scholarly journals IS BOSTON BUILDING BETTER? AN ANALYSIS OF THE LEED CERTIFIABLE STANDARD IN THE BOSTON ZONING CODE

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandy Beauregard ◽  
Simi Hoque ◽  
Paul Fisette ◽  
Benjamin Weil
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Substantial Impact ◽  
Leed Certification ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
New Construction ◽  
Cross Case Analysis ◽  
Building Practice ◽  
The City

In 2007, Mayor Menino and the Boston Redevelopment Authority implemented Article 37, an amendment to the Boston Zoning Code requiring new construction approved under Large Project Review be designed and built to meet the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED certification. The amendment was intended to promote green building practices in the city and reduce the environmental impacts of buildings larger than 50,000 square feet. Article 37 dictates that buildings be LEED “certifiable,” but does not require that they actually achieve LEED certification. This study examines how this policy has affected building practice in the city. This research relied on several data sources including public records, communication with public officials, and qualitative research interviews with building industry professionals working in Boston. Interviews were conducted with 9 individuals at 7 firms. Both architecture and engineering firms were included and all have worked under Article 37. The experiences of each firm were treated as a case study, and cases were considered in relation to each other. A cross-case analysis was completed using the qualitative research methods of interpretation, synthesis, meaning condensation, and meaning categorization. It was concluded that Article 37 has advanced sustainability goals in Boston and has provided an educational benefit to building practitioners and clients. However, Article 37 has not had a substantial impact on building practice in the city. The LEED certifiable standard is not actually equivalent to LEED certification and does not set an aggressive goal. This research fills a gap in the literature and is an important step in critically examining the outcomes of green building policy. This understanding of how Article 37 has influenced building practice in Boston is valuable not only to the city, but also to the numerous municipalities that have adopted LEED-based requirements for private construction.

scholarly journals Lighting Quality and Acoustic Quality in LEED-Certified Buildings Using Occupant Evaluation

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young S Lee
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Leed Certification ◽  
Worker Satisfaction ◽  
The Us ◽  
Acoustic Quality ◽  
Building Practice ◽  
The Relationship

Lighting quality and acoustic quality are often not well addressed in the current green building practice, including the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System in the US. While the level of LEED certification indicates the level of sustainability, it is not clear if a higher level of LEED certification also implies a more comfortable and productive work environment. The study intended to find the relationship between the level of LEED certification and the level of worker satisfaction and perceived job performance regarding lighting quality and acoustic quality from fifteen LEED-certified buildings. The findings indicate that the LEED Platinum building group tended to provide better lighting quality than the other lower certification groups, while the LEED Gold building group showed lower lighting quality and acoustic quality than the rest of the groups. Workplace designers and organizations should be mindful of the importance of lighting and acoustic qualities in promoting better comfort and productivity as it is easy to overlook these criteria when complying with LEED IEQ guidelines.

scholarly journals Slang Language Acquisition, Construction, and Context of Used in Teenagers’ Perspective of Batam City

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suhardianto, Ambalegin
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Statistical Procedures ◽  
Basic Word ◽  
Source Data ◽  
New Construction ◽  
The Times ◽  
The City

Abstract This study aims to find the acquisition, construction and perspectives of adolescents in the use of slang in the city of Batam. This research is a qualitative research used to examine the condition of natural objects where researchers are as a key instrument. In this study, researchers will conduct an investigation by collecting data directly or face to face with the source data and perform descriptive analysis without using statistical procedures or other calculations.The results showed that the formula in the acquisition and construction of slang languages can be seen from seven ways, among others: (a) Abbreviation, (b) Deletion, (c) Letter and sound change, (d) Adoption of Basic Word, (e) English or Indonesian-mixed abbreviation, (f) Citation from other slang languages, (g) New Construction. While the perspective of using slang among teenagers in communicating between them is 30.25% say, they use slang because they want to show other groups that they look more slick and cool, follow the times as much as 27.72%, easier to communicate between them 21% Follow-up friends 7.56%, funny 5.04%, let famous 4.20% and custom 1.64%. Keywords: acquisition, construction, perspective, slang

scholarly journals The Impact of Enhanced Commissioning Process on AEC Professionals - A Case Study of LEED New Construction in Egypt

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Osama E. Mansour ◽  
Omar O. Elrawy
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Leed Certification ◽  
Green Building Design ◽  
Comprehensive Comparison ◽  
New Construction ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Design And Construction

