scholarly journals Evaluating the comparability of environmental product declarations for use as a decision-making tool for building designers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew David Canario Gelowitz
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Product Categories ◽  
Environmental Product Declarations ◽  
Decision Making Tool ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Construction Product

With its inclusion to LEED®, use of EPDs in the construction industry will accelerate over time. This research examines current practices surrounding the use of EPDs in construction and addresses a key need arising from a case study completed on the first Canadian project to use EPDs. Findings suggest that lack of comparability between claims hinders the ability for them to be used as true, decisive comparative tools on projects. This informed the development of a semi-automated comparison tool for EPDs and PCRs. Three separate construction product categories were chosen for comparison to develop this tool: insulation, flooring, and cladding systems. Comparability was more evident in categories that have had early involvement in publishing environmental claims (such as flooring, because of its human health implications). However, there was concerning evidence regarding the comparability of EPDs that were comparable according to international standards were incomparable according to the comparison framework developed.

scholarly journals Evaluating the comparability of environmental product declarations for use as a decision-making tool for building designers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew David Canario Gelowitz
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Product Categories ◽  
Environmental Product Declarations ◽  
Decision Making Tool ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Construction Product

With its inclusion to LEED®, use of EPDs in the construction industry will accelerate over time. This research examines current practices surrounding the use of EPDs in construction and addresses a key need arising from a case study completed on the first Canadian project to use EPDs. Findings suggest that lack of comparability between claims hinders the ability for them to be used as true, decisive comparative tools on projects. This informed the development of a semi-automated comparison tool for EPDs and PCRs. Three separate construction product categories were chosen for comparison to develop this tool: insulation, flooring, and cladding systems. Comparability was more evident in categories that have had early involvement in publishing environmental claims (such as flooring, because of its human health implications). However, there was concerning evidence regarding the comparability of EPDs that were comparable according to international standards were incomparable according to the comparison framework developed.

A framework for value visualization in the construction industry to support value-oriented design

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (7) ◽  
pp. 833-845
Author(s):  
Samer BuHamdan ◽  
Aladdin Alwisy ◽  
Ahmed Bouferguene ◽  
Mohamed Al-Hussein
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Optimal Decision ◽  
Value Assessment ◽  
Sustainable Value ◽  
Optimal Decision Making ◽  
Multiple Value ◽  
Over Time

The research in value-oriented design reports the importance of displaying the interdependencies between product components and stakeholders’ values, where it argues that the display of interdependencies is indispensable for the optimal decision-making and for the success of the value-oriented design. However, applications for value visualization in the construction industry lack one or both of the following: (1) the support for multi-value assessment and visualization and (2) the ability to visualize value(s) over time. These two shortcomings hinder the construction industry from fully embracing sustainable value-oriented design. Hence, this paper proposes a visualization framework to bridge the gap in the practice of value visualization regarding (i) the number of visualized values and (ii) time-based multiple-value visualization. The paper also contains a case study that utilizes a condominium building to show the implementation of the proposed framework and demonstrate how results can be interpreted and utilized in the design process.

Electronic Commerce and Change in Management Accounting Practices in an Egyptian Organization

2015 ◽  
pp. 189-205
Author(s):  
Mayada A. Youssef
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Management Accounting ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Power Strategies ◽  
Planning Decision ◽  
And Control ◽  
Business To Business ◽  
Over Time

The objective of this chapter is to explore the implementation of e-commerce in an Egyptian organization. It reports on a longitudinal case study in an Egyptian organization (TexCo) that implemented Business-to-Business (B-to-B) electronic commerce. Following a change in leadership, TexCo was subject to a process of questioning the traditional ways of doing things. This process resulted in realizing planning, decision-making, and control problems within the company. The B-to-B system was chosen to introduce new control-based rules. However, the change was faced with resistance from TexCo's distributors. It is posited that various power strategies were used to ameliorate covert and overt resistance. Over time, the management accounting practices in TexCo changed towards greater decision support and control. B-to-B electronic commerce improved planning, decision-making, and control in TexCo.

