Sustainability in the construction industry: A systematic review of the literature

L Lima, E Trindade, L Alencar, M Alencar… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The construction industry is criticized for causing adverse impacts on the environment. To
minimize these impacts, the industry has been seeking to introduce sustainable practices …

A systematic review on green practices in the Malaysian construction industry: Status, challenges, key motivations, rating systems and technology evolution

RT Masyhur, AH Alias, NA Haron, Z Zulkafli - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
The construction industry is vital to Malaysia's economic growth by contributing to the gross
domestic product, job opportunities and improving the social well-being of the society …

Cost implications of obtaining construction waste management-related credits in green building

IMCS Illankoon, W Lu - Waste Management, 2020 - Elsevier
This research was motivated by the intriguing phenomena across several economies that
green building clients/developers are observably lukewarm in pursuing construction waste …

Green building construction cost surcharge: An overview

M Hu, M Skibniewski - Journal of architectural engineering, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
This study aims to investigate the cost surcharges of green buildings. In this study, the green
construction cost surcharge (GCCS) is defined as the additional capital costs associated …

[PDF][PDF] A review on green hotel rating tools, indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and human comfort

HS Abdulaali, MM Hanafiah, IMS Usman… - Int. J. Adv. Sci …, 2020 - researchgate.net
The tourism and hotel industry positively contribute to the country's socio-economic sector,
however, it simultaneously impacts surrounding nature into further deterioration. There has …

Integrating role of green buildings in achieving carbon neutrality in an era of climate emergency

K Batool, G Ali, K Ullah Khan… - Sustainable …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently stated that a swift
ecological transition in transport, energy, and construction is required to reach the global …

The price premium in green buildings: A spatial autoregressive model and a multi-criteria optimization approach

S Copiello, S Coletto - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
The energy issue has given rise to a prolific research field, which branches into several
strands. One of these strands focuses on the role played by building energy features in …

Integration model of fuzzy AHP and life-cycle cost analysis for evaluating highway infrastructure investments

KC Goh, HH Goh, HY Chong - Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
Given that decision making for highway infrastructure development is highly complex, it is
highly desirable to access expertise and tools, such as information about the environmental …

IS SUSTAINABILITY COSTLY? EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM BUILT PROJECTS

M Hu - Journal of Green Building, 2023 - meridian.allenpress.com
The affordability of sustainable building remains a significant challenge; developers,
building owners, and design teams often point to high construction costs as the primary …

Circular economy in the built environment

J Glass, D Greenfield… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - icevirtuallibrary.com
The built environment is the sector with the largest volume of material flow in the global
economy. Initiatives to dematerialise the economy have persisted for many decades …