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CONSTRUCTION
MANAGEMENT
WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY?
International Institute for Sustainable
World Commission on Environment Development: “Adopting business
and Development: ‘’forms of strategies and activities that meet
progress that meet the needs of the the needs of the enterprise and its
present without compromising the stakeholders today while protecting,
ability of future generations to meet sustaining and enhancing the
their needs’’ human and natural resources that
will be needed in the future.”
SUSTAINABLE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION
Technological Managerial
Factors Factors
Social Factors
INNOVATION IN PLANNING, DESIGN, AND COSTS
¡ Global warming means that more people appreciate that the design of buildings
and choice of materials can help to reduce CO2 emissions and running costs.
¡ Especially as buildings and building materials are responsible for over 50% UK
greenhouse emissions.
SUSTAINABLE
CONSTRUCTION
SUSTAINABLE
CONSTRUCTION
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
¡ Energy use, global warming and clinical change;·
¡ Resources, waste and recycling;·
¡ Pollution and hazardous substances;·
¡ Internal environment;
¡ Planning, land use and conservation.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
¡ More selective of building materials
¡ The following considerations need to be taken into account: Environmental performance of the processes used by
manufacturers and suppliers generally;·
¡ Use of recycled materials;·
¡ Re-usability of materials and items;
¡ Recyclability of materials and items.
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ENERGY CONSERVATION FEATURES
¡ Solar energy utilization
¡ Water conservation features
¡ Incorporation of recycled materials
¡ Low emitting material
¡ Reduced building construction waste
¡ Less environmentally destructive site development
ECOLABELING OF BUILDINGS
¡ System developed for rating the sustainability of a building’s design and performance In US, LEED
(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is most widely adopted system, in early stages of
development
¡ Rating system based on building type - continuing to add new categories
¡ LEED-NC New Construction
¡ LEED-EB Existing Buildings
¡ LEED-CI Commercial Interiors
¡ LEED-H Homes
LEED CRITERIA AND CERTIFICATION LEVELS
¡ LEED rating criteria Sustainable sites (maximum 14 points)
¡ Water efficiency (maximum 5 points)
¡ Energy and atmosphere (maximum 17 points)
¡ Materials and resources (maximum 13 points)
¡ Indoor environmental quality (maximum 15 points)
¡ Innovation and design process (maximum 5 points)
¡ LEED certification levels
¡ Certified 26-32
¡ Silver 33-38
¡ Gold 39-51
¡ Platinum 52-69
BUILDING
COMMISSIONING
¡ Systematic evaluation of all active
building systems to verify
components have been properly
installed and function interactively
Often conducted by an independent
commissioning authority Conducted
before building is turned over to
owner
GREEN BUILDING PRODUCTS - MATERIALS WITH A LOW OVERALL
ENVIRONMENTAL BURDEN
¡ Renewable resource
¡ Recoverable or reusable
¡ Recyclable or recycled content
¡ Biodegradability
¡ Low resource (energy & water) consumption
¡ Manufacturing, transportation and operations
¡ Limit impacts on consumer health
¡ Durable, good life-cycle assessment
