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Volker, L. (author)
Sustainability remains an important issue for the construction industry. Yet, sustainable real estate developments are still considered as highly ambitious projects. To find out how and why sustainable renovation projects actually became sustainable we systematically evaluated 21 leading Dutch real estate renovation projects. In each project we...
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Kovacec, S. (author), Psunder, I. (author), Psunder, M. (author)
In the life cycle of constructions we often cope with the problem if it is economic justificated to renovate certain construction. On the market we meet growing problem of older constructions which are more and more neglected and unkept. This is the consequence of high number of new apartments and other constructions. General crisis has also an...
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EDntrop, A.G. (author), Dewulf, G.P.M.R. (author)
Many innovative techniques and policy measures have been introduced to reduce energy consumption. Despite the high ambitions and societal pressures, the adoption rate of energy measures in office buildings is still low. Using adoption theories this paper provides a framework to analyse the adoption process of energy saving techniques in building...
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Lau, W.K. (author), Ho, D.C.W. (author), Yau, Y. (author)
Building an inclusive society has been a goal with universal appeal. In respect of sustainable design and construction, due consideration in disability inclusion is necessary for it has social, economic, legal and environmental implications. It is not a new subject; however, there is still a long way for our built environment to be inclusive. In...
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Mahesh, G. (author), Kumaraswamy, M. (author), Pu, Y. (author), Hong Bo, X. (author)
Well meaning high-level construction industry reviews, and recommendations from those reviews, usually lead to many industry development initiatives. Promoting a safer work place and environmentally responsible industry was one of the seven themes under which recommendations were made in Construction Industry Review Committee (CIRC) Report of...
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Papargyropoulou, E. (author), Preece, C. (author), Padfield, R. (author), Abdullah, A.A. (author)
The Malaysian construction industry continues to grow, benefiting the country’s economy and providing essential infrastructure. However, this thriving industry is responsible for one of the single largest waste streams in the country. This paper focuses on the current status of waste management in the Malaysian construction sector. It builds on...
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Wilkinson, S. (author)
Given the relationship between energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, the built environment has significant potential to lessen overall emissions. With around half of all greenhouse gas emissions attributed to the built environment; it has a significant role to play in mitigating global warming. With large percentages...
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Garcia-Erviti, F. (author), Valverde, L.R. (author)
This paper is presented in CIB: Management and Innovation Sustainable Built Environment 2011, as the study and analysis of the residential model of a rural area from the Iberian Peninsula, specifically applied to the case of the province of Cáceres, in the autonomous region of Extremadura, in Spain. To this end, from a database made up of...
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Huovinen, P. (author)
The on-going literature review has revealed a platform of the 62 construction-related business management (BM) concepts, published mainly via the journals between the years 1990-2009. The aim of this paper is to enhance the managing of construction-related businesses in highly environmentally sustainable ways. A focused review resulted in the...
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Zumelzu Scheel, A. (author)
The question of sustainable urban development is linked to the issue of urban transformation; the challenge is to make use of ongoing transformation processes to achieve more sustainable urban environments. Hildebrand Frey is the main protagonist of the “urban cell theory” (UCT), focused on the redesign of existing cities, laying down important...
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Tavakolan, M.T. (author), Ashuri, B. (author), Chiara, N. (author)
In situation of contractors competing to finish a given project with the least duration and cost, acquiring the ability to improve the project quality properties seems essential for project managers. Evolutionary Algorithm (EAs) have been applied as suitable algorithms to develop the multi-objective Time-Cost trade-off Optimization (TCO) and...
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Schonk, T. (author), Hartmann, T. (author), Zerjav, V. (author)
Engaging the right stakeholders at the right time is a key factor to successfully complete a construction project. However, the decision which stakeholders to engage within a project can often be difficult. This research looks into the applicability of visualizations of Social Networks as a tool to support project managers to decide which...
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Boon, J. (author), Prigg, C. (author)
When setting out to teach a group of construction students the lecturer is faced with a class who have a variety of learning style preferences and have brains with a variable ability to process information and that ability varies further with the type of processing required. They also come to the class with varying previous experience and...
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Minchin, E. (author), Pan, J. (author), Walters, R.C. (author), Fang, D. (author)
Counterfeiting has been around since ancient times. Counterfeiting in modern times was once widespread and not confined to any geographic region. With the globalization efforts following World War II, counterfeiting became an international problem, much of it emanating from Japan’s developing manufacturing-based economy. As Japan’s economy...
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Miller, E. (author), Buys, L. (author)
Buildings, which account for approximately half of all annual energy and greenhouse gas emissions, are an important target area for any strategy addressing climate change. Whilst new commercial buildings increasingly address sustainability considerations, incorporating sustainability technologies in the refurbishment process of older buildings...
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Barker, T. (author)
This research investigates the context and advantages of energy sharing between networked precinct buildings in the context of pre-existing urban stock. The paper considers whether the sharing of patterns of use and knowledge of buildings’ spatial, architectural and energyrelated components can act as a phased prequel to energy sharing and...
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Pinder, J. (author), Schmidt III, R. (author), Gibb, A. (author), Saker, J. (author)
This paper explores the business case for designing more adaptable buildings, an issue that has, for the most part, been overlooked in the literature. It reviews some of the existing literature on adaptability and discusses the drivers for and barriers to designing buildings that are more adaptable. In doing so, it draws upon lessons from the...
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Van der Toorn Vrijthoff, W. (author)
This article is about the strategies of Dutch cities for the historic urban core, based on empirical research done on the policy reports of twenty Dutch cities. In addition to the policy reports plans for spatial and functional interventions, initiated by the local government, were analyzed. The analysis were made in the years 2006, 2007 and...
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Minchin, E. (author), Li, X.X. (author)
The traditional system of design-bid-build has long been the principal delivery system for horizontal construction; it has been employed by all the transportation departments in the United States for almost a century. The shift toward design-build (DB) as a time saving method has been successful in many ways, but use of the system has exposed...
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Taylor, J.M. (author)
Sustainable building has become the buzz word of commercial construction in the U.S. during the past decade. While sustainable building practices and energy efficiencies have been on the building industries radar screen for a number of years, the media intensity and owner interest seams to ebb and flow with the cost of energy. However since the...
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