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Article: Sustainable Construction through Industry Self-Regulation: The Development and Role of Building Environmental Assessment Methods in Achieving Green Building
Title | Sustainable Construction through Industry Self-Regulation: The Development and Role of Building Environmental Assessment Methods in Achieving Green Building |
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Keywords | building environmental assessment methods green building industry self-regulation sustainable construction voluntary certification standards |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | MDPI. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability |
Citation | Sustainability, 2020, v. 12, p. article no. 8853 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The role of industry self-regulation in facilitating sustainable development has gained increasing recognition over the past two decades. As a result, voluntary certification standards have become ever more common and have been portrayed as effective means of enforcing more environmentally beneficial practices across a range of industries. In this paper, we consider the role of one such type of standard, building environmental assessment methods (BEAMs), and the role they have played in the transition towards green building in the construction industry. Drawing on the theory of strategic action fields, and using the case of HK BEAM in Hong Kong, we investigate the origins, development and impact of BEAMs in what is a highly de-centralised and fragmented industry. The paper concludes with reflections on the need to extend focus from the contents of the BEAMs in terms of categories, criteria and weightings, to instead more actively consider the “taken-for-granted” assumptions around sustainability and the dominant institutionalised practices in construction. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/293430 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.672 |
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dc.contributor.author | Leiringer, R | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-23T08:16:39Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-11-23T08:16:39Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Sustainability, 2020, v. 12, p. article no. 8853 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2071-1050 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/293430 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The role of industry self-regulation in facilitating sustainable development has gained increasing recognition over the past two decades. As a result, voluntary certification standards have become ever more common and have been portrayed as effective means of enforcing more environmentally beneficial practices across a range of industries. In this paper, we consider the role of one such type of standard, building environmental assessment methods (BEAMs), and the role they have played in the transition towards green building in the construction industry. Drawing on the theory of strategic action fields, and using the case of HK BEAM in Hong Kong, we investigate the origins, development and impact of BEAMs in what is a highly de-centralised and fragmented industry. The paper concludes with reflections on the need to extend focus from the contents of the BEAMs in terms of categories, criteria and weightings, to instead more actively consider the “taken-for-granted” assumptions around sustainability and the dominant institutionalised practices in construction. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | MDPI. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Sustainability | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | building environmental assessment methods | - |
dc.subject | green building | - |
dc.subject | industry self-regulation | - |
dc.subject | sustainable construction | - |
dc.subject | voluntary certification standards | - |
dc.title | Sustainable Construction through Industry Self-Regulation: The Development and Role of Building Environmental Assessment Methods in Achieving Green Building | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Leiringer, R: roine.leiringer@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Leiringer, R=rp01592 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/su12218853 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85094118061 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 318807 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 12 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 8853 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 8853 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000589401400001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Basel, Switzerland | - |