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Examining issues influencing green building technologies adoption : the United States green building experts' perspectives

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A Science Mapping Approach Based Review of Construction Safety Research

The concept of green building has gained rapid recognition recently. Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is one of the most successful green building rating systems. Understanding the performance of LEED certified buildings on various LEED credits is therefore important for practitioners and regulatory authorities. This paper analyses the use of LEED 2009 and investigates the credit allocation pattern of 3416 LEED 2009 certified projects. The results show that compared to its previous version LEED v2.2, the point chasing problem in innovation related credits is mitigated. However, energy-related and material-related credits remain difficult for developers to obtain. LEED 2009 certified projects perform differently in water efficiency at the country level. At the state level, the projects perform differently in water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, material and resources, as well as indoor environmental quality. Varied credit achievement patterns are also identified on cross-certification and cross-sector levels. The study offers a useful guidance for practitioners to achieve relevant certification levels and for regulatory authorities to continuously improve the rating system.

A comprehensive analysis of the credits obtained by LEED 2009 certified green buildings

The adoption and implementation of innovative solutions is an effective means to improve construction safety performance. The use of technology as a preventive tool for stemming the observed disproportionate rate of worker injuries and fatalities in the construction industry as compared with other industrial sectors has gained substantial attention over the last two decades. Previous studies have highlighted the need to advance the state of knowledge regarding the usefulness and utility of technologies for safety and health management in construction as well as factors that limit and prevent technology use in the construction industry. This paper aims to fill this gap in knowledge and practice by (1) identifying technologies used for safety and health management in the construction industry and assessing the current rate of use within the construction industry; (2) highlighting the benefits and limitations of using technologies for safety and health management, and (3) identifying the critical barriers to adopting technologies for safety and health management and propose strategies to overcome such barriers. To achieve the research aims, a survey was conducted to collect relevant data on the topic. 102 construction practitioners with pertinent knowledge of technology as it is used within their organization responded to the survey. Results of the study suggest that although slight increase in technology for safety and health management in construction adoption and use transpired due to technology ability to improve safety conditions, a notable resistance regarding its continuous use remains an issue across the industry. The study findings provide invaluable information for industry practitioners and researchers regarding limitations of technology implementation and barriers of technology adoption as well as strategies to overcome such limitations and barriers. Overcoming technology implementation limitations and adoption barriers is expected to enhance the adoption of technology for safety management in the construction industry.

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Utilizing Emerging Technologies for Construction Safety Risk Mitigation

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Evaluating the safety maturity of construction contractors before awarding the contract is an effective strategy that many owners have started to implement. Given the importance of workplac...

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Measuring and Evaluating Safety Maturity of Construction Contractors: Multicriteria Decision-Making Approach

Highway construction has consistently reported relatively high fatality rates largely because of the considerable exposure of workers to live traffic. To address this anomaly, traffic contr...

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Technologies for safety and health management in construction: Current use, implementation benefits and limitations, and adoption barriers

Utilizing Emerging Technologies for Construction Safety Risk Mitigation

Integrating Worker Health and Safety into Sustainable Design and Construction: Designer and Constructor Perspectives

Measuring and Evaluating Safety Maturity of Construction Contractors: Multicriteria Decision-Making Approach

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