scholarly journals Critical Review of the Material Criteria of Building Sustainability Assessment Tools

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiyoung Park ◽  
Jungwon Yoon ◽  
Kwang-Hyun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Critical Review ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Sustainability Assessment Tools

scholarly journals Social criteria to develop an in use holistic urban sustainable assessment tool: UHU2SAT

2021 ◽  
Vol 237 ◽  
pp. 04031
Author(s):  
Antonio Sánchez Cordero ◽  
Marta Videras Rodríguez ◽  
Sergio Gómez Melgar ◽  
José Manuel Andujar Márquez
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Urban Mobility ◽  
Human Comfort ◽  
Operation And Maintenance ◽  
Holistic Assessment ◽  
Sustainability Assessment Tools

Recently, several urban sustainability assessment tools (USAT) have appeared to reduce the human impact provided by the built environment. Few of them focus on the assessment of urban spaces like squares, streets, and parks, etc., but they don’t operation and maintenance (OM) phase is not considered. It would be necessary to develop an in use holistic urban sustainable assessment tool (UHU2SAT) to specifically assess urban spaces under OM phase. This paper provides a qualitative research among 188 studies, with the aim to classify them according to the impacts they pursue: environmental (ENV), social (SOC) economic (ECO) and Others. Finally, the SOC criteria are reduced up to 21 and arranged into 4 different groups: Human comfort, Urban mobility, SOC Cohesion, and Health & safety. These SOC criteria have been discussed and revised according to the literature review to identify the most suitable indicators for the UHU2SAT. Finally, it can be concluded that this methodology could also be useful to obtain ENV and ECO criteria to provide a holistic assessment of the sustainability.

scholarly journals The Inclusion of a Sustainability Awareness Indicator in Assessment Tools for High School Buildings

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana Saraiva ◽  
Manuela Almeida ◽  
Luís Bragança ◽  
Maria Barbosa
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
School Buildings ◽  
School Students ◽  
Global Environmental Problems ◽  
Sustainability Assessment Tools

The growing debate about global environmental problems is evident in several spheres of society. The concern for the future of the planet is used as a political slogan, inspiring the creation of new laws and encouraging academic research that serves this purpose, as well as increasing the number of government agencies concerned with this matter. The 21st century is considered the “century of sustainable development”. Sustainability education in high schools has the potential to make the benefits of civil construction more visible to society and media by showing students, parents, and communities in general how sustainability in the built environment can improve their lives in economic, social, and environmental aspects. This study was applied in three high schools of Juiz de Fora (Brazil) and Guimarães (Portugal). These high schools have similar characteristics regarding teaching patterns and commitment to strengthening sustainability in their respective regions and reflect their socio-economic conditions, governmental strategies, everyday habits, and cultural attributes. The information was collected through questionnaires applied to high school students in 2017. This paper shows the need for including an indicator of sustainability awareness in sustainability assessment tools for high school buildings.

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