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Martine Spinks - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Understanding and actioning BRE Environmental Assessment Method: A socio-technical approach
    Local Environment, 2015
    Co-Authors: Martine Spinks
    Abstract:

    The following research applies a socio-technical approach to an original study of the role of BRE Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) in sustainable building practice. The primary objective is to gain insight into what facilitates and what weakens professional associations to implement a sustainability agenda in a building project. It focuses on understanding different sets of meaning which underlie engagement with BREEAM and how BREEAM is actioned. To do this, the research framework draws on social network analysis. However, this research does not consider that sustainable building is merely an outcome of planned action. Instead, sustainable building is seen to involve processes of engagement amongst different groups, technologies, materials and Methods. Therefore, the conceptual framework adopted incorporates consideration of the materiality of sustainable building engagements, highlighting the relations between actors. Interviews with project professionals involved in a case study of a BREEAM Outstanding development provide the empirical basis for this work. This research will be of interest to scholars interested in socio-technical approaches to building development, Environmental building Assessment Methods and sustainable building.

  • Understanding and actioning BRE Environmental Assessment Method: a socio-technical approach
    Local Environment, 2013
    Co-Authors: Martine Spinks
    Abstract:

    The following research applies a socio-technical approach to an original study of the role of BRE Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) in sustainable building practice. The primary objective is to gain insight into what facilitates and what weakens professional associations to implement a sustainability agenda in a building project. It focuses on understanding different sets of meaning which underlie engagement with BREEAM and how BREEAM is actioned. To do this, the research framework draws on social network analysis. However, this research does not consider that sustainable building is merely an outcome of planned action. Instead, sustainable building is seen to involve processes of engagement amongst different groups, technologies, materials and Methods. Therefore, the conceptual framework adopted incorporates consideration of the materiality of sustainable building engagements, highlighting the relations between actors. Interviews with project professionals involved in a case study of a BREEAM Outs...

Saleh H Alyami - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The development of sustainable Assessment Method for Saudi Arabia built environment: weighting system
    Sustainability Science, 2014
    Co-Authors: Saleh H Alyami, Yacine Rezgui, Alan Shu Khen Kwan
    Abstract:

    Our built environment is responsible for some of the most serious global and local Environmental change. The construction industry, therefore, faces pressure to increase the sustainability of its practices reflected in the development of stringent regulations and Environmental Assessment Methods, designed to mitigate such negative impacts. However, these well-known Methods (e.g., BREEAM, LEED, SBTool, and CASBEE) have not originally been designed to suit developing countries (including Saudi Arabia). This paper proposes to customize an adapted weighting system that prioritizes Saudi Environmental Assessment Method (SEAM) categories. The research Methodology involves the use of analytic hierarchy process (AHP). Expert choice software was the main tool to analyze the input data. This research instrument involves the participation of a number of leading, global experts in the field of Environmental and sustainable development, as well as professionals and highly informed local experts from government, academia, and industry. The results reveal that well-known Environmental Assessment Methods are not fully applicable to the Saudi Arabia built environment, as reflected in the resulting categories, criteria and weighting system of SEAM.

  • sustainable building Assessment tool development approach
    Sustainable Cities and Society, 2012
    Co-Authors: Saleh H Alyami, Yacine Rezgui
    Abstract:

    Following expansion in the field of Environmental Assessment Methods, existing Methods cannot be applied to all regions for a number of reasons, one of which is regional variation. This paper investigates the most important and globally widespread Environmental Assessment Methods: BREEAM, LEED, SBTool, and CASBEE. It identifies areas of convergence and distinction in order to enable the consolidation of Environmental criteria into new potential schemes. As well as considered a starting point for the procedure of consensus-based process, it also provides a generic model for the development of an effective Environmental Assessment Method intended for the establishment of Environmental Assessment Method suited to Saudi Arabia.

Yacine Rezgui - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The development of sustainable Assessment Method for Saudi Arabia built environment: weighting system
    Sustainability Science, 2014
    Co-Authors: Saleh H Alyami, Yacine Rezgui, Alan Shu Khen Kwan
    Abstract:

    Our built environment is responsible for some of the most serious global and local Environmental change. The construction industry, therefore, faces pressure to increase the sustainability of its practices reflected in the development of stringent regulations and Environmental Assessment Methods, designed to mitigate such negative impacts. However, these well-known Methods (e.g., BREEAM, LEED, SBTool, and CASBEE) have not originally been designed to suit developing countries (including Saudi Arabia). This paper proposes to customize an adapted weighting system that prioritizes Saudi Environmental Assessment Method (SEAM) categories. The research Methodology involves the use of analytic hierarchy process (AHP). Expert choice software was the main tool to analyze the input data. This research instrument involves the participation of a number of leading, global experts in the field of Environmental and sustainable development, as well as professionals and highly informed local experts from government, academia, and industry. The results reveal that well-known Environmental Assessment Methods are not fully applicable to the Saudi Arabia built environment, as reflected in the resulting categories, criteria and weighting system of SEAM.

