Built Environment Project and Asset Management: Volume 8 Issue 5

Built environment sustainability: what’s new and what’s next?

Sachie Gunatilake, B.A.K.S. Perera

Developing a taxonomy of transportation waste in construction production processes

Cristina Toca Pérez, Dayana Costa

The purpose of this paper is to present a taxonomy of transportation waste in construction production processes based on lean construction (LC) principles.

Procurement of low carbon municipal solid waste infrastructure in India through public-private partnerships

Tharun Dolla, Boeing Singh Laishram

The Low carbon (LC) agenda has captured interest across governments and research communities. But such focus is not addressed so far in the operation of municipal solid waste…

Modelling the adoption of sustainable procurement in construction organisations

Kwaku Agbesi, Frank D. Fugar, Theophilus Adjei-Kumi

The adoption of sustainable procurement in construction clients’ organisation remains a difficult concept. Current research of sustainable procurement adoption studies fails to…

A risk-responsive framework for green retrofit projects in Sri Lanka

Indeewari Ranawaka, Harshini Mallawaarachchi

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the risks associated with green retrofit projects in Sri Lanka in order to develop a risk responsive framework.

A BIM–LCA integration technique to embodied carbon estimation applied on wall systems in Brazil

Julianna Crippa, Letícia Cavassin Boeing, Ana Paula Angonese Caparelli, Marienne do Rocio de Mello Maron da Costa, Sergio Scheer, Aline Medeiros Ferreira Araujo, Diogo Bem

Aiming to simplify the extraction of embodied carbon data using a building information modeling (BIM) software, the purpose of this paper is to present a framework that integrates…

Managing embodied carbon in buildings: a Pareto approach

Michele Florencia Victoria, Srinath Perera

The purpose of this paper is to identify the carbon intensive building elements or “carbon hotspots” of office buildings in order to maximise the carbon reduction potential during…

Mitigation of challenges in sustaining green certification in the Sri Lankan hotel sector

Chamali Bandara, D.M.P.P. Dissanayake, Gayani Karunasena, Nadun Madhusanka

The successful continuation of green certification in the Sri Lankan hotel sector is vital for tourism industry as well as the economy of the country as it balances the economic…

Economic sustainability of green buildings: a comparative analysis of green vs non-green

Achini Shanika Weerasinghe, Thanuja Ramachandra

In Sri Lanka, a limited number of buildings have been certified for incorporation of green features and the reasons are attributed to green building investors who continue to…

Gender mainstreaming as a strategy to achieve sustainable post-disaster reconstruction

Tri Yumarni, Dilanthi Amaratunga

The purpose of this paper is to discuss policy-relevant findings regarding strategies for mainstreaming gender in achieving sustainable post-disaster reconstruction (PDR).

Nature of construction project cultures in the public sector: case studies in Sri Lanka

Aparna Samaraweera, Sepani Senaratne, Y.G. Sandanayake

Cultural differences cause conflicts amongst construction project participants, deterring the success of projects. Understanding such different cultural manifestations could help…