Built Environment Project and Asset Management: Volume 14 Issue 5

Guest editorial: Construction industry as net-zero enabler: driving circular economy and sustainability through innovation/change management

Chamil Erik Ramanayaka, Oluwole Alfred Olatunji, Payam Rahnamayiezekavat, Chandana Siriwardana

Sustainable water management in construction: life-cycle embodied water assessment of residential buildings

Abdul Rauf, Muhammad Tariq Shafiq, Malik Mansoor Ali Khalfan, Irfan Ulhaq

This study aims to enhance our understanding of sustainable water management in construction through a life-cycle embodied water assessment of a villa in the United Arab Emirates…

A comparative assessment of indirect green façade and conventional walls: perspective of life cycle cost

U.G.D. Madushika, Thanuja Ramachandra

Green walls are vertical structures with various plant species that contribute to achieving sustainability in terms of environmental, economic and social aspects. A comparison of…

Life cycle cost analysis at scale: a reference architecture-based approach

Conor Shaw, Flávia de Andrade Pereira, Karim Farghaly, Cathal Hoare, Timo Hartmann, James O'Donnell

This research demonstrates the theoretical merit of a reference architecture-based approach to life cycle cost (LCC) analysis system provision in the built environment. LCC…

Prioritizing the principles of circular economy among built environment professionals

Kofi Agyekum, Judith Amudjie, Hayford Pittri, Annabel Morkporkpor Ami Dompey, Edward Ayebeng Botchway

Circular economy (CE) is guided by principles, the key being the R-framework. All R-frameworks have a hierarchy. Although several studies have prioritized these principles, there…

Circularity: a workflow for reusing waste wind turbine blades

Patricia Njideka Kio, Chimay Anumba

Wind energy has developed rapidly becoming a promising source of renewable energy. Although wind energy is described as clean energy, the problem of blade disposal has emerged…

Impact of green construction procurement practices on the success of circular economy in Ghana

Oscar Kwame Kwasafo, Emmanuel Adinyira, Kofi Agyekum

This paper investigates the impact of green construction procurement practices (GCPPs) on circular economy (CE) success by identifying environmentally sustainable procurement…

Innovative green construction adoption in Ghana: architects’ perspectives from theory of planned behaviour

Michael Nii Addy, Florence Dadzoe, Titus Ebenezer Kwofie, Clinton Aigbavboa, Barbara Simons

Climate change and global warming are two major ecological concerns. The construction industry has instituted measures such as green construction in response to these concerns…

Establishment of a smart building assessment framework in the context of smart cities

Leonor Domingos, Maria José Sousa, Ricardo Resende, Bernardo Pizarro Miranda, Susana Rego, Rúben Ferreira

This study proposes an assessment framework for improving smart building performance in the broader context of smart city development, considering dimensions like environmental…