In this study, the authors explore the impact of the enhanced commissioning process required by LEED certification on the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) professionals through a case study of a (LEED) New Construction in New Cairo, Egypt. While research has consistently shown the positive impact of green-rated buildings on building occupants, little research discusses the impact of green building rating on AEC professionals. Observation, document analysis, and interview of AEC professionals were used throughout the course of design and construction to identify the impact of the enhanced commissioning process on the quality of Project delivery and experience of AEC professionals. All technical and managerial issues of the entire enhanced commissioning process were recorded and thoroughly analyzed. As a result, a comprehensive comparison between mainstream projects and the current LEED-certified building is established. The study introduces a novel insight on green building design and construction practice as a potential culture of quality for the building industry in developing countries.

scholarly journals An Investigation of the Selection of LEED Version 4 Credits for Sustainable Building Projects

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (20) ◽  
pp. 7081 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duy Hoang Pham ◽  
Byeol Kim ◽  
Joosung Lee ◽  
Yonghan Ahn
Keyword(s):  
Green Building ◽  
Resource Depletion ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Building Projects ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Leed Certification ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
New Construction ◽  
Additional Costs

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. It is the world’s most popular green building certification system, with more than 146,400 projects. Satisfying the LEED requirements brings many benefits to a project’s design performance and adds community value, but it does incur additional costs and challenges. This study examined the choices made by those working on the 222 LEED New Construction version 4 (LEED-NC-V4) projects that were certified between September 2014 and March 2020 to determine how the LEED project teams selected appropriate LEED goals. The results reveal interesting insights into the way project LEED goals and the credits corresponding to the target certification level were chosen, as well as the links and trade-offs between the various credit options. Based on these findings, useful suggestions are made for ways to help LEED project teams achieve their target certification levels and encourage authorities to continue to improve their local green regulations. The analysis of actual certified projects’ data makes it possible to re-evaluate the effects of newly updated requests in LEED v4 in the light of the stated goals of the USGBC.

STATE INDEPENDENT ENERGY RATINGS THAT HAVE INFLUENCED THE CREATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-68
Author(s):  
Harald Kraus ◽  
◽  
Larisa Muntean ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Rating Systems ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Leed Certification ◽  
Certification Programs ◽  
Industry Standards ◽  
New Public ◽  
New Construction ◽  
Construction Operation

For more Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is one of the most popular green building certification programs used worldwide.[7] Developed by the non-profit U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) it includes a set of rating systems for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of green buildings, homes, and neighborhoods[8] that aims to help building owners and operators be environmentally responsible and use resources efficiently. From 1994 to 2015, LEED grew from one standard for new construction to a comprehensive system of interrelated standards covering aspects from the design and construction to the maintenance and operation of buildings. LEED also has grown from six volunteers on one committee to 119,924 staff, volunteers and professionals.[9] LEED standards have been applied to approximately 83,452 registered and certified LEED projects worldwide, covering around 13.8 billion square feet (1.28 billion square meters).[10] Many U.S. federal agencies and states and local governments require or reward LEED certification. However, four states (Alabama, Georgia, Maine, and Mississippi) have effectively banned the use of LEED in new public buildings, preferring other industry standards that the USGBC considers too lax.[11]

scholarly journals OPEN PUBLIC SPACES OF KYIV IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIO-SPATIAL APPROACH

2018 ◽  
pp. 18-27
Author(s):  
Natalia MEZENTSEVA ◽  
Maria PALCHUK
Keyword(s):  
Public Spaces ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
Substantial Impact ◽  
Public Gardens ◽  
Potential Consumer ◽  
Spatial Approach ◽  
Communication Function ◽  
New Construction ◽  
Street Furniture ◽  
The City

Urban public spaces determine the identity of the city’s dwellers, ensure the implementation of the communication function. They are constantly changing, characterized by various transformational processes that take place under the influence of various factors in the development of the city. The need for knowledge of contemporary complex and ambiguous processes in cities causes the relevance of the socio-spatial approach to the analysis of the functioning and transformation of public spaces in order to increase the level of comfort of living in cities, and smart management of urban development. In this aspect, Kyiv is a good ground for socio-geographical study of various types of public spaces characterized by intensive traditional and specific transformations. The most significant changes are typical for open public spaces. Therefore, in order to understand the factors of contemporary processes in open public spaces, it is necessary to carry out a socio-spatial analysis of a set of parks, public gardens, boulevards, streets, embankments and squares of the capital. The article presents results of analysis of the peculiarities of Kyiv’s open public spaces functioning and transformation in the context of the socio-spatial approach. The analysis revealed that the network of open public spaces in Kyiv corresponds to the stages of the city’s territorial development. The most widespread directions of open public spaces transformation in Kyiv are commercialization (functioning of objects providing paid cultural and entertainment services), “beautification” (club design, sculpture installation, renovation of street furniture, registration of thematic zones), (home-type behavior of visitors, the use of home decor items), “europeanization” (designing public spaces based on European urban practices), “ideologization”(commemorative practices through giving relevant names to public spaces and/or establishment of monuments), sacralization (restoration or new construction of temples in parks, squares and gardens), orientation towards the potential consumer (differences in planning design and functions depending on location in the urban planning structure) and “elitization” (allocation of facilities with the club effect). These processes make substantial impact on the intensity of the use of open public spaces in different planning zones, changing their functions and prospects of use.

