs of GFM. This study provides references for researchers and relevant governmental departments to better understand industry professionals' knowledge gaps in the transitioning process towards a green built environment, and to make better policy decisions bridging the knowledge gaps and thereby facilitating the green transition process.

Green Architecture and its applications in Hospitals:Analytical study of existing project to extract the mechanisms of applying green architecture in hospitals

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-93
Author(s):  
Anfal Muayad Mayoof
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Analytical Study ◽  
Complex Function ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Green Architecture ◽  
Reduce Energy Consumption ◽  
The One

Hospitals are the major contributor to environmental corruption and the biggest drain onenergy in their life cycle because they are complex, multifunctional giant facilities. Several recent studieshave been carried out to find the most suitable solutions to reduce energy consumption provide it on-siteand contribute to supporting economic, environmental and social aspects. The reason for the slowmovement of green buildings for hospitals is to focus on a suitable design for the complex function thatdeals with the local climate, natural resources, economy and cultural values and avoid the one-size-fits alldesign. This made the solutions used multiple and varied, different for greening of the hospital and put theresearch in the absence of a clear perception of the mechanisms of the application of green architecture inhospitals and this identified the problem of research. Therefore, the study looked at an analytical study ofexisting project models designed according to the strategies and standards of green architecture todetermine the strategies adopted in each project, and by adopting the analytical method after determiningthe strategy used in each building to achieve the green architecture and then comparing them according tothe standards adopted using the global LEED system Green Building Council. The results that will bereached are the mechanisms of applying Green Architecture to Hospitals.

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