A multicriteria analysis method as decision-making tool for sustainable desalination: the Asinara Island case study

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 274-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Marini ◽  
C. Palomba ◽  
P. Rizzi ◽  
E. Casti ◽  
A. Marcia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Multicriteria Analysis ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Decision Making Tool

scholarly journals Intellectual Capital Change Management in the Construction Industry—The Case of an Inter-Organisational Collaboration

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
José Vale ◽  
Nádia Barbosa ◽  
Rui Bertuzi ◽  
Ana Maria Bandeira ◽  
Vera Teixeira Vale
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Intellectual Assets ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

Nowadays, due to the complexity of the relationships with external entities, along with the importance that traditional media and the innovative social media have in creating competitive advantages, it is necessary for companies to collaborate in order to create Intellectual Capital (IC). Although collaboration is crucial to create IC, there is a paucity in literature regarding the effects that a specific type of collaboration may have on the IC of an organisation, specifically a franchising with a mediatic actor. Moreover, literature addressing IC creation and destruction over time is scarce, especially when applied to the construction industry. This paper’s goal is twofold: understanding the longitudinal changes of a construction SME’s Intellectual Capital, regarding its creation and destruction; analysing the impact that a specific inter-organisational collaboration franchising—with a mediatic actor may have on such IC. A single in-depth case study was conducted, allowing to conclude that the actions of an organisation can develop both Intellectual Assets and Intellectual Liabilities. It was also concluded that inter-organisational collaboration, through a franchise with an actor with experience in communication, can generate, in the long term, positive and innovative effects regarding the different IC components, namely the Relational one. More specifically, the paper allowed to ascertain that an organisation’s IC changes over time in a dynamic fashion, i.e., Intellectual Liabilities which emerged before an innovative collaboration can be transformed into Intellectual Assets and create competitive advantages. This paper contributes to stress the importance of managing IC, not only when it is created, but namely in when it can be destroyed, in a context of inter-organisational collaborations applied to a construction SME.

scholarly journals Pakistan

2020 ◽  
pp. 105-125
Author(s):  
Natalya Naqvi
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Basel Ii ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Basel Iii ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Over Time

Pakistan has the highest level of implementation among our case study countries. The impetus for converging on international standards has come from different actors over time. The adoption of Basel I adoption in the 1980s was driven by the World Bank and IMF. In the 1990s and early 2000s, the adoption of Basel II was driven first by politicians promoting the expansion of financial services, and then by banking sector regulators. Most recently, as banks have internationalized, they have championed the implementation of Basel III. Pakistan is one of the few cases where all three major actors—politicians, regulators, and major banks—are now aligned behind the implementation of the standards, leading to a high and ambitious level of implementation.

A Network-Based View of Enterprise Architecture

2007 ◽  
pp. 306-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Iyer ◽  
D. Dreyfus ◽  
P. Gyllstrom
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Dependency Networks ◽  
Support Tools ◽  
Design Production ◽  
Data Requirements ◽  
Over Time

Traditional notions of architecture have focused on the components and (or domains of interest—process, data, and infrastructure) aspects of architecture. Their goal is to separate concerns into modules and provide interfaces between modules. This view helps designers understand the ideal or espoused view of architecture. In our work, we view architecture from a dependency perspective. These dependencies evolve over time, creating an emergent architecture. The emergence is influenced by both technical and social factors. Dependencies occur during the design, production, and use of enterprise components. This leads us to use network-based analysis techniques in order to understand the emerging dependency networks. In order to provide architects with support tools to communicate and make decisions about architecture, we describe the data requirements and algorithms that can be used to build a decision support system that enable enterprises to incorporate a network perspective in their decision making process. We present our approach and methods in the context of a case study

El sentido de la participación docente en escuelas de tiempo completo. Un estudio de caso

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-66
Author(s):  
Abel Pérez Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Mexico City ◽  
School Organization ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Toma De Decisiones ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Estudio De Caso

Resumen:El presente artículo tiene como propósito analizar las elaboraciones de sentido que maestros de escuelas de tiempo completo edifican sobre los alcances de su participación educativa dentro de la organización escolar. A partir de un estudio de caso en dos centros de enseñanza básica ubicados en el oriente de la Ciudad de México, se destaca que el involucramiento de los maestros en la toma de decisiones no sigue una ruta clara, certera y definitiva por cuanto los fines educativos, en el marco de las reformas curriculares llevadas actualmente, están cargados de incertidumbre, desaciertos e inconsistencias. Frente a esta circunstancia, los profesores de estas escuelas defienden una práctica pedagógica construida a lo largo del tiempo que sirve como un ideal autoimpuesto para atender las necesidades formativas de las nuevas generaciones.Abstract:This article aims to analyze the elaborations of meaning that teachers within full-time schools build on the achievements of its educational participation within the school organization. From a case study on two basic schools located in eastern Mexico City, it is noted that the involvement of teachers in decision-making does not follow a clear, accurate and definitive route because educational purposes, as part of curricular reforms currently carried, are fraught with uncertainty, mistakes and inconsistencies. Given this circumstance, teachers in these schools advocate a pedagogical practice built over time that serves as a self-imposed ideal for meeting the training needs of new generations.

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