YÜKSEK YAPILARIN TASARIMLARININ VE YAPIM TEKNİKLERİNİN İNCELENMESİ

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 289-304
Author(s):  
Ahmet Cihat ARI
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Population Increase ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Construction Techniques ◽  
New Construction ◽  
High Structure ◽  
The City ◽  
Design And Construction

With the increase of the population recently, changes have occurred in the design and construction techniques of the buildings due to the insufficient building stock. With the development of science and technology, new construction techniques have emerged in the construction and design of structures. In the global population increase, high-rise buildings were built to meet the need for shelter and these structures were built with the development of technology. However, high-rise buildings have become the symbol of technological development for countries and cities. Since the 21st century, the construction of high-rise buildings in cities with different designs and new construction techniques has provided the development of architecture and engineering. It is important to design high-rise buildings in accordance with the culture and texture of the city. In addition, high-rise buildings should be built as structures resistant to natural disasters such as earthquakes, fires and floods. For this reason, the design and construction techniques of high-rise buildings have become a research subject in the field of architecture and engineering. The aim of this study is to examine the designs and construction techniques of high-rise buildings. In the first part of the study, the concept of high rise building and its historical development are discussed. In the second part of the study, the designs and construction techniques of high-rise buildings are investigated. In addition, the study was conducted to examine the high structure by giving examples from the world and Turkey. Within the scope of the study, literature researches such as domestic and international articles, books, published theses, web resources were conducted and data were collected. As a result of the examinations made within the scope of the study, it is important to select the building materials in accordance with the characteristics of the building materials in the design and construction techniques of high-rise buildings with the development of technology. Therefore, the architect should know the properties of the materials in the design of high-rise buildings and use them in accordance with the properties of the material in the construction of the buildings. In addition, increasing the height of the building by making aerodynamic designs in high buildings reduces the effect of the wind speed.

scholarly journals ‘Diasporicity in the City of Portsmouth (UK): Local and Global Connections of Black Britishness’

2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-45
Author(s):  
Rajinder Dudrah
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Social Commentary ◽  
Black British ◽  
Theoretical Premise ◽  
Global Connections ◽  
African Caribbean ◽  
The City

This article engages with the theoretical premise of diasporicity - the local/regional specificities and workings of a given diaspora. Diasporicity is an attempt to extend the vocabulary of the concept of diaspora as an intervention against fixed ideas of race and nation. The article tests the usefulness of some aspects of ‘diasporicity’ by applying them to the settlement of African, Caribbean and South Asian Black British groups in Portsmouth, UK. The article draws on qualitative research, including extended interviews, and offers a social commentary on Black British diasporic connections that are distinctive to this city and, at the same time, contribute to an overall idea of Black Britishness.

scholarly journals The usage of green building concept to reduce operating costs (study case of PT. Prodia Widyahusada)

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Novendra Tjenggoro ◽  
Khusnul Prasetyo
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Water Usage ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Leed Certification ◽  
Study Case ◽  
Concept Usage

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to emphasize green building concept usage and its effect on operating costs and uses Grha Prodia, a building with a green concept owned by PT. Prodia Widyahusada. Design/methodology/approach This research will test whether Grha Prodia could earn Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification based on the aspects that it has and it will also compare the operating costs of Grha Prodia with Prodia Tower. The two main theories used in this research are cost and green building. Findings The result of this research is Grha Prodia is considered as a green building and it could earn LEED certification if the current aspects are continuously implemented and maintained. Originality/value Moreover, it can fulfill all prerequisite credits in each criterion and further enhance it by fulfilling optional credits in all criteria available. Grha Prodia is also able to demonstrate lower operating costs than a regular building, with 63 percent less water usage and 53 percent less electricity usage.

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