  • sustainable building Assessment tool development approach
    Sustainable Cities and Society, 2012
    Co-Authors: Saleh H Alyami, Yacine Rezgui
    Abstract:

    Following expansion in the field of Environmental Assessment Methods, existing Methods cannot be applied to all regions for a number of reasons, one of which is regional variation. This paper investigates the most important and globally widespread Environmental Assessment Methods: BREEAM, LEED, SBTool, and CASBEE. It identifies areas of convergence and distinction in order to enable the consolidation of Environmental criteria into new potential schemes. As well as considered a starting point for the procedure of consensus-based process, it also provides a generic model for the development of an effective Environmental Assessment Method intended for the establishment of Environmental Assessment Method suited to Saudi Arabia.

Alan Shu Khen Kwan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The development of sustainable Assessment Method for Saudi Arabia built environment: weighting system
    Sustainability Science, 2014
    Co-Authors: Saleh H Alyami, Yacine Rezgui, Alan Shu Khen Kwan
    Abstract:

    Our built environment is responsible for some of the most serious global and local Environmental change. The construction industry, therefore, faces pressure to increase the sustainability of its practices reflected in the development of stringent regulations and Environmental Assessment Methods, designed to mitigate such negative impacts. However, these well-known Methods (e.g., BREEAM, LEED, SBTool, and CASBEE) have not originally been designed to suit developing countries (including Saudi Arabia). This paper proposes to customize an adapted weighting system that prioritizes Saudi Environmental Assessment Method (SEAM) categories. The research Methodology involves the use of analytic hierarchy process (AHP). Expert choice software was the main tool to analyze the input data. This research instrument involves the participation of a number of leading, global experts in the field of Environmental and sustainable development, as well as professionals and highly informed local experts from government, academia, and industry. The results reveal that well-known Environmental Assessment Methods are not fully applicable to the Saudi Arabia built environment, as reflected in the resulting categories, criteria and weighting system of SEAM.

Daniel Brissaud - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • An Environmental Assessment Method for wireless sensor networks
    Journal of Cleaner Production, 2012
    Co-Authors: Jérémy Bonvoisin, Fabrice Mathieux, Alan Lelah, Daniel Brissaud
    Abstract:

    Although Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are presented today as a chance for the environment, further research is needed to understand the extent of their impacts. Essentially, little research has been done on the Environmental impacts of ICT infrastructures. Their Assessment thus still faces some Methodological problems which are dealt with in this paper, notably in the case of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). We provide a Method to analyse WSN in an Environmental perspective, which clarifies two important issues: the definition of the system lifecycle and the synergic behaviour of its elements. This Method is applied to a concrete case, results are generated and eco-design alternatives are presented and evaluated. The results show the importance of adopting a system-level perspective while performing Environmental Assessment of ICT. It helps determine the most influential system parameters, bringing broader understanding and eco-design perspectives.

  • An Environmental Assessment Method for wireless sensor networks
    Journal of Cleaner Production, 2012
    Co-Authors: Jérémy Bonvoisin, Fabrice Mathieux, Alan Lelah, Daniel Brissaud
    Abstract:

    Although Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are presented today as a chance for sustainability, further research is needed to understand the extent of their Environmental impacts. Essentially, little research has been done on the Environmental impact of ICT infrastructures. Environmental analysis of ICT infrastructures thus still face some Methodological problems which are dealt with in this paper, notably in the case of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). We provide a Method to analyze WSN in an Environmental perspective, which clarifies two important issues concerning the definition of the system lifecycle and the synergic behaviour of its elements. This Method is applied to a concrete case, results are generated and eco-design alternatives are presented and evaluated. The results show the importance of adopting a system level perspective while performing Environmental Assessment of ICT. This perspective help determine the most influential system parameters, bringing broader understanding and eco-design perspectives.JRC.H.8-Sustainability Assessmen