On the Assessment Tools of Green Building Materials

2012 ◽  
Vol 193-194 ◽  
pp. 341-344
Author(s):  
Xin Ming Yan ◽  
Da Lu Tan ◽  
Hong Jia
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
International Construction ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Green Building Materials ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Resource And Environment

The impact of the construction industry on the consumption of natural resource and environment cannot be ignored. There is no doubt that green building will be a trend in the international construction industry. It is crucial to choose the appropriate green building materials, because it acts as key factor to the development of green building. With the brief introduction of two mainstream assessment tools of green building materials in the world and two main evaluation tools that are used in China as well as their advantages and disadvantages, this article is expected to serve as the reference for development of green building materials and the assessment tools in China.

Impact of Environmental Assessment of Green Building Materials on Sustainable Rating System

2013 ◽  
Vol 689 ◽  
pp. 398-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Usman Aminu Umar ◽  
Hassan Tukur ◽  
Mohd. Faris Khamidi ◽  
Adam Umar Alkali
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Rating Systems ◽  
Existing Building ◽  
Housing Developments ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
Green Building Materials ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
The Impact

As education and concern pertaining to environmental and sustainability issues like implications of resources destruction, decrease in bio-diversity as well as climate change multiply, so has the need for housing developments that lead to less damaging effects on the environment, whilst enabling living standard to be sustained. Builders, developers and material providers have addressed this demand by creating approaches and technologies that minimize energy, water and main material consumption, decrease greenhouse gas emissions and sustain or enhance surrounding ecological systems and services. Several administration and non-governmental institutions in addition have aimed to change the sustainability of the building industry by developing green rating systems that can be used to evaluate the environmental performance of new and existing building. This paper discusses material resources criteria and the impact as a sustainable rating tool.

New Green Building Materials

2016 ◽  
Vol 851 ◽  
pp. 639-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Wang ◽  
Feng Han
Keyword(s):  
Water Pollution ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Materials ◽  
Governance Environment ◽  
Pollution Problem ◽  
Green Building Materials ◽  
Urbanization Development

With our country economy has already came second in the world, urbanization development, but the rapid economic development also brings great hidden trouble, for example, the environmental problems, the population problem, such as water pollution problems. Which is closely related to the construction industry, therefore, make the green building industry, environmental protection and governance environment in China, such as water pollution problem plays an important role. This article is through the introduction to green materials, the classification of the new green building materials to do an overview.

Comprehensive Utilization Technology of Rural Straws

2011 ◽  
Vol 374-377 ◽  
pp. 146-149
Author(s):  
Li Ying ◽  
Jing Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Comprehensive Utilization ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Edible Fungus ◽  
Green Building Materials

In recent years, rural straw have been generated on the increase, accompanied by growing pollution, so utilization technology of rural straw was put forward, such as straw fermentation, straw manuring method, straw bio-reactor, straw fodder, straw-feeding edible fungus, producing protein, straw power generation, producing green building materials and for the weaving industry, etc, and do the analysis and comparison of its advantages and disadvantages of economic benefits, technology, provide guarantee to the application of utilization technology of rural straws.

A Comparative Analysis on Materials and Resources in Green Assessment Tools for Various Countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 700 ◽  
pp. 256-265
Author(s):  
Nurul Akmam Naamandadin ◽  
Norhaizura Yahya ◽  
Abdul Razak Sapian
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Building Projects ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Building Energy Conservation ◽  
Design Flexibility ◽  
Green Building Materials

The concept of sustainable building incorporates and integrates a variety of strategies during the design, construction and operation of building projects. The use of green building materials and products represents one important strategy in the design of a building. Green building materials offer specific benefits to the building owner and building occupants such as reducing maintenance/replacement costs over the life of the building, energy conservation, improving occupant health and productivity, and greater design flexibility. Thus, the aim of this paper is to identify the similarities and the differences for the selected green assessment tools which can be obtained stage by stage of the RIBA Outline Plan of Work 2013. The study had been carried out through a comparative analysis. The finding is predicted to help the construction industry practitioners to be able to understand the assessment criteria involved at every stages in the construction process concerning on material and recourses. Especially for those who are concerned on green building and to sustain our natural environment.

