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Building environmental assessment methods: assessing construction practices

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This paper focuses on the environmental issues associated with the building construction process and the way in which they are currently represented in building environmental assessment methods. The primary goal is to identify the practical and methodological reasons for their scant inclusion and to offer arguments to redress this situation. Despite the difficulties of assessing management practices, their inclusion within building environmental assessment methods is critical from the standpoint of reinforcing the relationship between building design and building operation. Similar arguments relate to the importance of including construction processes. The paper argues that construction issues should be included, organized into consistent categories (e.g. resource use, ecological loadings and health issues) and clearly partitioned within the structure of assessment methods. If there are environmental benefits in engaging a broader range of players earlier in the design process, then this notion can logically be extended to include the contractor.

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  • Raymond Cole, 2000. "Building environmental assessment methods: assessing construction practices," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(8), pages 949-957.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:conmgt:v:18:y:2000:i:8:p:949-957
    DOI: 10.1080/014461900446902
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    1. Vivian Tam & C. M. Tam & L. Y. Shen & S. X. Zeng & C. M. Ho, 2006. "Environmental performance assessment: perceptions of project managers on the relationship between operational and environmental performance indicators," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(3), pages 287-299.
    2. Alyami, Saleh. H. & Rezgui, Yacine & Kwan, Alan, 2013. "Developing sustainable building assessment scheme for Saudi Arabia: Delphi consultation approach," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 27(C), pages 43-54.
    3. Jingyang Zhou & Vivian W. Y. Tam & Yanjun Qin, 2018. "Gaps between Awareness and Activities on Green Construction in China: A Perspective of On-Site Personnel," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-18, July.
    4. Chiara Piccardo & Camille Steinik & Simone Caffè & Alessio Argentoni & Chiara Calderini, 2024. "Primary Energy and Carbon Impacts of Structural Frames with Equivalent Design Criteria: Influence of Different Materials and Levels of Prefabrication," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(10), pages 1-22, May.

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