scholarly journals Application of BIM technology in green building material management system

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 02017
Author(s):  
Tong Zhineng
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Management System ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Scientific Management ◽  
Materials Management ◽  
Material Management ◽  
Technology Application ◽  
Green Building Materials ◽  
Material Management System

The current green building materials management system in China's construction industry is not perfect, and there are still many shortcomings. Active construction of green building materials management system based on BIM technology, combined with the characteristics of green building materials and its relationship with BIM technology application, is urgently needed to better realize the scientific management of green building materials.

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 EXPLORING GREEN FEATURES THAT MAKE BUILDING MATERIALS GREEN

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Rathnayake ◽  
◽  
D. Soorige ◽  
S.D.I.A. Amarasinghe ◽  
P. Dissanayake ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Pollution Prevention ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Embodied Energy ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Green Building Materials

The construction industry plays a significant role in the economic growth of a country. Nevertheless, the construction industry has created severe adverse environmental impacts. Therefore, green building technologies are implemented to alleviate the adverse effects of the construction industry. Using green materials instead of conventional building materials with high environmental impacts has been identified as one such implementation. However, there seems to be much confusion in defining green building materials. Hence, it is vital to explore the features of green building materials. Therefore, this article investigates green features that qualify the building materials as green building materials. A qualitative research approach was selected as the research methodology, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven green building experts. The data was analysed using content analysis. Findings revealed that recycled content, local availability of materials, embodied energy of materials, use of rapidly renewable material, usage of waste material for the production process, material wastage content in the production process and pollution prevention in the production process are the green features. The study results guide the identification of green building materials that can replace the materials with poor environmental sustainability.

scholarly journals Green Building Materials Products and Service Market in the Construction Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-101
Author(s):  
Chidiebere Emmanuel Eze ◽  
Rex Asibuodu Ugulu ◽  
Samuel Ikechukwu Egwunatum ◽  
Imoleayo Abraham Awodele
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Maintenance Cost ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Service Market ◽  
Green Construction ◽  
Green Building Materials

AbstractThe construction industry influences and accelerates national growth and development, but it, however, contributes to unsustainable and eco-unfriendly development which impacts on the economy and environment. To encourage investment in sustainable construction, this study made a case for green building materials (GBM) products and services market in the construction industry of developing countries, through an assessment of the benefits of GBM incorporation in construction projects. The study adopted an internet-mediated questionnaire survey approach and snowball sampling techniques to gathered data from clients, consultants, professionals, and contractors/sub-contractor in the southeast geopolitical zones of Nigeria. Frequency, Percentile, Shapiro-Wilk test, Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin (KMO) and Bartlett’s tests, relative importance index (RII) and Kruskal-Wallis test were used to analyse the collected data. The study revealed that the green construction market is unsaturated and under-tapped. With high awareness and low adoption levels of GBM, it was concluded that the most important benefits of GBM that will trigger demand and supply of GBM products and services are improved daylight and reduced need for artificial lighting, improves the quality of life, Increase employees productivity and reduced absenteeism, improve occupants health and comfort, higher profit and return on investment, leads to construction professionals specialisation, reducing greenhouse gas emission from building, reduces toxicity in the internal environment, low operating and maintenance cost, and creates new job opportunities. The uniqueness of this study lies in the assessment of the views of construction stakeholders' in the five states that make up the South-eastern geo-political zone of Nigeria, regarding the key benefits that could trigger the uptake and incorporation of GBM in construction. Developers and Investors in the industry could invest in green construction since there is a ready and unsaturated market for it.

On Sustained Development of Green Building Materials

2014 ◽  
Vol 716-717 ◽  
pp. 497-499
Author(s):  
An Wang ◽  
Rong Fei Chu
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Sustained Development ◽  
Common Concern ◽  
Green Building Materials ◽  
The Development Strategy

Environment problems have attracted common concern and have great impact on the construction industry, so we must emphasize the use of green building materials. The paper discusses the meaning, the necessity and the development strategy of green building materials.

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